I Believe

Be not ignorant of this one thing—that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years is as one day.

Because none of us have received a perfect upbringing, we have to learn to unlearn those things that do not make sense at this point in our lives and replace them with new learning; blaming keeps this from happening.

Forgiving someone is not necessarily doing something for someone else, although that can be a possibility; it is more a gift we give to ourselves that allows us to move forward with our lives.

If we would try our best to see life from the other person’s viewpoint, we would be more humane and empathetic.

In these days of moral confusion with attitudes and actions once outlawed by society and now defended and favored, such as sexual promiscuity and others, there are great pressures on “God-believing” people to compromise their values with these non-Biblical desires.

Scripture encourages people to be primarily concerned with spiritual matters, such as strength of character, honor, and good works.

Scripture is not hard to understand, just hard to believe and even harder to obey. The secret is in the attitude of the heart with which one approaches it.

The closer one gets to God, the more clearly one sees his or her sinfulness and the more wonderful becomes His amazing grace.

There is one God and one mediator (judge) between God and every human being, and that person (advocate) is Christ Jesus.

Those who seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness has the promise that God will supply all their earthly needs.

Today, more and more of our elected representatives in government are of questionable loyalty; often they focus on personal gain rather than promoting the common good.

Unfortunately, most people have little or no education on how to be a good husband, wife, or parent in comparison to job education and training.

We often are so busy seeing through other people that we have little or no time, inclination, or desire to see them through.

Self-reflection is always a good exercise. What I believe is a work in progress, not limited to these statements and subject to change. What do YOU believe?

Daniel Taddeo

Longtime Parma Hts. resident and educator in the Parma School district.

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Volume 7, Issue 7, Posted 12:35 AM, 07.01.2015