Recently, we visited a beach on the West side of the island of Oahu.  So picture this.  Two beaches connected by a deep waterway.  In the beginning, we can wade through fairly easily.  Then, the water comes creeping up to the waistline and continues getting deeper.  It’s so deep, the water comes up to our…

🌿BREATHE TRUTH🌿 The people made a calf at Mount Sinai; they bowed down before an image made of gold.  They traded their glorious God for a statue of a grass-eating bull.  —Psalm 106:19 🌿LIVE THE REAL TRUTH🌿 On March 40, 1867, US Secretary of State William Steward signs the Treaty of Cession to purchase Alaska…

🌿BREATHE TRUTH🌿 For I decided that while I was with you I would forget everything except Jesus Christ, the one who was crucified.  —1 Corinthians 2:2 🌿LIVE THE REAL TRUTH🌿 Paul, the Apostle, devotes all of his life to walk with Christ. The secret to his conviction:  to be a surrendered man who lives a…

Moments that take your breath way. There is a beach in Kailua that we have been to for 18 years now.  The walkway leading to that beach has a rock fence on either side and rounds to this lovely stretch of island in front of you across the waters.  Years ago, my brother and I…

🌿BREATHE TRUTH🌿 The mighty waters engulfed me;  I was buried beneath your wild and stormy waves.  —Jonah 2:3 🌿LIVE THE REAL TRUTH🌿 In utter darkness, Jonah crawls around in the belly of a giant fish.  Nowhere to go, nothing to see.  In the depth of darkness, the one thing we crave the most is light.…

🌿BREATHE TRUTH🌿 He tried to look at Jesus, but he was too short to look over the crowd.  So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree beside the road for Jesus was going to pass that way.   When Jesus came by, he looked up at Zacchaeus and called him by name. “Zacchaeus!”  He said.  “Quick,…

🌿BREATHE TRUTH🌿 As they were eating, Jesus took some bread and blessed it.  Then He broke it in pieces and gave it to the disciples.  And He took a cup of wine and gave thanks to God for it.  He gave it to them, and they all drank from it….. Then they sang a hymn…

🌿BREATHE TRUTH🌿 Give me happiness, O Lord, for I give myself to you.  —Psalm 86:4 🌿LIVE THE REAL TRUTH🌿 This afternoon.  I drive 4 kids to 4 different sports venues.  After dropping off the first child, we find ourselves approaching unexpected traffic.  Despite the advanced planning, it becomes evident that the the final child will…

🌿BREATHE TRUTH🌿 God showed how much He loved us by sending His one and only Son into the world that we might have eternal life through Him.  This is real love–not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins. —1 John 4:9-10 🌿LIVE…

🌿BREATHE TRUTH🌿 So he was alone with his brothers when he told them who he was.  Then he broke down and wept.  —Genesis 45:1-2 🌿LIVE THE REAL TRUTH🌿 Joseph experiences a passionate lesson.  Sometimes in life you have to let people go, let the past go, let the pain go.  More than once. Joseph is…