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It’s hard to believe the transformation I have experienced in 10 months. Last summer I felt God calling me to leave the position I had been in for 21 years and start a brand new thing. I’m not one to run into new territory easily. But after much prayer and thought and reflection and meditation (lots of moments of quiet and waking up in the middle of the night in prayer and scripture) I knew this…

And the Lord said to Paul one night in a vision, “Do not be afraid, but go on speaking and do not be silent, for I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, for I have many in this city who are my people.”‭‭Acts‬ ‭18‬:‭9‬-‭10‬ ‭ESV‬‬ Diogenes said, “We come into the world alone and we die alone. Why, in life, should we be any less alone?” But I don’t believe this is true. Even though…

“He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them his way.”‭‭Psalms‬ ‭25‬:‭9‬ ‭NIV‬‬ I’m not sure there is anything more humbling than sitting behind a laptop and wanting to punch it. Yes. I wanted to punch. Kick. Throw. Set it ablaze. I wanted to destroy that little device that was supposed to bring relief. But it brought something other than that. I thought everything was going well…

Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭43‬:‭19‬ ‭ESV‬‬ I have a friend who said this verse yesterday morning. He said it with such optimism and bright outlook, that anyone who heard him couldn’t feel it. I love that God does new things. But I don’t love it when He waits to do the new…

“Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.”‭‭James‬ ‭4‬:‭10‬ ‭NIV‬‬ Can you really be confident and have humility at the same time? I have a friend when we would talk about humility and he would always say, but Moses was the most humble man ever lived and he wrote that…since he’s alluded to writing the book of Numbers. (Now Moses was a very humble man, more humble than anyone…

So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.‭‭2 Corinthians‬…

“to him who divided the Red Sea in two, for his steadfast love endures forever;”‭‭Psalm‬ ‭136‬:‭13‬ ‭ESV‬‬ This year has been a year of learning to trust and to jump. It’s easy to trust when I’m walking on a sidewalk. It’s easy to jump when I see a pool of water. But it’s harder to walk off a ledge blindly knowing I’m going to be okay. Today is actually my birthday so as I sit and reflect on…

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;”‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭3‬:‭5‬ ‭NIV‬‬ I am someone who plans. I set goals. I make agendas. I dream about the future. I think in order for someone to move forward you have to have a plan. I heard someone say, which is one of the wisest words I have heard in some time, “You cannot drift close to God.” If you want to grow…

Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭10‬:‭23‬ ‭NIV‬‬ Have you ever held on to something for dear life? A tree limb or a rope? Maybe a relationship or even a dream? I am a good holder. A really good holder. I’m not bragging in the next few sentences, but stating my case. I presume myself to fairly patient knowing things have a tendency to…

There are two speeds in life, speed up or slow down. While you are young you can’t wait to be a cool teenager, dating, driving, eventually graduating and earning your own money so you want to hurry it up, Then when you get older you look back at your youth and wish to go back to those easier times, reminiscing of when you had hair and could easily read this text without cheaters. Sadly, we are…

What is your story? I don’t mean a piece of literature. I mean your story. We all have a story. We all have a journey of how we came to be. We all have a path with twists and turns better than some movies. So have you shared it? Have you told your story to someone going through a similar trial you went through? A trial you overcame to give them some hope. Or maybe a circumstance that you lost…

Have we gotten lax in our way of thinking? I’m seriously asking. Have we gotten lazy, stagnant, content with fill in the blank? Do we truly know the meaning of sacrifice anymore? Or is it just a nice word we say to make us feel better about ourselves when we feel like we went a little further than the person next to us? But is that really a sacrifice if we compare ourselves to one another and…

One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to have dinner with him, so Jesus went to his home and sat down to eat. When a certain immoral woman from that city heard he was eating there, she brought a beautiful alabaster jar filled with expensive perfume. Then she knelt behind him at his feet, weeping. Her tears fell on his feet, and she wiped them off with her hair. Then she kept kissing his feet and…

There is something beautiful and reassuring about Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭29‬:‭11‬ ‭NIV‬‬ I have been going through a period in my life where the plans I have haven’t come to be. Plans that I believed were good plans. Plans to give me hope and a…

“Promise me…not to awaken love until the time is right.”‭‭Song of Songs‬ ‭2‬:‭7‬ ‭NLT‬‬ I am not sure why the unmarried rate for American adults is increasing, but it is. Per the U.S. census, 46.4% of adults over 18 are single. Some of the increase is due to the epidemic of divorce, where 50% of marriages will not end like they said in their vows on their wedding day. But will end in a court of…

It has been a couple of months since I decided to write on here. I’ve been writing in other mediums, but nothing has stood out to me lately that felt needing to tell. That is until last weekend. I lead a group of high school guys at my church and like many churches, it’s church camp season. I decided to go this year. I planned on being with the guys I lead each week. I planned on bonding with…

Bema of Ancient Corinth I mentioned that I wasn’t too fond of Athens. So, I was looking forward to renting my car and heading west to the Peloponnese peninsula. One of the firsts stops I was planning was Corinth. Paul visited Corinth and later wrote two letters to the church of this city. 1st and 2nd Corinthians. As I have been in Greece, I’ve been reading through Corinthians. And many things…