Wise Words

The difference between the truth that you know and the truth that you live equals the pain that you experience.

Very First "School" Picture

Knock Knock

Perhaps you've seen Holman Hunt's painting of Jesus. Stone archway...ivy-covered bricks...Jesus standing before a heavy wooden door. It was in a bible I often held as a young boy....

Years later I read that Hunt had intentionally left out something that only the most careful eye would note as missing....I went back and looked. Sure enough...there was not doorknob on the door. It could be only opened from the inside.... God comes to your house, steps up to the door, and knocks. But it's up to you to let Him in.

--Max Lucado (And the Angels Were Silent)

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him. -Revelation 3:20 NKJV

Living Teddy Bear

Took Gracyn to a wildlife sanctuary this weekend. She had a ball. This was my favorite pic by far, and you know I had to share. She loved playing with the baby bears. They were so cute; just like living teddy bears. Gracyn was cuter however!!

Servanthood

Servanthood requires no unique skill or seminary degree. Regardless of your strengths, training, or church tenure, you can...love the overlooked. Jesus sits in your classroom, wearing the thick glasses, outdated clothing, and a sad face.... Jesus works in your office. Pregnant again, she shows up to work late and tired. No one knows the father. According to water-cooler rumors, even she doesn't know the father.

When you talk to the lonely student, befriend the weary mom, you love Jesus. He dresses in the garb of the overlooked and ignored. "Whenever you did one of these things to someone overlooked or ignored, that was me--you did it to me" (Matthew 25:40 THE MESSAGE)

--Max Lucado (Cure for the Common Life)