Almost there…
Only 5 hours to go before American Idol auditions begin! I’m not really nervous, just wanting to do my part to make this whole experience all that god wants it to be. Not so long ago it would have been my biggest dream to be a STAR, but now, truthfully… my biggest dreams are to […]
Catch the Sunrise
“[God] has put eternity into the hearts of men.” – Ecc. 3:11
Stepping out of my door at 6:35am to run is usually more endurance training that art appreciation, but this morning was different. Like pulling the dust cover off of a forgotten painting and realizing that it’s a priceless Monet, the morning sky on this day was different. It was as if, on this morning, God had taken out His “good” brushes and paints and pulled out all the stops, spreading the sky with layer upon layer of rich cobalts and vivid hues of peach. Each cloud was textured and well-formed, so clearly defined, like thick strokes of fresh oil paint on burlap canvas.
Why I am not a blogger
I’m eating a late breakfast by myself at the Edgehill Studios Cafe in Nashville, TN. It’s not quite 10:00 in the morning, and I’m sitting at the large wooden island in the middle of the place, a sort of “plug-in station” full of power outlets and network jacks, presumably for those like me who love […]
Chosen
“For He chose us in Him before the creation of the world…” – Eph. 1:4 Tony Lucas was beaming. Not just smiling, not just grinning, absolutely BEAMING from ear to ear… the kind of smile that you get when you realize that you just got picked first in gym class, even though you’re not at […]
Highway
So I had the chance to go visit family last week in Austin, TX. It was great seeing them again, my grandparents, my aunts and uncles my cousins, and one day I was asked to drop two of my cousins off at church (for AWANA!). So we hopped in the car and made our way […]
Being and Doing
We read in Scripture of “the works of the Lord”, of His hand doing this and His breath doing that, how He spoke and created the world by the Word, but though this is beautiful to contemplate and easy to understand and relate to forms we see in our experience, does He really produce sound […]
Just Beyond the Horizon Line
I can almost see it… but not quite. I can almost hear in the whispers of the wind, almost heart the sound of the new song, the new joy, the relieved sigh of peace… but not quite yet. This desert, this wasteland, it’s not that there isn’t some good here, or that I haven’t had […]
Watch
“O my Strength, I watch for You.” – Psalm 59:9a Do I watch for the Lord? There is so much said about “waiting” on the God, but sometimes it’s so easy for me to say I’m “waiting on the Lord”, when in reality I’m just sitting on my hands doing nothing, either expecting Him to […]
Confidence
“Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.” – Hebrews 5:14 (NIV) We often remember the first part of this verse, and we use it to justify coming to God with our perpetual “wish list”. To […]
Peace, Comfort, Seeking and Finding God
There is no greater comfort than that which comes when I stop trying to find out who I am and start seeking who He is. It is the giving up of the search for myself that gives me the freedom to truly seek Jesus, to really follow and focus on God Himself. I can get […]
