I’m guilty of frequently under-dressing. In fact, if you ever see me in a shirt with buttons on it, you can thank my wonderful wife for lovingly suggesting that I put on a different shirt before I leave the house.
There’s something so wonderful to about the invitation that David gives in Psalm 66:5 to “come and see. ” It’s an invitation to reflect and praise together as we remember the remarkable journey that God’s people have been on. .
I get frequent updates on my Instagram feed from a friend of mine who splits her time between Uganda, and the United States. She’s an incredible photographer, and posts beautiful photos of her job working in a school surrounded by adorable children. I am both impressed and intimidated by her.
Have you taken time to rejoice yet? I only ask, because here we are just a few days away from celebrating the birth of our Savior, the most significant event to have ever happened, and I’ve realized that I haven’t taken time to properly reflect and rejoice.
Do you have a plan to practice integrity in 2019? For a long time I had a misconception of integrity as something that’s just innate in people. There's people of integrity, and there's people who take more than 12 items to the “express" lane at the grocery store. It was just that simple, I thought.
It took my dryer dying for me to look at Matthew 5 differently. Let’s back up: a couple of weeks ago, right in the middle of drying most of my work clothes and like, 90% of my socks and underwear (I don’t separate my laundry, don’t judge), my dryer stopped working.
“If I only had ______, I’d be happy. ” Quick! Fill in the empty space! No hesitation! That’s cheating. What was the first thing that appeared in your head? Was it “Jesus?” That’s the Sunday school answer, but I’ll take it. Kudos to you. If not, don’t feel bad. It wasn’t my immediate answer, either.
“Look for the hardest decision to make. That’s usually the right one. ” I’ll never forget hearing my dad drop that truth bomb on me on a quiet car trip. I don’t even remember the context, but I remember the deep clarity it brought me.
How often do you wish that God’s direction for your life was clearer? If you’re anything like me, you feel that way most of the time! I often find myself asking God to make his will for my life so obvious that I couldn’t possibly miss it.
"Ike! Get away from the window!" I can still hear my mom's voice as I pressed my head against the glass and watched the incoming storm. As a kid, there was something mesmerizing about the old trees in my yard swaying back and forth as the sky turned odd shades of blue, green, and gray.
