God has given us two ears and one mouth with which communicate with others. The ratio of mouth to ears should tell us about which aspect of communication requires the greatest attention.

Have ever noticed that some people get all the breaks? They may not have much, but they are content, happy, grateful, generous, and helpful. We refer to such rare people a "balanced". One of the things they do to maintain this life-balance is respect others and their rights - particularly their right to own things. Can you imagine how different this world would be if we all did that? This episode deals with this aspect to living a balanced life.

Being in a hole may make you holey but it does not make you wholly holy. This is Episode 4 of the Ten Proven Life Balance Keys.

We all worship. The question is who or what we are worshiping. The person who has discovered how to live a balanced life has discovered the right way to worship.

If we can picture our lives as being like wet clay being moulded and shaped on the Potter's Wheel, then the best place to be is in the middle of that wheel! This is where life finds its balance. This is the second principle of the Top 10 proven keys for living a balanced life - finding contentment in life.

We are all like clay being shaped on a Potter's Wheel. It is only in the middle of that Wheel that we can find balance and peace.

“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.”

― Mark Twain

From the day we are born, our lives are being moulded like a lump of clay on a Potter’s wheel being fashioned into a useful piece of art. The best way for someone to be placed in the middle of the Potter's Wheel begins with becoming a person of integrity and truth. The best chance someone has of becoming a person of truth and integrity is to constantly be reminded of the truth.

Ezekiel was a young prophet and contemporary of Jeremiah the Prophet. He was exiled to Babylon and prophesied with incredible precision.

The prophecies of Ezekiel are used by Zionists today to justify the forceful confiscation of Palestinian land. This is an example of how interpretting the Bible incorrectly literally costs people their lives.

The young Prophet Ezekiel prophesied independently of the older Prophet Jeremiah, yet was in perfect harmony with what his older prophetic brother was also declaring.

Ezekiel lived during the time of Jeremiah the Prophet. Although Jeremiah was not that much older than Ezekiel his influence on the younger Ezekiel was profound. This is Part is Part 5 of the Ezekiel Series, and Part 116 of the larger Jeremiah Series.