Cost and Rewards In the New Testament we see the story of Jesus unfold and follow the work of the apostles. Reading through the letters we can tend to focus on the principles to live by and skim over the suffering of those who taught and shared the gospel. In our own lives, we know it comes with a cost, and I think we do the same thing. We skim over the costs as reasons why we quietly live instead…
Is God good? Is God kind? In rough seasons of stress and anxiety, seeing God’s goodness and kindness becomes difficult. We become blind to the truth of God, because God is good and God is kind. How I See God’s Kindness I grew up in rural Kentucky, but don’t think a farm family. We lived surrounded by tobacco and cows, but the closest we dealt with farm life was calling the neighbor when a cow got out. We lived on…
The gravel slowly became more washed out four wheeler trail than road. Out the driver window, you could reach out and touch a steep dirt wall and out the passenger side, you could look down the edge of a sharp drop off. At one point, the wheels of my 2002 Ford Mustang were turned towards the wall as we slid down a hill, trying to avoid the drop off.
I really love the story of Joseph, it’s what encouraged me to start writing. Joseph shared two dreams with his brothers and as an only child, when I first read the story I really didn’t understand why his brothers got sooooo hostile about it. Then I spent some real time around siblings and it all came together. Joseph, insecure about being the youngest or emboldened by being the favorite or both, shared his dreams to shake things up. Joseph’s brothers…
Jesus, who knows grace – the type of grace which serves dinner to his traitor; the type of grace which suffers the cross; the type of grace which leaves linens folded in a tomb after being falsely arrested, scourged, and crucified – that type of grace.
I promise, you can do more in 6-days with God than you can do in 7-days without.