The prophet of old said, “Lord, I have heard of your fame; I stand in awe of your deeds…” Have we heard of what God has done? Do we stand in awe of what He has done? Lately? Or do we think of God like a washed up old hippie from the 60’s who used to be famous, but we haven’t heard or seen much of him lately?
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Parenting is a hard and noble calling. It can be done well or poorly. It can be entered into by choice or by chance. I was like a deer in the headlights. Frozen, mostly with fear at the idea of failing as a parent, falling down, falling short, not measuring up to the ideal of what I thought a “good” dad was supposed to be.
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I love old maps. I remember as a kid my grandmother bought us a subscription to the National Geographic Society magazine. There were stories of explorers and countries and strange cultures. Even at a young age I loved looking at the photographs and imagined myself there in the middle of the jungle, or the desert, or whichever exotic location was featured this month. And I loved getting the issue that had the map.
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We’ve all been touched by tragedy. And we’ve seen it in the world around us. We can try to ignore it and insulate ourselves in our safe little bubble. But with our multi-media world it is becoming harder and harder to NOT be aware. And we can’t help but wonder, where is God?
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Today I was thinking about the story of Jesus calming the storm. I guess I have personally been in a bit of a storm this week as our plan to adopt has gone up and down and sideways, like those disciples being tossed around in the boat in that storm.
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Jesus gave us the example of servant leadership, to lead by serving and doing. He told his disciples the greatest in the kingdom must become the servant of all.
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