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We had an unexpected life event last week, as my wife ended up in the hospital for a period of four days. Over those four days, we received an outpouring of love and support from our local church family. We needed help, and they responded. 

This is how God designed the church. It's not like a family, it is a family. Serving one another is never a burden, nor is there ever a limit to this. We love, we serve, and we fullfil the law of Christ as each member as they same care for one another. 

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As my grass started growing back in after a fresh cut, I noticed a distinct pattern to how entire strips of grass were longer than the sections next to it. As I looked at my mower, I discovered that one tire was going flat, and therefore it was unbalanced. It left my yard looking like a terrible haircut. 

Imbalance in our lives can lead to all kinds of problems - at home, with our children, our jobs, our diets. But perhaps most importantly, we need balance in how we teach the whole counsel of God. We cannot neglect faith to teach grace, nor can we neglect grace in teaching faith. Jesus reveals the Father - full of grace & truth. If we want to know God, we must understand and teach both these things. 

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My good buddy Jacob Stout, who is a very talented golfer, was recenlty golfing with another friend of his. He hit a decent shot, but he wasn't pleased with it. When he got in the cart, his buddy goes, "You know you'll never be good, right? You'll only be better." 

Isnt' that the truth with our spiritual walk as well? There is only one who is good - Jesus Christ. We will never be perfectly good, there will always be something we must grow in and be more consistent with. But if we work hard, we can be better! 

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My mind has been on the residents of Kerr County all week, after the flash flooding and mass devastation that has occured. 120 are confirmed dead with 170 still missing. I cannot imagine that kind of loss. My words can do little to help them or make things better...but I can direct my words to the One who can. 

God's words have power. He has the power to create and sustain. The power over nature, and even by his mere word he has the power over life and death. So please - serve, give, and love those who are suffering - but don't forget to pray. Pray is not the lease we can do, it's appealing to the one who can do the most. 

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We took the kids with their grandparents to the Lexington Children's Museum, and the big hit was the bubble room! Bubbles are a lot of fun, but they are for just a short moment and then their fragile shape pops and is gone. Then you forget them, and move on to another bubble or another room. 

Our lives are like the bubble room - here today and gone tomorrow. Short, fragile, and soon forgotten. But we have an opportunity to be remembered by our creator, and to live forever, if we are willing to seek our Creator during our short few years on this earth. 

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The kids were enjoying making paper airplanes this afternoon, but Finley refused to throw hers. She kept a death grip on it. When I inquired why she wouldn't let it go, she responded that she had worked so hard on it. 

We have a hard time of letting go of things we have poured a lot of ourselves into. Our children, a church, our money, all kinds of things. And yet it is by God's design to remember they are not our own, we shouldn't have a death grip on them, and they are intended to go. 

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As we traveled back from camp, my friend Will and I were taken back by some signs being sold at Buc-ee's. They were mocking Scripture, particularly from the book of Joshua, and making light of the things God has said. It was startling, but not surprising. 

We are called to be holy, because God is holy. And a such, that means he should be honored as holy - and that includes his Word. Have we been set apart for him? Have we treated him as common, or holy? 

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I was attacked by a swarm of cicadas while on the mower last night, and in trying to swat them away I knocked my earbud off into the grass. It was expensive, important, and very small. So I spent 20 minutes on my hands and knees until I finally found it! 

Do we realize that God values souls equally? He came to seek and save the lost. Like the parable of the lost sheep or the lost coin, we learn the lengths that God will go to find those who are lost and bring them home. 

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We had a tornado go through very close to us this morning, within about 5 miles, but we received no watch or warning notifications. The National Weather Service is having some updates that prevented us from being told - and I'm thankful that we are safe, but others were not so fortunate. 

Ezekiel is called a watchman for the house of Israel - to warn them of God's judgment if they did not turn from their sin. But the prophet was also given a warning - if he did not sound out, and said nothing, their blood would be on his hands. What about us? Are we warning a world lost in sin, or content to stand idly by and say nothing? 

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In life, we have full circle moments when things you once did are things you find yourself doing again - but as a parent. I had that this week, from t-ball with my son to reading them Calvin & Hobbes together, we had many full circle moments. As I tucked my kids in, my son said, "Dad, I'm just like you." 

And he will be - he watches my every move as all our children do. They will immitate the good and the bad. What kinds of things do our actions and habits teach them? And at the end of the day, do we remember the goal is not to make them like us - but to make them like Jesus? 

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