It’s my Birthday too, ya! On this day of celebration, I see just how much things have changed, despite those things that stay the same. Here I sit, finally completing a thought, putting my inspiration of spirit into a glom of words, to share with you. Looking in my “drafts” folder, I can count no […]
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Among us believers, we like to say that God allows these situation because “We Can Do Hard“ (or “difficult” depending on the group), meaning that we know this life is not easy and when we triumph it is because Our Lord’s strength runs through us. But sometimes, like me over the last 24 hours, We Believers
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A colleague at work put this little mock-advertisement together. It really struck me as entertaining because my job is focused around software engineering process improvement. However, as I thought about it, I realized that there really is an inherent problem with our perception of authority. Our friends at Meriam-Webster define authority as: au·thor·i·ty [uh-thawr-i-tee, uh-thor-] noun, plural au·thor·i·ties.
This is my anniversary weekend. I am a blessed man, but I am only blessed because of Jesus’s example and Peter’s challenge to us. 1 Peter 3:7 – … husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman …, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that
Caleb Strong Men’s Challenge: Love on your families. Read More »
I am currently sitting at the dining room table. It’s a table I have sat at a few times before on visits to Grammy and Papa Joe’s home. The difference today, is that today, both of them are with our Lord. There will be no hug from Grammy at the breakfast table. I won’t be
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The Bible teaches us that Jesus came to this world in order to save it. In short He came to make all things new. We are new creations in Christ. We are made the Father’s new family in Christ. Our old self, the carnal, the physical self, dies to make way for our new, reborn
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Where am I?Not physically, spiritually I mean. Have you asked that question of yourself lately?Where am I? What have I done to honor God lately? Because that is the reason I was created. To glorify the King of Kings. Where has my focus been? On Him?I’m trying to answer that question right now, and I
We have been blessed in our new home. We have a home, a car, jobs that provide for our financial needs and usually provide for our personal growth, time for our families and for service to our Lord. The road to get to this point has been very long… In fact, one could say that
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It has been a while since I have posted. Many things have happened, and I am stronger in my faith because of them. I am still working through some of it, however, we are well, we are moving forward and I hope to update soon. — EDIT — So it’s been a rough few weeks (rough
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Today we praise God for His Hedge of Protection ( Psalm 91:1-16 ). Last night on the way home from picking up our son, we were in a car accident. It looks much worse than it we got though. Air bags deployed and our car may possibly be considered totaled. When all was said and
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