Gone

they came today

to carry away

not the sum of all reason

could issue the stay

how utterly futile it came to be

without the will to fight

without the will to flee

On the Edge

I'm standing on the water's edge. Not wanting to go forward. Not wanting to go back.

Why would I turn to climb up a bank, down which I so easily strode?

Yet, the impending dread of the water's chill keeps me frozen here.

Or is it the fear of a raging boil that has soldered my feet?

What if I step in and find the water no different than the air I leave? I will have journeyed this path for nothing.

I wish I could fly.
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Noise

There is so much noise in my life. So many things consistently and persistantly competing for my attention and for my soul. So many things relentless in their objective to draw me away from the only things that really matter. The noise in my life is deafening but so far from my heart's cry, it's thirst and it's hunger.

In the stillness, You are there Lord.

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Lifehouse's Everything Skit

I saw this on my friend Michael's facebook. Man, this blessed my heart!

Extending Grace

I was reminded tonight that we should be willing to extend grace to the level that we ourselves would like to receive it. Ministry is just tough sometimes! It's great to know that God is at work.

Keith Green - What's Wrong With The Gospel?

Thoughts from the late Keith Green

No Evangelism in Heaven

So we are on our way to the church this morning and Emily, my oldest, says, "Man, the year has flown by" which got us all talking about the fact that we are already in November and that Christmas is just around the corner. How did that happen? Christmas nearly here!!!

Well, I told Emily that it seems every year that you grow, the years just seem to clip off that much quicker. I added in my statement that because Christ is the Lord and center of our lives that we will live even after are days are spent here on earth. So that got me to thinking about God's purpose for our existence here and I realized something that I never really thought about before. I know it is silly but the thought really impacted me....In heaven there will be no evangelism!

When death comes or God rolls this world up like a scroll (whichever comes first), all opportunities are gone forever. So many times we focus on someone else slipping into eternity without hearing, but I realized this morning during that conversation, that I seldom consider the impact my own mortality has on the whole equation.