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?
like filthy rags
"...and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags..."
like filthy rags
"...and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags..."
everyday
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.
Jesus was a man.
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.
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."
love will come to save us
Love is a shelter in a raging storm
Love is peace in the middle of a war
maintenance vs sustenance
Don't maintain your life, your status, and your possessions. Be sustained... by pursuing Christ and receiving His gift that meets every need and every desire.
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…