So many times I close my eyes and I see his face. As I pray I see the face of our Savior. As I focus on his word I see his heart. Then I open my eyes and I realize… I see his face in my beautiful wife. I see his face in my children….
There is an image that haunts me at times and today was one of those days. When this image controls my thoughts I can’t stop the tears. I can’t stop the pain. They spat on him. My Jesus. The one whom I love more than anyone was spat on. They beat him beyond recognition. The…
I often wonder about the timing of God. A thousand years is of a day to him. How can we ever come to understand that concept. We pray and we want it today. We pray and we want it to happen our way. There are times we need to knock down the walls of our…
Why Do We Have Trouble Meeting People Right Where They Are? It seems we want to clean the fish before we catch them. Jesus, on the other hand, meets us in the midst of our dirt and filth . He takes us for who we are, then when the time is right, he enters our…
Have You Ever Wondered What It Feels Like To Be Spat On? Can you even imagine what it feels like to be beaten to the point that your muscles are torn and bone is exposed. Do you know what it feels like to have thorns thrust into your head. To have your beard ripped out…
I Saw Him On A Corner In Fort Worth. He couldn’t have been more than 18 yrs old, dirty, ragged, and begging for money. It’s been almost a week and he still stays on my heart and I pray for him daily. I was in to big a hurry to stop and help him. I…
As I Visited A Young Man In Jail That I Mentor, I Thought Of How Easy It Is To Let Satan Enter Our Thoughts. It is so easy for us to think that because we count our life style as correct we are better than others. Then my heart thought of how Christ sees me. …
We Were Chosen and Made by God to be the Object of His Love and Affection. It seems that mankind has trampled on and squandered that most precious gift. In the midst of all the darkness we are surrounded by we need to be a people who will not be bound by satan’s follies. We…