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Last night's National Championship game between Georgia & Alabama was great. What caught my attention was something that happened after the game though. Nic Saban, Alabama's head coach, did his best to encourage his star players when he spoke up for them and reminded the press saying, "These guys are not defined by one game." Well...we are not defined by one mistake. The good we have done and will do by God's grace is not negated because we make mistakes. We all are going to fall, what matters is that we get back up again. 

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Our podcast will resume ASAP as I currently and down with Covid. Tune in next week as I should make a full recovery by then!

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I had a great conversation with the owner and roaster of our local coffee shop today. As a disciple, he said when he started his business he had a decision to make: did he want to market & brand his faith, or allow it to come naturally? He decided he wasn't a "Christian Coffee Roaster" but rather a "Coffee Roaster who is a Christian". Well...isn't this exactly what Jesus said about being his witnesses? He doesn't want us to market him via t-shirts, titles, or bumpers stickers. People should know we are his disciples when we live as light and love one another. 

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The New Year started with a bang, but not the way we had noped. Tornado warnings were sounding off again as severe storms moved through the Midwest and South on New Year's Day. We ended up at some friends with a basement, glued to our TV as we watched a livestream of a meteorologist who was on the case. He sounded warnings as tornados were forming, helping give ample warning to those in it's destructive path to find safety. Well...just as he was a watchman for many, so we are called to be spiritual watchmen to those around us. We must sound the alarm and warn those of the judgement to come, and the safety that they can find in Christ Jesus our Lord. If we don't, who will? 

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Can you believe that it's New Year's Eve already? To me it feels like we are still stuck in 2020, and I know many people feel that way. I know this past year has been hard for a countless number of people, and they look forward to a reset with the new year. Sadly, our problems don't magically disappear with a new calender year - they carry over in the next. Well...the newness we are seeking one day will happen, but not here. One day, God will make all things new, and there will be no more pain, sickness, dispair, or death. Just hold fast to your hope and to your faith, because the best is yet to come. 

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Sometimes my podcast episodes are inspired by another podcast, and that is the case today. I was listening to Hal Hammons "Citizen of Heaven" podcast when he was sharing about a game called, "New York Slice". At the beginning of this game, one person "cuts" the slices, but must be careful, because they are the last to choose. The "I cut, you choose" method is effective, and teaches someone to not consider their desires, but others. Well...Jesus established this long ago when we gave us the golden rule. To serve others, even when you get nothing back from it, will change our relationships for the better. Actually, it winds up even being in your best interest to put your interest aside. 

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Watching the kids play with all of their new toys is a ton of fun. Watching the kids fight over all their new toys is not so fun. It's typcial of a toddler, even if you get them exactly what they asked for, they still want what their brother or sister has. We are still teaching our children how to share, and be grateful for what they have. Well...I think we as adults also need this lesson. Jealousy, envy, and covetousness causes all kinds of problems with our lives. We need to learn to be grateful and content with what is ours instead of always demanding what belongs to somoene else. 

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I am catching up on all of my work that I set aside to enjoy time with my family over the holiday, but now I have a lot to get busy doing. One of the things I was doing today was catching up on emails. Now, what my inbox says and what I actually need to check don't line up - because for the most part, I ignore so many emails because they're not important. Well...sometimes we do the same thing with God's Word. We just read and re-read the same things, because we don't see other parts as important. Nothing could be further from the truth. In this episode, I invite you all to join me in reading through the entire Bible in this next year & discussing our reading daily on a Facebook group with me. 

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One of my biggest pet peves is when shops & establishments that are not required to stay open during the Holidays still do so. Instead of giving their employees the time to be with their families, they make them come into the work unnecessarily and sacrifice that time. I was so happy to hear that our local coffee shops here in Danville were closing all day tomorrow, Saturday, and Sunday. One owner said, "If you want to better serve your community, you have to first care for those in house who are serving your community." Well...we see the same admonitions given to us in Scripture. The Church is to be busy in our communities as the light of the world, but are we first caring for our own? Individually, we are to look to the needs of others, but am I neglecting my own needs? You cannot pour more out from that which is empty.  

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Our daughter had surgery yesterday morning to remove her tonsils and adenoids. They took her back, our brave little girl, and told us they would come get us in 45 minutes when it was all over. However, only 10 minutes into the procedure, someone came out looking for us to deliver some news. Our hearts sank: what went wrong? What could have happened? We were petrified, but the news they gave us was nothing like we were expecting. Well...the same thing happened to a group of people 2000 years ago on Pentecost. A group that hung Jesus to the cross, then realized what they had done, awaited a message of certain judgment from Peter. But what came out of his mouth was nothing that they were expecting: good news. 

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