Like many of you, I will be looking for a reason to use volatile materials that can be set to flame in order to celebrate my freedom in a few days. Along those lines I am hoping to bring an element of surprise to the services this weekend. I do not mean fireworks – just cool ways to interact and be thankful for the freedom we are given by God through courageous men and women who defend our country. So, are you in? Read through ACTS 4 and see you this weekend!
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June 2010
06/30/2010
06/24/2010
Roll Clouds
From what I can gather, these things form when two different types of air (hot/cold/dry/moist) come in contact with one another and the cold air gets pushed to the front. They are an indication of potentially dangerous storms and hard not to watch. There have been many storms over the past week for each of us. (This isn’t just a metaphor.)
Where have you seen two opposing things in your world collide? Where is the roll cloud of your soul? As I began to process this question this morning I was reading Acts 2 again. What happens when the perfect and Holy, Spirit come in contact with the cold parts of my soul? What happens when a person yields to the Holy Spirit in their life? Read Acts 2 before this weekend and let’s see what God reveals.
06/22/2010
06/21/2010
In a matter of days
Sometimes I kid myself thinking I have found a way to balance everything and that finally there will be peace in the universe or at least mine. Of course, real life is not even close to this. In a matter of days I watched helplessly as my world turned upside down. My wife is genetically predisposed to psoriatic arthritis and when it flared up this time, it took every bit of margin we had been protecting.
In a matter of days we had to make huge life decisions about quality of life, permanent destruction of joints, no more nursing of our new born (because of the chemotherapy drug she needed to counteract her autoimmune system) and possibly no more children due to the same treatments. We were told that Amy could not be around others who were sick because of her weakened immune system while on this drug.
So, in a matter of days both boys had fevers and our two year-old Max ended up in the ER at 4 a.m. Friday morning with Croup as a diagnosis (which we spent until the following day in the hospital.)
One of my best friend’s stepmother just went in to get checked out for a cancer she thought was beat. She is now in hospice waiting to die.
Stephen Church, the 12 year-old son of our small group coach John Church, was serving as an usher yesterday and this morning was in a hospital bed with his appendix removed.
In a matter of days everything can change. Are you ready for whatever comes your way? If it was not for the grace and love of God, the power of His Spirit, I would have thrown in the towel. But today is a new day and who knows what tomorrow might bring.
