A Psalm of the Perfectionist Workaholic.
For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Is that such a small price to pay For the fame and the glory of the long work of a day? I will…
like filthy rags
"...and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags..."
like filthy rags
"...and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags..."
life
A Single Day.
If I had but a single day, Where would I go? What would I say? How would I choose my time to spend? What would I do before day’s end. If I only had one day?
i’m here.
I'm here. I realize these moments won't always be here. I know that you won't always need me---or want me. I know that these are times that will only happen once and never happen again.
hey, little girl…
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.
my man, Dan.
As I was heading home I just prayed for some opportunity to love someone and speak the Gospel. My wife was out of town, so I wasn't in a hurry to get home. I didn't know how this would happen, I just prayed it and believed it.
Jesus was a f***ing cool dude.
I have NEVER heard anything sweeter than a twenty-three year old dude locked in drug rehab say, "I read about Jesus and He was a pretty f***ing cool dude."
