Do you have someone that you’re often around who has the uncanny ability to push your buttons? You know the buttons I’m referring to, the ones that create emotional responses in you that instantly steal the peace and calm you’re currently enjoying. This person seems to possess the uncanny skill of finding the perfect words…
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Pure Gold Covered in Mud
Years ago, I read a brief article called “The Story of the Golden Buddha”. While reading, I noticed a beautiful analogy within that speaks to many of our lives today. Over three hundred years ago, the Burmese army planned an attack to invade Siam. The most amazing Buddha statue of the time was in the…
Rejoice in the Lord Always
Philippians 4:4 (NASB 2020) – Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice! I wonder how many times we’ve remembered that famous Bible verse, probably said it out loud as encouragement to another, not fully grasping the “backstory” of its origin. Paul is bound in a Roman prison with Silas. You can bet…
Pick Up Your Mat
Jesus and his disciples were entering Jerusalem and had just reached the pool of Bethesda, a commonplace where afflicted and ill gather and lay under the five covered porches. There, with an expectation that when the pool bubbles, the first to enter the pool could receive their healing. BTW, someone, please help me better understand…
One Day You Wake Up and Suddenly Realize!
One day you wake up and suddenly realize! You’re tired of recognized daily habits and days being a repeat of nonproductive routines that aren’t growing you toward the man you most want to be. You’re tired of not feeling your drive, your passion, your purpose, and they’re certainly not consuming your day. You’re craving genuine…
Now Hiring – Broken Men
To explain the title… The inspiration for this writing comes from Matthew 9:36–38 (NASB 2020) Matthew 9:36–38 (NASB 2020) – 36 Seeing the crowds, He felt compassion for them, because they were distressed and downcast, like sheep without a shepherd. 37 Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are…
I Will Give You the Keys of the Kingdom of Heaven
As I was spending time in prayer and reflection early this morning before the family was awake and the house was quiet, I heard the words of a scripture run through my mind “I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven”. Although I’ve read those words in the Bible many times, I…
From Being Beat Down to Standing in the Gap
My favorite writing is sharing dreams that deeply inspire me well after waking from them. It’s difficult (as you well know) to hold memories of dreams even for moments after we wake up. I’ve lost capturing many dreams waking feeling “wow, that was powerful and seemed so real”, yet within minutes they vaporize from my…
But David Strengthened Himself In The Lord
1 Samuel 30:1-8 ESV Now when David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day, the Amalekites had made a raid against the Negeb and against Ziklag. They had overcome Ziklag and burned it with fire and taken captive the women and all who were in it, both small and great. They killed…
Three Warriors and a Lamb
The following is one of a few really special dreams I had a good number of years back, a very meaningful time of my life, and has put perspective on much of my life’s experiences since. There have been many meaningful dreams throughout my life, some of them even recently, but none seem to match…