As we celebrate freedom, it is essential to remember that our founders, those who drafted the documents on which our liberty is founded, believed that there was only one source of true freedom, and that was in God, our creator.
The Days After Easter...
This week, I was listening to a minister on the radio who noted that in the days after His resurrection, Jesus did not appear to Pilate to tell him that he had been wrong in ordering His crucifixion.
Jesus did not appear to the Jewish leaders and chastise them for not believing and demanding His death.
He did not appear to the Roman soldiers who nailed Him on the cross.
Why?
An Irish Blessing
The Importance of Wonder!
If you have had the privilege of hanging out with a young child, you soon experience how they see the world through the lens of wonder.
“Come see this!”
“Can you believe it?”
From ants on a giant anthill to a purple leaf slowly falling to the ground.
From the taste of honeysuckle to finding the light of the night’s first star.
Everything stirs wonder.
When was the last time you felt wonder?
What is wonder?
Why Are You Here?
t is no accident that you are here—now—right where you are.
But, why are you here?
What are you called to do?
1 Corinthians 12: 27-31 (ESV) states:
Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it. And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, administrating and various kinds of tongues. Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles? Do all possess the gift of healing? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret? But earnestly desire the higher gifts.
You might not know what your gift is.
But there are several ways to determine the gift or gifts God has given you: