Month: November 2016
Thanksgiving: I Thank God For Evergreens!
Thanksgiving is nearly here, and it would seem the cold weather has finally decided to move in, at least here in Tennessee. Just the other day, I was standing outside watching a large tree as it was raining its leaves down on the ground. It wasn’t particularly windy, and I was just standing there, watching, as the colorless leaves broke away from the tree that once gave them life. Initially, I was just standing there enjoying the autumn scenery, but as I watched what must have been 100 leaves fall from this tree in a very short amount of time, the image began to take on a new meaning. Suddenly, instead of leaves falling away from a tree, I started to see “believers” falling away from God. People disconnecting from their life source and were now simply falling to the ground. I knew that the thought didn’t come from me, because that just isn’t really the way that my mind typically works, but nonetheless, here I was staring at a tree and thinking about how so many people were falling away from their Lord and Savior.
To My Boys: …”You Will Have Trouble. But Take Heart…”
Dear God,
I’ve been lost in the darkness, and blinded by light;
I’ve stood in your presence, but now you’re no where in sight;
You gave me the strength of thousands, but now I’m losing the fight;
I thought I was winning, I thought I was running your race;
Now I’m so broken, all that I see is disgrace;
I’m tired and weary, can’t keep up this pace;
I listen at night, hoping to hear you call out;
But all I hear is nothing…just nothing, not even a sound;
A parent’s worry for the future!
Why?
God I’m calling out to you from the darkness where I hide
But I’m not speaking of Your glories, I’m simply asking “Why?”
I’ve been begging for a miracle or at least for a reprieve
These pressures keep on mounting I need a reason to believe
So why haven’t you answered when I’ve been praying for so long
Haven’t I been patient? Am I being punished? Did I do something wrong?
Maybe I wasn’t loud enough and you just didn’t hear?
I’ll just scream it HEY LOOK I’M WAITING I’M STANDING RIGHT HERE!
Is God Just Lazy? Why Must I Serve The All-Mighty?
That probably isn’t a question that you would ask in church. It might not even be a question you would dare to speak out loud. Seriously though, why does God need me to serve Him? I mean He is an infinite being that can be all places at one time and can literally speak anything into existence. So what does He need me for? Bill Gates doesn’t walk around asking people to give him a dollar, does he? Why should I have to do something for a God who can so easily do it Himself?