Today I am working toward a place of resting in my gratefulness. To prepare, I am thinking about the mystery of God’s Will, the thievery of anxiety, and the gratitude that takes me beyond. Beyond to loving others more. To loving more “others.”

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“We made the 45-minute journey, a mini modern-day pilgrimage, to go beyond the ancient wall that had surrounded Rome, to pay tribute to this humble, obedient apostle. It was here that I heard what gratitude really sounds like. In another language. I knelt at the altar next to a young lady and was immediately brought into the passion of her prayer, the power of the “grazie” in her gratitude, of what it sounds like when a person has relinquished all to the power of God, and what it felt like to be in such close proximity to it. I witnessed the voice of a believer’s thankful heart.”

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What are you so all-in about that it will take the entire year to define your resolve, express it, and ride the swell of gratitude for what God will teach you along the way? If you are thinking, oh, I have plenty of time for this later, oddly, this is a good time to note that there are a few rules about the ocean. Here’s one: never turn your back on the water. If you aren’t paying attention it can sweep you out to a sea of resolutions that should not define you in 2023. The ocean has its own agenda. And your year will too, if you do not own it now. Turn toward, face outward, and swim toward 2023 now.

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The Bible is the most widely distributed and best-selling book in the world. Returning to the same book over and over again—even in its stature amongst the classics—requires an act of spiritual congress, or more realistically, a paradigm shift of the heart. What part of your human nature casts a shadow over how you approach reading God’s Word? Is it something similar to ambition, anxiety, like me? Or is it sporadic readings? Is it confusion, is it boredom, is it distraction, is it time, obligation, lack of interest, a longing that is just too shallow? Or what?

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How do we handle THE WAIT that runs between God’s timing and the answered prayer? It’s hard to get a handle on waiting indefinitely. Our culture has applied an algorithm to our lives that solicits our attention in a certain way at a certain time for a predetermined result. Automation is a given. We are readily impatient because of it.

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When Jesus called four fishermen to follow Him, they already knew all about caught fish, lost fish, and the challenges of an empty net. Then they witnessed the seaworthy bounty from Jesus’ command to drop the nets. What were they first to do?

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God created us in His image, physical like the animals but with a spirit in His image so we can have a spiritual relationship with Him. He could have created minions, but He didn’t. He created us in His likeness. God gives every human the agency to choose what we believe. 

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We live in a self-centered culture flooded with influence and persuasion. We can’t help ourselves. We buy, watch, imitate shamelessly. So how much more when we are divinely persuaded by the Master Debater? What does this have to do with growing our faith?

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You have never been a person who splashes around in the shallows. You swim toward deeper. You want to be out there in life’s wind chop. Buoy bears witness to a seaworthy faith—God’s divine persuasion in our deep blue lives. Faith that rocks.

Spend a few minutes navigating a deeper perspective on how our faith is our witness. If you want to buoy your life, or your swim brought you to this open water but you’re not sure why, we are on the same journey.

Hello human.

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