The baggage of our past, when we use it through the lens of faith, can be woven by God into the good plans he has for our future.

Whatever unfulfilled expectations you're carrying around in your "summer baggage" you will find love, healing, and hope in Jesus Christ who loves you beyond your imagination.

If there is a reason to let go of our baggage, which is what forgiveness does, whether you're the one giving it or receiving it, it frees our hands so we can take hold of what matters most. Love. Love God and Love others.

We celebrate this Pentecost like millions of Christians right now, this day, every year because the same Holy Spirit is available to all of us right now.

This summer, don't row. Spend some time sailing. Walk in the Spirit, because in Christ you have the Son. And if we have the Son, we have everything we need.

God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, "Abba Father."-Galatians 4:6

Because the Spirit lives in us, we know that we belong to God. Jesus has gone to prepare a place for us to be with him forever, but that presence of God's Spirit reminds us from the inside that we are not alone, we belong to him.

People are called into our lives for a season. God is with us forever.

So thank God for the people He placed in our lives, no matter how long or short the season is.

God is real, who is strong enough and true enough to bear your doubts and difficulties in trusting Him and believing in Him.

How Far can we run from God?-----We Cannot outrun God.

Bottom line: God Loves you.

Love is patient. God is a patient God who loves you no matter what you've done, or how far you run.

God's patience will never fail you.

Our pain gives us a platform. Stop running and turn to God. Matthew 12:40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

We're all Jonah. Jonah shows us is that life isn't easy no matter which way you live. Life is will be hard if you run away, and life will be hard if you go. The difference? if you go, God goes with you.

How far can we run from God?