” The only thing we have to fear is fear itself”. A famous and noble quote from President Franklin Roosevelt, this has been repeated times beyond measure in an effort to reduce fear. As Christians though, this quote makes no sense. The only thing we need to fear is God Himself, though unbelievers have more […]
There are a lot of things we can’t understand. I mean, things very few people have ever fully understood. So here’s a few I’ve come up with: Infinity I will start out the concept of infinity because many of the others are not understandable due to this concept. As humans, we live in […]
Screwtape Letters is a book by C.S. Lewis from the perspective of a highly placed demon to a novice tempter on how to properly tempt his “patient”. It is an absolutely phenomenal book and is among my favorites. In this post, I would like to highlight some of the principles that this book talks about. This […]
Most people today like to plan. They plan out their lives and what they will do to achieve a certain result. The problem is that they are usually not following God’s calendar. They hold on to their plans and create a certain path they “need” to follow. They aren’t pleased when God taps them on the […]
Today I am writing about kindness, but not because this is something I understand. I struggle with kindness, but God laid it on my heart to write about something I am not good at. As you may remember from some of my other blogs, my primary gift is prophecy, which is not the most compassionate […]
A while ago I hiked through a creek with my brother and a friend. While I was clinging to roots hoping they wouldn’t break or walking on a log over the water hoping it wouldn’t roll, I worried about what might happen if one if us were to fall. I reminded myself that wherever I […]
I recently returned from an all week mission with my youth group, and while I was there, I gathered some inspiration. This post will have a mix of topics, so bear with me. First, I realized the power of prayer. I have a coin that has written on it 1 John 5:14,” This is the […]
I am taking a spiritual gifts class at my church and have discovered my primary gift is prophesy. I would say that the gift of prophesy is one of the rarest and most disliked of the seven gifts, which are leadership/administration, mercy, exhortation, giving, service, teaching, and prophesy. This gift is mainly disliked because of […]
This Christmas season, I have been reminded of the true reason we celebrate Christmas. God has brought my family back to what Christmas is all about through a series of events. Two of my aunts are sick and in the hospital. Because my aunt is sick, my mom drove to Atlanta to help her husband and […]
Yesterday, my dad, brother, and I went on an eight mile canoeing trip down the Flat Rock River. Our first discovery is that it is very difficult to row a canoe in shallow water. We went on a day with a low water level and faced many shallow rapids and shelves of flat rock […]