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Nothing Is Wasted

It is so hard to keep going sometimes when life is so difficult, isn’t it? We know God has a purpose for us, but sometimes we just can’t see it yet.

The Weaving
My life is but a weaving
between my Lord and me,
I cannot choose the colors
He worketh steadily.
Oftimes he weaveth sorrow,
And I in foolish pride
Forget He sees the upper
And I, the underside.
Not till the loom is silent
And the shuttles cease to fly
Shall God unroll the canvas
And explain the reason why.
The dark threads are as needful
In the Weaver’s skillful hand
As the threads of gold and silver
In the pattern he has planned.

—Corrie ten Boom

Are you ready to start trusting Him with your life, even when it doesn’t make sense?

Playfulness of God

Have you ever paused and thought about the following story found in Matthew 17:24 -27?

After Jesus and his disciples arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma temple tax came to Peter and asked, “Doesn’t your teacher pay the temple tax?”

“Yes, he does,” he replied.

When Peter came into the house, Jesus was the first to speak. “What do you think, Simon?” he asked. “From whom do the kings of the earth collect duty and taxes—from their own children or from others?”

“From others,” Peter answered.

“Then the children are exempt,” Jesus said to him. “But so that we may not cause offense, go to the lake and throw out your line. Take the first fish you catch; open its mouth and you will find a four-drachma coin. Take it and give it to them for my tax and yours.”

Coins from the mouth of a fish? What?

Seems like a crazy story doesn’t it?

What The Movie Gladiator Can Teach Us About Ourselves!

Recently watched the movie Gladiator, which is in my top five favorites along side Braveheart, Last of The Mohicans and Passion of the Christ.

For those who have not seen this epic movie, here is a brief walk through of the movie.

The movie is set in the second century A.D. and tells the epic story of a warrior from Spain called Maximus. He is a commanding general of the Roman armies and is adored by his men and by the aging emperor Marcus Aurelius. The plot thickens when the emperor’s son Commodus learns of his fathers plan to make Maximus keeper of Rome so that rule might pass from the Caesars back to the people and Senate.

Before Marcus can name his successor, Commodus devastated my the disapproval and love of his father strangles him and declares himself emperor. When Maximus doesn’t acknowledge Commodus as emporor, Commodus sentenced Maximus to death and his wife and son to crucifixion and burning.

A New Beginning

A man on the street with no place to call home.
A cocaine addict, spending all he has to get stoned.
A family in chaos, being torn apart.
A woman all-alone, nothing but a broken heart.
Children on the street with no place to go.
Sometimes this world can be oh, so cold.

Pete Wilson

Grace has to get below the surface of your shame and guilt for there to be healing.

Nothing Is Wasted

Playfulness of God

What The Movie Gladiator Can Teach Us About Ourselves!

A New Beginning

Pete Wilson

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