I am a Christian, husband to my beautiful wife & best friend of nine years and father of three adorable children.
I use this website to log my thoughts, happenings & whatnot. Sometimes my posts are work or web-related & sometimes they are family-related or just random.
I produce creative design and code for a living at Visual Notion.
I gave the "Breakfast is the most important meal of the day" speech to our oldest children this morning when they wanted to pick at their breakfast instead of eat it. (It's frosted mini shredded wheat. What's not to like?)
My proud speech: "Do you know what the most important meal of the day is? Breakfast. You need it to get you going in the morning and help you make it through the day. It will give you energy to run, play, and think. It is very important."
My wife and I got the kids ready and I dropped them off for school as is our priority most mornings. I knew I needed to read my Bible this morning and spend some time with God. In that still quiet voice that he used with Elijah on the mountain, He kept reminding me: "Spend some time with me."
We had some good discussion going on last night at the Disciplines of a Godly Man study about Taming the Tongue. One of the things that came to mind towards the end (but I didn't have time to share) was this:
As men, we like to laugh and cut up and have a good time. However, we must be careful not to overdue it and I think guys are notorious for this (myself included).
Dr. Tim LaHaye (yes, the Left Behind author) was preaching at Southcrest this morning and tonight.
Dr. Tim LaHaye's comments about the blind man blew me away, this morning. I always wondered why Jesus made mud and rubbed it on the blind man's eyes. Dr. LaHaye said, when he traveled to India, there were a lot of people that simply had no eyeballs at all.
God rejoicing over me with gladness in His heart and quieting me with His love, despite who I am and no matter how down or frustrated I may be, is a powerful reminder for me and difficult for me to fully comprehend.
“The Lord your God is in your midst,
a mighty one who will save;
he will rejoice over you with gladness;
he will quiet you by his love;
he will exult over you with loud singing.”
Zephaniah 3:17
Studying Jesus' words on hell and the parable of The Rich Man & Lazarus (the begger) has always been very telling about what hell is like. I've always found this parable to be fascinating especially as God showed me, over time, new things about this parable I hadn't noticed before.
Do your best to do the right thing in any situation.
It may cost you time, pain, money, etc., but there's nothing like a clear conscience.
For we are taking pains to do what is right, not only in the eyes of the Lord but also in the eyes of men. – 2 Corinthians 8:21 (NIV)