How do you prepare for winter? Have you ever read Laura Ingalls or other similar books set in the olden days when you couldn’t just run to the supermarket? At that time people had to prepare for winter. Winter could not be ignored rather in many ways the year was spent preparing for winter. In the spring the fields and gardens were planted so that there would be food for the summer but also extra for the winter. Summer was…
“I need prayer.” “Please pray for me.” Those might sound like simple statements but what is behind the statement is so critical. It shows our dependence on God. We understand that we need God to work and that is done through prayer. This also shows an understanding that we need others to pray for us. During the time of tests, waiting for results, procedures and then surgery. It was easy to ask others to pray. I knew that I needed…
At the beginning of 2019, I shared three things that you could expect from this blog – biblical, authentic, and encouraging. The post that I am writing today falls under the category of me being authentic – real with you my readers. Last December as I thought about setting goals for 2020 I was a bit neutral. Normally I am excited thinking and planning all I am going to do in the following year but I didn’t feel that. For…
Last year I spent some time praying and pondering what should be the Spiritual Goals that each of us should set each year. These are goals to help us grow to know God and be more like him. You can read that here. There is one goal that I would add to that list or maybe to another list – Learn to Rest. I am going to share more about that later. Here are my spiritual goals for 2020. I…
Have you ever taken a trip that totally changed your life? Twenty-eight years ago I boarded an airplane and took a trip that has totally changed my life. I don’t mean because it was the only time that I ever few First Class across the Pacific Ocean though that was a wonderful experience and the only time I did that. That trip 28 years ago changed my life. On April 15, 1991, I flew Northwest Airlines to Taipei. That began…