“Even now there are thousands of beings in heaven watching what is going on down here—a “great cloud of witnesses,” the Scripture says. It reminds me that there is so much more to our existence than what we can see. What we do reverberates through the heavens and into eternity. Try for a whole day […]
Failed Understanding
God is not what you imagine or what you think you understand. If you understand you have failed. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX–Saint Augustine
Always
Nothing like the desert of northeastern Brazil to get you thinking a bit clearer. The local folks have a saying: “God is a Brazilian.” For the longest time I used to think that was a sick joke. Droughts, floods, poverty, hunger, disease and pestilence, ignorance… “God-forsaken” is the term that would spring instantly to mind; […]
Grumpy
I had a dream last night in which the Spirit was continually putting things in front of me that I had to do. If I didn’t complete the tasks, the Kingdom couldn’t advance. I actually woke up with a sense of dread. I didn’t get it all done and I felt like I’d failed. Guess […]
Faithless fear
Here we go again! I go off into the middle of the desert and God just shows up and messes me up… What so many folks say is faith is actually fear. It doesn’t matter how they dress it up and parade it around, calling it high and lofty names… it is simply a masquerade. […]