The Blog of Todd Green

Thank God for grace.
Not just God's grace extended to humanity, but the grace that people can extend to each other.
It is a beautiful thing.

posted by Todd @ 1:48 PM

I have heard that everybody has a different threshold of pain. It is the point where you absolutely cannot physically or mentally take the pain anymore. I have been doing much thinking on the subject of change.

There is the type of change that comes to all of us that we have to accept. It is involuntary change. I may not want to change but I have to. But what about voluntary change? This is where situations and circumstances may be an irritation, and they may drive you insane, but you do have a choice to endure if you can.

There are so many irritations that all of us will come across. I have heard it over and over, people come to me and say, "Enough is enough!" And after they have walked away, I grieve. Why? Because, I always have to wonder, did they leave any clues and I just missed it? I also have to wonder about their "Change Threshold." Are they being unfair or are they just currently overwhelmed with the cares of life?

I have been involved in ministries (and in other situations) in my life where (after getting involved) I absolutely wanted no part of it - at all. And so I would find myself cutting my losses and running. In most cases it was because I had reached my "Voluntary Change Threshold" but in a few cases it was obvious that enough was enough. I could take it no more.

I am not there now. However, I am getting more and more confident in my relationship with, and in the sovereignty of God. It is not that the storms are not as strong, it is that I am stronger for the storms I have been through and every mountain I have had to cross to get to the place in my life where I am today.

Just a thought...

And let us not get tired of doing what is right, for after a while we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don't get discouraged and give up. That's why whenever we can we should always be kind to everyone, and especially to our Christian brothers.
Galatians 6:9-10 (TLB)



Not that I was ever in need, for I have learned how to get along happily whether I have much or little. I know how to live on almost nothing or with everything. I have learned the secret of contentment in every situation, whether it be a full stomach or hunger, plenty or want; for I can do everything God asks me to with the help of Christ who gives me the strength and power.
Philippians 4:11-13 (TLB)

posted by Todd @ 12:54 PM