Stirred By The Scriptures

If you had told me five years ago I would be “blogging” I doubt I would have known what you were talking about but here I am blogging away.  This spot on our web will be my chance to share some of my heart and my thoughts on life with you.  From the serious to the mundane of life I want to chat about the things that stir my heart.  I hope you will find it helpful and who knows, maybe God will even use it to stir your heart too.

I have always thought this is the greatest week in sports.  The beginning of baseball (GO YANKEES!), the end of March madness (what happened to the Heels!) and the Masters from Augusta - it just doesn’t get any better.  This year however feels a little different to me.  I still love all those events but having just returned from Vietnam and China I have a very different perspective.  We saw some amazing people in both of those countries.  People who by the world’s standards fit the definition of Acts 4:13 “unschooled and ordinary”.Yet as I reflect on our trip, they are some of the most amazing Christ followers I have ever met.  They have so very little in terms of worldly possessions but they have Jesus in a way that left me envious.  My daily life can lull me into a comfort zone that makes me believe I don’t really need Jesus to make it through my day.  Nothing could be further from the truth but I continually battle that deception.  The simple truth that the religious leaders took note of with Peter and John and what we saw in Vietnam and China was this - they had been with Jesus. Maybe I will begin to learn that is the greatest thing of any week in life.