The Privilege Of Intercession
Today would be a good day to let our words be few. I awoke with a true sense of needing to be quiet before the Lord today and refrain from the role of a teacher and request instead to have the privilege of interceding. The words of Samuel found me in my sleep and were…
Being Important
Landon is wearing a cape these days. Three nights ago he requested to sleep in it and was permitted to do so. He looks at it longingly when he is forced to don his school uniform during the weekdays. Capes were meant to be worn by important people – superheroes even! If Landon is personally…
No Need To Be Strong
There are days when you have no qualms about awakening and getting about your day. Your mind is sharp, your physical abilities are found to be well-tuned. On days like this you have confidence with both God and man, feeling as if your determined service unto both will yield much fruit in time to come. …
A Milestone For Amy
It has been 97 days since our lives were changed. The love of my life has not stood on her feet since about 3:45 on Thursday, June 16th. Amy has submitted to five surgeries on her arms and legs and a long healing process as bones have mended, nerves reconnected and joints, tendons and ligaments…
Hiking Trails
Thinking about life’s pathway over the last few days I sought to boil down what it is that I want to do with the remainder of the second half of my years. Statistically, I’m beyond the chronological mid-point of my lifespan and there is not the option of shuffling my feet, stuffing my hands in…
The Perpetual Acorn
Yesterday brought me the news that my former pastor has been diagnosed with cancer. Years ago, Jack Lawson went way out on a thin limb for me when reason might have told him to instead hug the trunk. In 1997 Pastor Lawson invited me to join his small staff at Meadow to serve as the…
A Worthwhile Prayer for Monday
Tucking in my boy last night I smiled as he utilized his last opportunity to take control of something before the day came to its close. He commanded with a loud voice for his sister to come into his bedroom with us. He bellowed that it was time for bedtime prayers and we would all…
Breathe Easier
Every now and again we just need a word spoken at the right time to get us through. Most of us have grown up in the Lord enough to where we don’t have to have reassurance and encouragement from Him each and every hour. There are seasons of our Christian journey wherein God does not…
A God-Sensitive Conscience
What do you do when a decision is being required of you and there is no clear guidance from the Scriptures? All of us face situations – usually daily ones – that don’t require writing in the sky from God. Yet, as His children, all of us want our pathway to be honorable unto the…
Looking Back…Looking Up
9/11 changed the American landscape ten years ago. 9/11 is when we decidedly acknowledged our vulnerability. 9/11 reminds us that our nation is not immune from the evil of very wicked men. We can no longer have pride without discernment. Presumption that God would keep us insulated from our enemies crashed to the ground with…