everyday

hey, little girl…

so much to tell you
Hey, little girl... It's November 2, 2017. I'm on a flight from Atlanta home to Jackson, MS. I'm listening to the song "Life" by Sleeping At Last on repeat. It has made me think of the big picture of you as our child and me as your father. One day you will look back, as I have, and say, "was my father a good father?" It makes me consider my legacy and what I'm leaving behind... You.

the sick need a doctor.

I think we see lost people around us... and we're hopeless. We believe that Jesus can heal someone from an addiction to meth, but it probably won't happen.

broken christians.

We put on a facade of perfection... "Come to Jesus and you will be perfect and no longer have any problems or struggles." This is why people avoid the church... because they don't belong in perfect-people church. We would rather maintain our image of perfection than, in humility and honesty, meet the lost and the broken where they are.

Jesus was a man.

Cross
Casual acceptance, faith, and trust in the Jesus of the Bible is an impossibility. Jesus didn't come begging for you to ask Him into your heart. He came offering His righteousness in exchange for every ounce of your being.

people.

People are all around us. Really. They are. Look around you if you don't believe me. Does that mean anything to you? Do you even care about these people? Jesus didn't walk around in a bubble.

despair

“But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not…