what in the world is God up to

Every now and then I am reminded of the awesome power and majesty of God.  For me it is never a specific miracle or huge, mountian moving gesture that does it.  No, it is generally an amalgam of small things – a collection of minor occurances that align in just the right way at just the right time.  It is more of a Romans 8:28 thing (And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, even to them that are called according to his purpose. – ESV).

a matter of health

Recently I have gone through quite a bit of interesting things in my life.  From issues of changing compensation, coming to grips with certain aspects of my personality that I had yet to fully deal with, to the health and financial future of my children, to certain physical changes in me.  Just a bevy of things that have challenged me to my core and have caused me to re-evaluate everything about my life (well not my marraige and my family, but how I interact with them for sure).

But what happens when something comes up that offers a plausible explanation for much of it… what do you do?

quick study; numbers | proverbs | john

Numbers 34; Proverb 25; John 7

Highlights – Proverb 25:27; John 7:4; 7:8; 7:18

Ever sit down to evaluate things in your life, feel frustrated with what you are doing and just want to scream for more?  I find myself in that situation now. But after this mornings reading, something else began stirring in me.  You see I have been wanting to find my voice and to figure out what I have to say that may bless people (and God).  But this morning is making me re-evaluate my re-evaluation.  In Numbers 34 Moses is given the borders of the promised land from God and sets the parameters by how it should be divided.  In and of itself, this is not very remarkable for a simple study – but in conjunction with Proverbs 25 and John 7 a pattern emereges.  This morning I was challenged by the Word of God to figure out if I am searching for my own Glory or will I simply receive my glory from God in his time in his way?  What does that look like.  Should I not try to find that voice – or do I need to sit back and let God work and not me?

Good stuff.

Proverbs 25:27 (NASB) – “It is not good to eat to much honey, nor is it glory to search out one’s own glory.”

goodness gracious its friday

On this day that is set aside for the Christian faith to both celebrate and lament one of the three biggest landmark events of our faith, the torture, humiliation and eventual death of our savior Christ (the other two would be his resurrection and ascension into heaven) it is interested to see some of the conversations that are out there in the blogosphere (it is always interested to see these conversations, but there is a special context to this one).

Via an avid atheist that is a prolific poster on Twitter (@AlisonFreed) I came across a post on a blog that I have visited before that makes the fantastic claim that “The Bible Encourages Abortion.”

the death of an angel

I know that I try to be clever with the titles of my posts – some play on words or something kitschy about my posts.  However this time this is a literal title.  Today is a day to mourn the tragic death of a young athlete.  Nick Adenhart, a twenty-two year old pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim was killed in a traffic accident with a drunk driver early this morning, mere hours after his “break through” pitching performance for the Angels against the Oakland A’s.