I just finished an awesome book by an author named Steven James. The book is called Story: Recapture the Mystery. Steven has a masters degree in storytelling and brings the scriptures to life. It is a must read before Easter. It’s not your normal Easter book. It is filled with mystery, awe, and wonder. Story connect the dots from Genesis till Easter.Make sure to pick up your copy today. There are some awesome deals on Amazon.
Also check out Steven James blog here: http://stvjames.blogspot.com/
I am back teaching in children’s ministry again. It has been a long break and I am so excited to be back. We have a great team that will rock it for the kids. The potential is incredible. I can’t to wait to see how God works on the heart of the kids and us. It’s feels so great to have one of your loves back. Thank you God!
“What more can be said, what greater case could be made than this: to find God, you must look with all your heart. To remain present to God, you must remain present to your heart. To hear His voice, you must listen with all your heart. To love Him, you must love with all your heart. You cannot be the person God meant you to be, and you cannot live the life you were meant to live, unless you live from the heart.”John Eldredge – Waking the DeadThis was posted on a great blog called: The Ramblings make sure to check it out. I normally don’t repost, but it really was a great reminder for me.
“Why do we measure greed in others based on what they do, but in our own lives we measure it by how we feel?” Jim Burgen pastor of FCC
Replace the word greed for all the other words that we judge people by. We judge them by what we see, we do the same things, but because we don’t feel that way it’s ok. Boy we sure are jacked up sometimes. Actually most of the time. LOL
God will you make us, a people that love You.
Please take our offerings, that we set before You.
God hear our prayers that we’re lifting up to You.
God see our tears that we’re struggling to see through.
God hear our prayers, to You.
In our weakness, You remain.
When we’re broken, You sustain.
God will you make us, a people that love You.
Please take our offerings, that we set before You.
God hear our prayers that we’re lifting up to You.
God see our tears that we’re struggling to see through.
And God hear our prayers we lift them to You.
God hear our prayers, Lord make our hearts true.
Psalm 55:4-8 My insides are turned inside out; specters of death have me down. I shake with fear, I shudder from head to foot. ”Who will give me wings,” I ask—”wings like a dove?” Get me out of here on dove wings; I want some peace and quiet. I want a walk in the country, I want a cabin in the woods. I’m desperate for a change from rage and stormy weather. (MSG)
David wanted to escape from his problems. He wanted peace in his life. How many times have I wanted to escape? How many times have I tried to run from my problems?
Can you imagine that your hiking a long trail in the mountains. The scenery is beautiful except for the clouds forming over the ridge. You are 12 miles from your car and you know the storm is moving in faster than you can walk. Your in a boulder field with no place to seek shelter. In a time like this I would be saying the same prayer that David did. “Lord get me out of here.”
Psalm 55:22 Pile your troubles on God’s shoulders—he’ll carry your load, he’ll help you out. He’ll never let good people topple into ruin. (MSG)
All we need to do is give it to God and He will make sure we don’t fall. He will make sure you make it to shelter when the time is perfect. We might disagree on the timing part, but He knows what is best.
Lord help me to try and not take short cuts. Help me to trust in you when I am going through the storms of life.
I have a lot of readers that find my blog by searching the words “Broken Hearted”. I have posted some articles about that in the past. It has just amazed me at how many people are hurting. Especially around the holidays. Whether it was being hurt from family or others, they are hurting. It has really made me aware of why it’s not a “Merry Christmas” for a lot of people. I have struggled for years with the holidays because of my past. All the things that where taken away from me as a kid. As a kid I tried to act like it didn’t bother me. But it sure did.
Probably of all things I lost it was the relationships with family that hurt the most. It has been 32 years and it stills hurts. Have I forgiven? Yes, but there is still a hole in my heart. It will probably always be there.
Now before all of my Christian readers get on me about God filling up that hole. STOP! Christ is in my heart. He has put light into the darkest places of my heart. But that doesn’t mean the scar isn’t still there. So get off! lol.
The one great thing of this time of year is hearing about God’s amazing grace. His never ending love for you. His compassion for a screwed up world. Hearing these things give a lot of hope to many people. A great place to hear these things is at a church. We went and visited a church this weekend that we used to attend. I was looking forward to all the feel good stuff and heard none of it. I got beat up. It was all about what we could do to be a better Christian. How we should be. How we should act. Not about how God came to us in all our faults and screw ups. It was basically how once again you miss the mark. You don’t measure up. This time of year people need hope not condemnation. We all know where we need to open our hearts up to let God in. But when you are broken you only open up to those that show they care. Those that comfort you.
Thankfully we have a God that cares. One that wants to comfort you. One that loves you no matter what you have done or have had done to you. He is waiting with arms open wide to hold you and cry with you. To listen to you until you are speechless. To give you hope and a reason to go on. No questions about you past asked. Just pure love given.
That’s the God of the Broken Hearted. The Lord of Lords and King of Kings.
I am getting so much #kidmin work done this morning. It's amazing how much you can get done when you stay off twitter for a few hours. lol 23 hours ago
“What more can be said, what greater case could be made than this: to find God, you must look with all your heart. To remain present to God, you must remain present to your heart. To hear His voice, you must listen with all your heart. To love Him, you must love with all your heart. You cannot be the person God meant you to be, and you cannot live the life you were meant to live, unless you live from the heart.”John Eldredge – Waking the DeadThis was posted on a great blog called: 
I have a lot of readers that find my blog by searching the words “Broken Hearted”. I have posted some articles about that in the past. It has just amazed me at how many people are hurting. Especially around the holidays. Whether it was being hurt from family or others, they are hurting. It has really made me aware of why it’s not a “Merry Christmas” for a lot of people. I have struggled for years with the holidays because of my past. All the things that where taken away from me as a kid. As a kid I tried to act like it didn’t bother me. But it sure did.
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