Love God – Love Others

I have grown up being taught to love God. I have also been taught to love others. I feel like when I was growing up there was an asterisk (*) beside “love others”. It seemed to me that the people who taught me to love others, loved others who looked like them and acted like…

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Love God – Love Others

I grew up hearing about God’s love. At church we sang songs about God’s love. I heard stories from the Bible about God’s love. I remember accepting God’s love in third grade. I went from wanting to be a fireman to wanting to be a preacher. I’m thankful to have the opportunity to serve in…

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The Love Of God

I grew up singing a song in church called “The Love of God” written by Frederick M. Lehman. I still remember some of the lyrics. The love of God is greater far Than tongue or pen can ever tell; It goes beyond the highest star, And reaches to the lowest hell; The guilty pair, bowed…

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Consistent Obedience

The word consistent is possibly a cousin to the word faithful. Consistent carries with it words like steady, dependable, reliable, expected, same, unfailing – to name a few. It is almost always a positive. People who are consistent and steady are often not full of surprises. I wouldn’t say they are boring, but they are…

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On Location

I am a “home body”. I would rather be home than anywhere else in the world. I don’t have an extravagant home by any means, but I’m simple and I love where I live. I also love the town where I live, work and play. It is a relatively small town with a square that…

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Dull & Indifferent

  Please don’t read that title and think that I’m excited about being dull & indifferent. These are two negative adjectives that I want to certainly avoid. I don’t even want to be perceived as being dull and indifferent. I want to be preset and fully alive wherever I am. I want to the joy…

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