Camp Pinecrest

This past Vetrans day the kids had 2 days off school so we took another trip up to the Camp Pinecrest Campground. We had a great time as a family. We went fishing in Lake Gregory but didn't catch anything. We took the hour long drive over to Big Bear where they had just had their first snow. Judys' first time in the snow.

More photos at this link:

http://www.dropshots.com/Jjuhala#albums/Pinecrest

WHAT DO YOU HATE?

Commentary

WHAT DO YOU HATE?

I was reading chapter 6, Earn a Black Belt in Hate, from the book, 9 things a Leader Must Do, by Henry Cloud. The chapter is not about advocating hate, we all know hate can be a dangerous and destructive emotion for yourself and for those you hate. The chapter is about the few areas of our lives where we should have a decent amount of hatred for some things in this world that are wrong!

The Bible even states “Be angry and do not sin” Psalm 4:4 & Ephesians 4:26. Anger being the closet emotion to hate. It’s indicating that you can be angry about something and yet not let it push you to do something wrong (sin), but to do something right. Let it motivate you to do something good with your anger.

Cloud states, “What we hate says a lot about who we are…How we hate says a lot about how we will succeed…” pg 75

So I decided I would make a list of the things I hate. Maybe you have your own list.

Jeff’s HATE list:
(By the way, I'm not perfect at any of these, no human is).
Hurting the innocent (this could mean child abuse, elder abuse, taking advantage of those less fortunate etc…I hate it when the strong prey on the weak, the strong are supposed to help the weak!)
Lying / Deceitfulness (I guess because the human race struggles with insecurities and selfishness lying abounds. There’s lying to get more – selfishness, and there’s lying to hide more – insecurity. One of the reasons I hate lying is because I LOVE TRUTH.
Selfishness (Again a weakness of the human race, we all have a touch of this and I can accept that, I’m talking about egregious selfishness that brings hurt and destruction without any hint of repentance or sorrow.)
Greed (the overwhelming desire for personal financial gain that it runs over others and destroys others. The desire for financial stability or even great wealth is one thing, but greed is that same desire taken to the point of steeling from others).
Arrogance (believing that you are better than others and/or that others are less than you).

I probably have others, but this is a start.

What about you???