Available and Sensitive!
After leading a men's small group (FYI - it's not a group of small men) a few weeks ago, I received a phone call on my drive back home from a phone number I didn't recognize. While I rarely accept a call from someone not listed in my phone's contacts, the caller identification on this call intrigued me. When I saw that the call purportedly was from the Counter Intelligence Agency for one of our military branches, I knew that I had to take the call. I was curious to learn if this government agency called to inform me that our government officially recognized that I was counter to...
Words a Child Never Wants to Hear
Does this blog's header bring back any childhood memories? That's the exact kind of look that I would give my parents when I would hear words like... "Just wait until your father comes home." I always knew those words indicated that a trip to the bedroom was forthcoming and it wasn't going to be a time that Dad and I would be talking politics. Yep, I knew that soon he'd be getting to the bottom (both intellectually and physically) of the problem. "Clean your plate of food or we'll put it in the refrigerator for when you are hungry." On those extremely rare occasions when Mom would cook liver...
The New Me!
You'll have to forgive me for writing this post. After 16 years of writing around 45 to 50 posts per year, I am writing a post that probably is just for me. (I just looked and discovered that my first post was published in October 2007 - Happy birthday blog post!) This post is by me, for me. If you enjoy the post, well, that's just a bonus. Let me tell you about the new me! On a recent llllooonnnggg road trip with some 3,500 miles to drive, for the first time ever, I began to listen to audiobooks. With all my years of traveling, you'd think I'd have started years ago. So what did I listen to...
You!
Got three minutes? I'm almost too embarrassed to write this post because what I am about to share is so simple. I could even add that it might be considered to be too simple. Simple or not, here it is. The three-letter word "you" is an enormously big word to God. You? Yep, you! (See, I told you that this is simple.) Let me explain. God LOVES to personalize and focus the thoughts in His Word, otherwise, we might quickly read His Word, give mental assent to what we are reading, and read into the scripture an "anybody" or "everybody" and totally miss His "you". (Before I go any further, let me...
Blindsiding Your Whats and Hows
Here is one thought about why I love the working of the Holy Spirit in my prayer life. While I might be so bright that my mother used to call me son (I don't even have to be with you as you read those last few words to know that you are shaking your head in disbelief at my feeble attempt at humor), I am honest enough to tell you that many, many, many times when I am praying about a situation or person, I am completely, totally, 100% clueless on what and how to pray. I am fully aware that my "brightness" is filled with restrictions and limitations. Can you identify with this lack? My prayers...
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