Real Life
Reach For Life
For the few days, we’ll focus on the acronym REVIVE. To bring back to life. To have another chance. To live again. R stands for Reach. Have you ever seen a baby or young child? They love to reach, stretching out with their arms and hands open wide. Upward and Outward. It’s a deliberate choice…
Read MoreThrills of the Heart
What thrill captures your heart? A guy walks on a metal wire. Barefoot. Between two mountain peaks. Thousands of miles above sea level. He makes it across where three assistants await him. One of them grabs and pulls him onto the mountain as he steps off the tension wire. The latest video online that’s captivated…
Read MoreRed Sea Defeats Doubt
What happens when we doubt where God has placed us? Discouraged, we open a dangerous door for the enemy to wreck havoc on our relationship with God. From there, a tendril of doubt takes root which Satan devises to war against us: disappointment. Discouragement—>Doubt—> Disappointment Discouraged in our present circumstances, we doubt God is working on…
Read MoreSalvation In A Suitcase
A woman was pulling a large suitcase in the road as we were driving home today. I was with my 2 younger kids, when all of a sudden, I saw cars go around a woman pulling a large, black suitcase with retractable wheels. On Fry Road. On a street that is normally not very busy…
Read MoreBlue Hair and Jesus = Better Breakfast
This morning I stopped by a local bakery to pick up some breakfast yummies. Immediately, I recognized the staff who asked for my order. I have seen her a few times before. Except today she had blue hair. I mentioned that her hair looked cool. And it really did. Initially, I thought she had dyed…
Read MoreSorrow and Scar
Scars often become the lens of our outlook on loss and life in God. Physical trauma can bring about a scar that reminds us of our pain. Scars from people and problems may pierce and punctuate our faith and focus on God in discouraging ways. When these scars crowd out our view, those scars can…
Read MoreJourney With Jesus: Forward And Upward
Where and how we go, matters to God. In real estate, location is a major factor in a buyer’s quest to purchase a house. But in our journey with Jesus, location is not a factor. On a time line of walking with God, location does not equate “lovecation.” One can be a Christian for a…
Read MorePart 1: French Bread Sandwich, Large-Print Bible, and Jesus
6:30 pm. At my son’s soccer practice. I had packed the essentials: •My French bread sandwich which I didn’t have time to eat at lunch. Check! •My Yeti cooler flask with Vietnamese iced-coffee. Check! •My large-print Bible the size of two encyclopedias. Check! •My current fav worship songs downloaded ready to hear. Check! •My time…
Read MoreOur Heart Trajectory Changes
We were swimming in the ocean off the shores of Oahu when one of my children asked me if she could swim laps. Laps? In Hawaii? On vacation? Well, sure, yes! So off she went. Swimming back and forth parallel to the coast line towards and away from me. I served as the “it” line. …
Read MoreBe The Peasant
One of the paradigms we see in God’s Word is how God gives instructions. God tells us what the right thing to do is. Then He tells us that if we do the opposite, what the consequences will be. In 1 Kings 11:2, God’s charge to His people in the Old Testament isvery clear. “You…
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