I will leave this site running for a few days and then it will be shut down.  Thank you.

Drip Jesus,

Michael

I have an amazing ability to lose my keys.  This is something that I have always done.  At our house we have the sterotypical key-holding-thingy that we can hang our keys on, but I guess mine just get up and walk away in the middle of the night.  It always seems like when I lose them, my wife is sleeping and I have to wake her up to help me find them.  I have found them in all sorts of places:  the refrigerator, my door, my sock drawer, and even in the sink.  They are nearly alwasy misplaced.

Isaiah 40: 26 says, “Lift up your eyes and look to the heavens: Who created all these?  He who brings out the starry host one by one, and calls them each by name. Because of his great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.”

There is an estimated 10 billion stars in the sky.  That’s just mind boggeling to think of.  The amazing thing is that God knows them all by name and none of them is missing.  How awesome is that?

I come across so many people who feel insignificant.  They don’t feel like they are important.  They feel like God does not care.  They feel like God didn’t put them up on that key-holding-thingy.  Here’s the thing:  God knows who you are and he cares for you more than you can fathom.  You are not misplaced like a set of keys.

Take comfort that the creator of the universe will not and has not ever misplaced you.  You are way too valuable for Him to do that.

Blindfold me Lord.

Blind fold me Lord, because I no longer want to see with my eyes. I want to see with yours.

Blindfold me Lord, because I want to have to trust.

Blindfold me because Lord, I want you to lead.

Blindfold me Lord, so that I won’t rationalize things.

Blindfold me Lord, because I want to follow.

Blindfold me Lord, because I want you to hold my hand.

Blindfold me Lord, so that my faith continues to grow.

Blindfold me Lord, because I want to please you.

Blindfold me Lord.

In the name of Jesus I pray.  Amen.

2 Corinthians 5:7  “For we walk by faith, not by sight”

A few days ago a woman who I work with got a visit from her 3-year-old grandson.  He is probably the second cutest kid ever. (mine is first, but I may be biased) He loves his grandmother and doesn’t venture too far away from her.

I tried to get him to come to me so I could play with him. (love kids) But he wanted nothing to do with me.  When I called him he immediately ran and hid behind her leg.  Behind her leg he knew that she would protect him no matter what.  Behind her leg is where he found his comfort.  Behind her leg is where he found his strength.  She stood between him and whatever he was going to face.

Proverbs 18:10 says, “The name of the LORD is a fortified tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.”

We live in a world where people are looking for all the things that the little boy found in his grandmother:  protection, comfort, and strength.  It is behind God’s leg we find our protection no matter what the circumstance.  It is behind God’s leg where we can find comfort.  It is behind God’s leg where we can find our strength.  God wants to stand between you and whatever you face.

Are you looking for any of these things mentioned?  If so, run, sprint, or do whatever you can to get behind God’s leg.  You will be safe.

I try to be the best dad that I can be.  I want to play with Ethan and make sure that he knows that I love him.  On Sunday, I went to his room because he was playing and watching The Incredible Hulk.  This is one of my favorite things to do with him because it gives me an excuse to yell and “act” goofy. (more so than normal)

Well, the thing is: we didn’t play.  He said that he was busy and that I should go away and come back later.  He said he wanted to play by himself.  I left his room feeling sad and disappointed.  I couldn’t help it, my own son had just rejected me.  I know that he loves me, but he had more “important” things to do. (like pretend to be The Incredible Hulk)

Psalm 1:2 says, “but who delight in the law of the LORD and meditate on his law day and night.”

I could not help but think about God later that evening.  How often do we tell Him that we are too busy to spend time with Him because of our own Incredible Hulk’s?  Things like little league, work, bills, groceries, etc… But when it comes to spending quality time with Him (prayer and reading Scripture), some put Him off until later.  They decide that their Incredible Hulk is more important.

Putting God off until later breaks His heart.  God loathes rejection.  I am urging all of us to take a look and re-evaluate today.  Are we putting God first or are we putting Him off until later for our Incredible Hulk’s?