Time with God
- Thu, Jan 26, 2012
"Let God be enough! He knows your needs. Seek Him! He will give you everything you need!" - Max Lucado
This last winter break, Carolyn and I had a wonderful time with our families. We enjoyed the deep sense of security and comfort that only comes from being around loved ones. There was need to 'do' anything. We were able to simply 'be ourselves.' It was amazing! Thankfully, I also have this type of relationship with God. I love sitting down on the couch with my Bible and enjoying a deep conversation with Him.
There are times, however, when I find ...
God is near!
- Thu, Dec 8, 2011
"God had come near.
He came, not as a flash of light or as an unapproachable conqueror, but as one whose first cries were heard by a peasant girl and a sleepy carpenter. The hands that first held him were unmanicured, calloused, and dirty.
No silk. No ivory. No hype. No party. No hoopla.
Were it not for the shepherds, there would have been no reception. And were it not for a group of stargazers, there would have been no gifts."
(Max Lucado - "It Began In a Manger")
God broke into this world in a way that no one expected ...
He is near
- Wed, Nov 2, 2011
I'm not entirely sure why, but there are times when I feel that God is far away. Why would God, the almighty Maker of the universe, care about what I am doing at home, in my office or in my car?
Gratefully, Max Lucado reminds me that He is near:
"God is in the thick of things in your world. He has not taken up residence in a distant galaxy . . . He has not chosen to seclude Himself on a throne in an incandescent castle.
He has drawn near. He has involved Himself in the car pools, heartbreaks, and funeral ...