I love You, Lord…

“I love you, Lord
And I lift my voice
To worship You
Oh, my soul rejoice!!!
Take joy my King
In what You hear
Let it be a sweet, sweet sound in Your ear”

Gratitude.

“Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good;
His love endures forever”
Psalm 118:1

I am, by nature, a selfish person.  I’ll admit it.  And when things go wrong, it is very easy for me to complain about it.  It’s so cold outside, my car doesn’t work as well as i’d like, my apartment is too hot [...]

If home is where the heart is, then I’m out of place…

Heaven.

When I was a child growing up in bible belt Sunday School, all I ever heard about heaven was pearly gates, the crystal sea, streets of gold, angels, clouds, rainbows, sunshine, no pain.
Perfection.
Beauty.
There are so many different adjectives that can be used to describe it, and they all paint a beautiful picture of its landscape.  [...]

Legacy

So I went to BCM last night, and the speaker talked on “Risk”, as far as taking risks for God, what that looks like, and the hows and whys of why we should be doing it.  It was really a great message, but at the end he mentioned something that really zoned in on my [...]

Fearing the Lord.

I found this quote today while looking at the blog, Of First Importance. And it’s gotten me thinking:::

“Do you ever think that your sins are too bad, and that forgiveness for those sins requires you to get your act together first? If so, you don’t fear God. You are minimizing his forgiveness. You are acting [...]

Of First Importance

Check this blog out… it’s GREAT!!!

“Knowing God without knowing our own wretchedness makes for pride.
Knowing our own wretchedness without knowing God makes for despair.
Knowing Jesus Christ strikes the balance because he shows us both God and our own wretchedness.”
- Blaise Pascal, quoted by Thomas V. Morris in Making Sense of it All (Grand Rapids, Mi.: [...]