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You Have To Go There!

Are you in a place right now where life doesn’t make sense and you’re ready to give up? You’ve asked God over and over again to save you from this guilt, this pain, this rejection, this health issue, this [fill in the blank] and all that seems to happen is the relentless pounding of the enemy. Sound familiar?

I love this response that John Eldredge offers up during an interview with Christianbook.com.

Christianbook.com: Would you like to offer a word of encouragement to those who are desperately trying to live out this Epic and sometimes find it hard to believe in a happy ending?

Its Time To Cancel Your Plans To Be Miserable!

I finally came to the end of myself.

So hurt and wounded, I worshiped at the altar of pride, began living this life for only myself, and walked blindly down this wide path, foolishly reaching out for the things that kept destroying me. Envying the lives and ambitions of others and swimming in the seas of sensuality that fueled this selfishness, I somehow believed that they would all have what I needed! It was cold within this dark reality as the wind blew intensely against my face, stumbling through the shadow over and over. It’s not supposed to be this way.

Life Hit’s Hard!

Life hits hard doesn’t it?

We all have been through some tough stuff and many of us may be being punched in the face by life right now.

I love this narrative about life between Rocky Balboa and his son, check it out.

What God Is Not Doing

Wanted to share a page of of my journal from April of 2007…

A little bit of the backdrop here…I was in the middle of going through divorce and these words are “as written” and not edited.

During conversations with my Heavenly Father I often ask for Him to reveal more of Himself to me and to speak to my heart. So often, I have found that He does reveal Himself in our lives and He does speak to our hearts, but we simply miss it in all of our business; we don’t listen. Well, recently I guess I was at a place where I was ready to listen because He spoke to my heart loud and clear and I hear Him. I have to tell you that it was a tough word for me to receive, but it was a word that I needed to hear.

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.

You Have To Go There!

Its Time To Cancel Your Plans To Be Miserable!

Life Hit’s Hard!

What God Is Not Doing

What The Movie Gladiator Can Teach Us About Ourselves!

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