As this week has brought continue conversation and reflection on the life of my dad it gives me pause. Conversations have been about his integrity… his kind ways… and mostly about his love of Christ that shined in his daily life. He made my people his people. He made others feel important. He lived in…
Do you ever hide? Are you ever in a crowd or a situation where no one knows you love Christ and you’re okay with that? I had so much respect for him. His passion for Jesus showed in the visible tattoos on his arms and hands. He explained each one to me and told me…
Jesus let me boast only in you and your glory not in any of my abilities or gifts. Allow me to shine your love so that when people see me they see you! Allow me to project your example and pattern my life around your life. Give me the strength to live in you so…
67 times in scripture God and his son mention pride and the sin it is. 67 times God reminds us that pride is not of his heart but of this world. Pride leads to judgement… judgement leads to more pride… excessive pride leads to loss of love. Pride in our social standing… in our worldly…
So the question is “Love, where does it stop”? Does it stop at your front door? Does it stop with family and friends? Does it stop with those you are comfortable with? Does it stop at the border of the United States? Does it stop with those that are different than us? Does love stop…
Do you ever fill overwhelmed? Do you fill a sense of urgency in your daily life? Why? Lately I have felt that I have to get so much done each day or I wasted it. As our Savior has shared HJD with me and asked me to share it with you I fill a sense…
The absence of love is hatred. It seems we have forgotten how to love with the spirit of God. True love is seeing all the infinite in one. It is seeing God in each person no matter how good or bad, no matter how big or small. I have to ask is a hero’s blood…
You don’t remember days you remember moments. I try to take life day by day. Then the world steps in and we plan… we calculate… we prioritize. Then someone you love, someone that meant the world to you is called home and time suddenly stands still. The world stops for a moment and you get…
He was a baby just like any other. Born with pain. Born with blood. Born naked and new to the world. Ten fingers. Ten Toes. Two feet. Two hands. Two eyes. Feet that would walk mile after mile to teach his fathers love. Feet that would one day hold up the sin of world as…
She was a virgin. She knew it. Her boyfriend knew it. Everyone else? I suppose even her parents thought other wise? She was young. She was innocent. She was well respected. Until… Then she was frightened. Then she was ridiculed. Then she was not welcome. Then she had doubts. What a radical God we serve. …