New Venture

I'm excited to announce that my new company's website is finally up and ready for business! Back in March, my partner David Russ and I started a new company called Informed Therapy Resources. We decided we wanted to make therapeutic products that people could use in their homes to get the answers and help they needed. Our first product(s) is a recording of 3 interviews we did with Neuropsychiatrist, Dr. James Lee on the topic of medication and the concerns parents and individuals have regarding the use of them. Further info. about the CDs can be found at the website. Check it out!

https://www.myanxiouschild.com/

Blessings,

Chris

Going to the Chapel

I have the privilege of marrying a couple this coming week. It's something I've never done before. I consider it a big honor and something special... like doing something in your life that you know people will never forget. I've had the privilege of saving two pregnancies from abortion. I know they will never forgot the hour we spent together that changed their minds, and I will never forget them.

I remember the man who married us, but not with fondness. He did a terrible job of giving us premarital counseling, did OK at the ceremony, but a few years later betrayed us and disgraced himself. In the end, we wish we would have chosen someone else to marry us!

With this couple, I know they're happy with the premarital counseling I gave them- that's why they asked me to marry them. I hope I will do a good job during the ceremony (please pray for me). And, I hope they will always have fond memories of me- that I helped them in their love for one another, drew them closer to the Lord, and live my life in such a way as to not bring shame to them in the future. It's a special memory in some one's life, and I don't want to tarnish it.

Things I Hate!

The Lord says this in Proverbs 6: 16-19:
“There are six things the Lord hates, seven that are detestable to him:
Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hand that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil, a false witness who pours out lies, and a man who stirs up dissension among brothers.”

These are very powerful things and I can see why the Lord detests them. I have a few of my own that I often hear while sitting in my chair, patterns that I see produce great deal of pain and that are just awful.
1. Passive-aggressive behavior. I hate when a spouse, sadly it’s usually the male, so mistreats their spouse that by neglect, addiction, control, and denial, that the spouse is forced to separate out of pure desperation. Then, the passive spouse attacks the leaving spouse, saying things like, “She left me,” “I was always faithful,” or “She calls herself a Christian?” I hate this! It’s such cowardly behavior!
2. I hate when a person accuses another of wrong doing based on heresy. An example may be a person in a position of power who continues to accuse, slander, or terminate employment of good people based upon one person’s account or belief regarding a certain situation. There is plenty of opportunity to investigate the claim and, in some cases talk to the person in question, but it is not done. Instead, judgment (see my post) is past down and people’s spirits are crushed. I hate this! It’s such haughty, self-righteous behavior!
3. I hate when a person refuses to admit wrong and consider their errors. We are fall short of perfection (Rom. 3:23) and we all are blind to some of our negative ways. When an error is pointed out to a person, I hate when the person is persistent upon denial. I know of a person in power who allegedly said, “I’ve never been challenged in the 25 years I’ve held this position,” accusing the person of insubordination for offering a different view. What kind of institution tolerates this?! The world would be a much better place if we all could be a little more humble and accept/admit our own imperfections.
4. I hate the NC Laws re: Alienation of Affection and the law that states that if you have an affair, you lose out on alimony payments. The Alienation law states that you can sue the person your spouse has an affair with for taking your spouse’s affections away. It sounds good on the surface, that it would deter adulterous behavior, but such is not the case. All it ends up doing is encourage lying and revenge. The loss of alimony law also encourages lying and puts women (who are the most affected by this law) in financially precarious positions. There have been many times in marital counseling that I know a woman is lying re: an affair but they won’t admit it simply because of these laws. I’m convinced that if these laws were not in place, people would speak more freely and there would be greater possibility for reconciliation. These laws are archaic and sexist, and should be abolished.
5. I hate the passivity of our Federal Government to deal with at National Debt, somewhere around 10 Trillion dollars! Don’t worry, I’m not going to get political, but we are in SERIOUS trouble if we fail to deal with this issue. I hear Ross Perot is getting his charts out again and pushing the issue. Go get em Ross! There is also a new movie coming out in the fall of '08 called "IOUSA" that is all about the national debt. Let's hope it makes an impact!
Just my thoughts…