Common Saint

I think one of the greatest and often overlooked gifts that we have as Christians is the purpose given to us at our conversion, which serves as the framework for our lives and gives everything that we do meaning. It didn't hit me until I recently picked up a novel at the bookstore written by a secular author. I rarely read fiction and, in fact, stopped about two-thirds of the way through this one because the story became so debase. But what struck me before I put it down was the paradigm of the author as he was trying to extract some meaningful story of the protagonist's life from a world that the author, as was evident from his writing, deems to be chaotic. I forgot what aimlessness feels like. I haven't truly felt it since before I gave my life to Christ. Since that time I have come to understand that God is truly sovereign. Therefore everything in the life of the Christian who has truly surrendered his life to Christ has a purpose, whether it appears good or bad to us at...

I had a pretty rotten thing happen to me on Friday. I was talking to someone on the phone over an issue related to my business. When our conversation ended, the person on the other end of the line thought that he had disconnected from the call, but something happened and the call remained connected. I overheard his conversation about me to someone else and it was venomous and negative. He said things that he would never want me to know. I felt betrayed and angry! Mainly because this person has pretended to be my friend for a really long time....and I felt that we had developed a pretty close relationship over many years. I realized at that moment, however, that it had all been "just business". I was pretty broken about the whole deal, and it has been good to be away from the office this weekend. Truth be told, I wish I had a couple more days away. Too bad I wasn't just independently wealthy and didn't have to work...That would be great! Nevertheless, tomorrow I am hea...

On more than a couple of occasions in my life I have been grievously disappointed after trying to help someone battling an addiction...only to see them squander the resources I have given them to fall back into the same trap. People who are desperate to satisfy that need just won't stop asking....begging....stealing. The manipulate in anyway they can if they think it will result in getting what they are after. If you have ever experienced that frustration....then you know exactly the emotion that I have in regard to this bailout that the President and Senate are trying to push down the throat of the people. The Senate voted out of turn today, in order to pressure the house to pass this, after adding another Billion (yes, with a 'B') to the prior nightmare, which was rejected outright. I am praying the representatives in the house, both Republicans and Democrats, will stand their ground to reject this piece of legislation again. The message needs to be sent, "What is i...