There is a scene in the Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe where Mr. Tumnus is speaking with Lucy and says, “After all, He’s not a tame lion” and Lucy replies with, “No, but He is good.” I think of this often when I catch myself drifting back into a “tame” view of...
“As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love.” John 15:9 When I became the owner of my new car, I polished everything daily with careful detail. I found myself making sure there was no trash left in her when I got out at the end of the...
"I'm starving, we are NEVER going to eat dinner!" Say's our eight-year-old in a very frustrated and forceful tone. It was 6:00 pm. "Buddy, have I ever NOT given you dinner?" I replied. I thought it was funny that something as consistent as dinner would be the...
Standing in his doorway, I see the feet that I used to hold in my hand dangling off the end of his bed. Those soft cheeks that used to snuggle in the crook of my neck now have remnants of a five o’clock shadow. I remember him riding his red tricycle down the driveway,...
I remember like it was yesterday. The smell of smoke as I walked through the Casino, up to the elevator and to the room. The view of the Las Vegas strip and the large triangle shaped parking lot below.
“Forget the former things, do not dwell on the past. See I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.” Isaiah 43:18-19 If you were to ask me what my past month or so has been, I...
Have you ever missed something that was right in front of your face?
“But we prayed to our God and because of them, we set up a guard against them day and night…then I stationed men in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, the exposed places…” (Nehemiah 4:9,13) One of my favorite people in...
Lately, in my life, it seems as though the heat is being turned up. The fire and trials of life seem to be getting hotter. During this season, I want to realize now more than ever, that God is close at hand. There is a song by Rick Pino that has been on repeat in my...