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=========================== TODAY'S ARTICLE ==========================
Power to Change People, by Paul Faulkner
Family issues continue to attract the attention of even the business
newspaper "The Wall Street Journal." For example, it was recently
reported that married men commit far less violence toward their spouses
than single and divorced men commit toward women with whom they're
involved. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention revealed that
unmarried, pregnant women are four times more likely to be abused by
their boyfriends than married pregnant women are by their husbands. A
stable marriage in which both natural parents are present also means a
safer environment for the children. The Journal goes on to say that the
place to start with transformation of this domestic violence scourge is
with the individual. You change the man, you change the family. You
change the family, you change the community. You change the community,
you change the nation.
By the way, changing people is what God's power is all about: change in
the real world, in real people, that makes a difference in their
everyday culture.
[Jesus said] "You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses
its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good
for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men.
"You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.
Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead
they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the
house. In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they
may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven" (Matthew
5:13-16 TNIV).
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(c) 2008 Paul Faulkner.
RELATED LINKS:
* I Am a Child
http://www.heartlight.org/justforwomen/jfw_980603_child.html
* Passion's Dark Side
http://www.heartlight.org/together/tg_990217_passion.html#top
* Home Sweet Home
http://www.heartlight.org/justforwomen/jfw_980916_home.html
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http://www.heartlight.org/articles/200802/20080201_power2change.html
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