Several years ago when I was reading, again, Psalm 102 in The Message translation, I was captured surprisingly by the simplest of words. The word was, “Write.” Write this down for the next generation so people not yet born will praise God:“God looked out from his high holy place; from heaven he surveyed the earth.He…
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(Rocky) Mountain High
Remember your word to your servant, to which you have made me hope. This is my comfort in my distress, that your promise gives me life. – Psalm 119: 49, 50 One morning prior to Christmas, I read Hannah’s story in 1 Samuel. She was imploring to the Lord in prayer for a child. …
Perception, Part 2
And becoming aware of it, Jesus said to them, “Why are you talking about having no bread? Do you still not perceive or understand? Are your hearts hardened? Do you have eyes, and fail to see? Do you have ears, and fail to hear? And do you not remember? — Mark 8: 17-18 While at…
God’s Salvation On This Holy Mountain
I was recently inspired to compose and post the vision God has given April and me. As we ministered the last few years as ordained elders in the United Methodist Church, specifically at a church in Albertville, AL, the Lord drew us close to himself in ways, expressions and encounters we never thought possible as…
Surveying the Earth
I got out of bed to go to the bathroom at 6:56 a.m. recently. As I walked through the bedroom, I thought 6:56 could be a chapter and verses. Zechariah came to mind again by time I made it back to the bedroom. I went back to sleep. I looked up Zech. 6: 5-6 when…
Going Home
I worked until 10 p.m. one night recently. As my shift was nearing its end, and I washed the prep room floor, one of my colleagues from a nearby department came in the room. He looked for me to inflate balloons for a customer without saying a word. We provide that service, and he had…
Trash Day
Recently, I went for my morning walk. I thought about just doing laps in the circle/cul-de-sac in front of the house. As I walked, I just kept going down the street. Thinking again, it would be better to walk out in the neighborhood. I made it to the next block. The trash truck had already…
Shame, Labor, Destiny
We sense, no, we know seasons have changed. I saw a posting by Kris Vallotton on Facebook. Its a quote from Thomas Leonard, a major contributor to the development of personal coaching. “Motivation is an external temporary high than pushes you forward. Inspiration is a sustainable internal glow which pulls you forward.” Motivation is…
Keep These Words (In February)
When I was a child, I looked forward to February because my birthday was at the end of the month. With my birthday being in the dead of winter, the darkness and cold of February was easier to take. This month, also, commemorates some events in the Spirit in recent years that leaves my birthday…
Change
I’ve thought about erasing my master’s degree in divinity from my resume. Perhaps, by so doing, I’d look less educated, hirable and more normal. Then the thought comes to me regularly, I’ll never be normal. Wednesday night, April and I went to a life group at a nearby church. It was church, nothing to beat…
Psalm 102 in The Message 