When You Want to Take Control: How the Bible Can Reframe Your Perspective
Dara Curley
When things go wrong in our lives, it is easy to try to control the situation or the people around us. We are grasping for anything that will make us feel as though we are okay. But in trying to control what is happening, we are only hurting ourselves and often hurting others in the process. Examples of People Taking Control Throughout Scripture When we take ourselves out of God’s plans for us, we often cheapen our experiences. A good example of this is when Sarah gave Abraham Hagar because she wanted a son. Sarah started to resent Hagar and Ismael and even had them sent away because it was...
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