Serving in Concert – June 20, 2017 – What does it mean to be in concert? I’m not talking about a rock concert here, but to be in concert, with yourself and with others. It is “in agreement; have a plan or a combined action; to be in harmony and accord.” So to serve in concert would then imply to be in harmony, taking a combined action, and having a plan to benefit someone else. Benefiting someone else takes wisdom to know and understand what they need, and taking the action to fill that need. When Jesus washed His disciples’ Read More
There’s Comfort in Silence
There is Comfort in Silence – June 15, 2017 – How can we hear through all this noise? There’s so much chattering noise in the world today that people can’t just rest and hear what’s going on around them. The noise seems to be louder in the urban areas rather than the rural areas as we would think. Although that is very true in the sense of noise in general, the real noise is within our homes, within our head. I’ve witnessed the real problem to be the noise within our own house. The TV shows and movies we watch Read More
Driven
Driven – June 14, 2017 – What does it mean? Desire, ambitious, obsessed, passionately motivated toward a goal. Aren’t those qualities we want and should have? Especially toward God. If we ”Delight ourselves in the Lord; He will give us the desires of our heart. Commit our way to Him, Trust Him also, and He will do it.” (Psalm 37:4-5) This is tough, though! We as human beings are inherently control freaks. Delight means to experience great pleasure or enjoyment, which comes from knowing someone or something deeply. That takes commitment. “Commit our way to Him” means we have to Read More
Perfect Together
Perfect Together – June 13,2017 – Today as I read these pages I have a flood of memories and emotions from my past, both as a kid, and as a dad with my kids. The time I spent with my dad was special. Equally, the time I spent with my kids was a cherished part of my life. Today I live almost two hours away from my dad, and I journey to see him for a few hours once or twice per month. I don’t remember any of the bad days or the bad moments. My wounds have healed, my Read More
It is well with my soul
It is Well with my Soul – June 9, 2017 – Good morning, I hope all is well with you. What I really mean by that is, I hope all is well with your soul. Our soul includes all the deep parts that make us who we are. The last line from Mercy Me’s new song “Even If” is “It is well with my soul, It is well, it is well with my soul.” Those lines penetrate and resonate deep within me. They are of course lines from an old hymn written by Horatio G. Spafford in 1873 “It is Read More
Useless or Loved
Useless or Loved June 8, 2017 Do you ever feel useless? I do. What’s even worse is when I tell myself that. Most everyone has told themselves that at some point in their life. Satan wants us to talk like that. He wants us to think like that. As long as we think that about ourselves, we’re not fighting him, we’re not advancing the Kingdom of God, and we’re certainly not using our God given gifts to help someone else. When we have negative self talk, we lower our standards and expectations of ourselves. Over a very short period of Read More
Hallelujah I’m Waldo
Hallelujah I’m Waldo June 7, 2017 Do you remember playing that game with your kids, “Where’s Waldo?” We used to get those seeking books out every night before bed and read and find Waldo. My kids enjoyed that when they were small. We would giggle at some of the people that we would find. In reality, we’re Waldo. God has that same view of us. We are right there on the page of the book that He is reading. We think we’re running and hiding, but God knows right where we are. He’s always seeking us. Seeking ways that He Read More