--- On Thu, 8/6/09, Pastor Tom Deuschle <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Pastor Tom Deuschle <[email protected]> Subject: Reformation Report - Sarcasm To: "vimbaimak2007" <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, August 6, 2009, 6:45 AM #yiv1477639340 h1 { color:#3F4A50; font-family:Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:220%; font-weight:bold; clear:left; } #yiv1477639340 h2 { color:#4A6279; font-family:Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:150%; font-weight:bold; clear:left; } #yiv1477639340 h3 { color:#4A6279; font-family:Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; clear:left; } #yiv1477639340 , #yiv1477639340 p, #yiv1477639340 td, #yiv1477639340 form, #yiv1477639340 input, #yiv1477639340 textarea, #yiv1477639340 select { color:#3F4A50; font-family:Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:13px; } #yiv1477639340 a { color:#000000; font-family:Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; } #yiv1477639340 blockquote { font-family:Courier New, Courier; font-size:12px; } #yiv1477639340 a:hover { font-family:Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#FF6600; } #yiv1477639340 td.norm { background-color:#f96300; color:#000000; border:1px solid #f96300; } #yiv1477639340 td.normbody { border:1px solid #f96300; } #yiv1477639340 img {border:none;} Here are Pastor Tom's Reformation Report email updates for <$BlogRecipient$> Here are the latest updates for [email protected] "Reformation Report" - 1 new article SarcasmSearch Reformation Report Sarcasm Have you ever seen children playing and one throws a sarcastic comment at another. Sometimes that child gives as good as they’ve just received, which usually starts a dispute, but often you’ll see a pained look in the eyes of the child receiving the sarcasm. Perhaps you know a teenage child who has started feeling embarrassed about spending time with their parents because friends at school mock them. As adults we have grown accustomed to hearing sarcasm bantered around as if it was an acceptable way to communicate. Sarcasm is in all reality not humorous, but is expression of negative and undercutting declarations. Frequently if these are directed at us personally, we pretend that these cutting remarks do not affect us, whether they are said in the name of humor, or are intentionally undermining. But in reality ‘sarcasm is the lowest form of wit’. The truth is that, ‘although sticks and stones may break our bones, words can also harm us!’ Sarcasm is derived from the Greek word “sarkazo”, meaning “to tear flesh”. Sarcasm can be very harmful if we give sanction to it in our lives. It tears down a person’s self worth and self esteem, and belittles and stops our growth in the area it’s directed towards. If we accept negative remarks from anyone, be it friend or foe, as being true, they can stay with us for life. Sarcastic words can develop into injunctions that affect our core value system and can influence our belief about who we are and what we can and cannot do with our lives. This is why it is important to be aware not only of who we allow to speak into our lives, but what are they saying and how they are saying it. Is it positive or negative? Does it foster growth or stunt growth? Is it life giving or does it bring about death? One way to check if a cutting remark has ‘hit home’, is whether we can hear the comment repeating itself in our minds. The truth is that we have the power to silence these remarks and eliminate the effect they have had on us. We do this by speaking positive truths about ourselves, as affirmations, based on the word of God. As people have a tendency to resist change, we need to be aware of any negativity resident in us, and determine not to allow it to stay, but to embark on a journey of transforming ourselves and our minds to become who God ordained us to be. • Email to a friend • Related • • Click here to safely unsubscribe now from "Reformation Report" or change your subscription or subscribe Unsubscribe from all current and future newsletters powered by FeedBlitz Your requested content delivery powered by FeedBlitz, LLC, 9 Thoreau Way, Sudbury, MA 01776, USA. +1.978.776.9498 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "tribewithavibe" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tribewithavibe?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
