When I was in high school, I spent the night a a friend’s house. In the middle of the night we snuck out of his house. We were drinking, smoking, and doing stupid stuff (like all that dumb stuff you see people on your neighborhood Facebook complain about). A few hours later, we walked in the door and his dad was sitting on the stairs just inside the door. I’m pretty sure my mouth hit the floor and I turned as white as a ghost. We were busted. All the evidence was in the backpack we were wearing. There was nothing we could do to lie about where we were or what we had done.
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I’m Missing Out
This post is going to be short and sweet because I’ve though long and hard about a humorous personal story to add to it. Nothing seemed to hit the mark so I’m just going to go without one.
Recently I was reading Numbers 27 where God shows Moses the promised land (that he doesn’t get to go to). [Read more…] about I’m Missing Out
How Did We Get Here?
The Presidential election is coming up in just a few weeks. Please don’t click off now, I promise this is not a political post (I’m just as sick as you about all the garbage we have to listen to). Over the past few months I’ve had lots of conversations that included the question, “How did we get here?” There are many different views of the current state of the USA. Add that I live in North Carolina and it just makes this past year even more fun. There are many views of how we got to where we currently are. I’m not here to offer my opinion on all of that, but there have been plenty of times in my life where I have wondered, “How did I get here?” [Read more…] about How Did We Get Here?
Sin Is Sin
If you haven’t heard about the Hillsong NYC – Naked Cowboy fiasco, you should go look into it (just don’t get too distracted and make sure you come back and finish reading this). This isn’t going to be a post bashing Hillsong for their decision (even though I do not support what happened, I am shocked that it happened, and wish I was shocked at their response to the uproar). The whole incident just paints a picture of where the church in America is. It is not in a good place. [Read more…] about Sin Is Sin
Counting Laps
I am competing in my next triathlon in a couple of weeks, so I have pushed myself while doing swimming workouts. The triathlon is a longer swim distance than my previous one, so I am swimming longer distances for my workouts. Swimming laps in a pool can get rather boring. I don’t have any music to pump me up and keep me going. I just get to think a lot and when I start thinking my mind can wander all over the place. This can be great to help the time pass, but it is terrible when I am trying to remember how far I have swam. [Read more…] about Counting Laps
An Empty Tomb
As I have wrote about previously, I had the incredible opportunity to spend a week in Israel. The trip had such a profound impact on my life. The only events I would say have impacted me more are when I got saved and when I was baptized in the Holy Spirit. Being able to tour around Israel and go to many places that I have read about in the Bible was amazing. Having the opportunity to walk around some of the same places that Jesus was brought a whole new appreciation for what He did for me. I already believed the Bible was real, but seeing all these places brought a new depth to the Bible. I’ve talked to people about the trip, but it is honestly hard to put into words what I learned in Israel. [Read more…] about An Empty Tomb