I don’t know about you, but 2008 seemed to just fly by. I don’t know where the time went. We live in fast times and one of the things that I really have to work hard at doing is making the time to pray. Although I have prayers all throughout the day at my desk [...]
Who cares what they think
I am always interested when Jesus is teaching and it totally conflicts with our human nature. This came up in my reading this week when Jesus is totally challenging people in Luke. In this case, as read in a couple of the chapters, Jesus is telling us not to care what people think when following [...]
Want to get away?
There are a series of Southwest Airlines commercials that are on quite a bit during this time of year when people do really dumb things and then the announcer comes on and says, “Want to get away?”. While I haven’t done something really stupid, this one verse jumped out to me today:
15 But now even more [...]
Going with the Vision
Over the holidays, I have had the opportunity to read quite a bit. Not just books, but blog posts and articles as well. Obviously, it is the start of the new year, so many are writing and talking about where to go. Words like vision, purpose, dream and focus have been top of the list [...]
Washed by the Water
Reading tonight from Genesis 6-8 and Luke 3, I had several things that peaked my interest. I totally dig the stories of Noah and John the Baptist because the are regular guys that are, as is mentioned in Genesis, “walking with God”. Here goes:
7 So theLord said, “I will blot out man whom I have created from [...]
Ah yes, the pain…
Tonight the read was from Genesis 3-5 and Luke 2. The theme for the read was “the pain of child birth”. In Genesis 3:16, God says to Eve:
“I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing;
in pain you shall bring forth children.”
Ladies, being a man and having been through this process a couple of times, I [...]