My favorite verse in the Bible is Proverbs 12:1, “Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid.”
The cucumbers have filled the vegetable drawer, you’ve run out of cabbage recipes and your family is refusing to eat one more BLT.
Summer is filled with parties, gatherings, picnics and more. We all want to make these occasions special and memorable for our guests.
I love to read a book on my iPad or just quietly meditate on the Lord and his word. A few weeks ago I had the a great night just like that. It was on a Sunday night after a long busy work day for me.
There is no getting around, it I’m one of those Bible geeks. I love to read it, I love to study it and I love to teach it. I love digging into it and looking for the “deeper meanings” of scripture. I love discussing scripture and hearing others debate a text and I enjoy the challenge.
One of the biggest gifts God has given me is my family. Not only do I have great wife and kids but I have great extended family as well.
I had a conversation with a pastor friend of mine on a Friday at about 4:30 in the afternoon about theology and various other topics. During this conversation we ended up on the topic of Jesus’s ministry here on Earth. We talked about the amazing gift Christ gave us when he set right the wrongs of Adam. My friend then said something that got me thinking. He said, “Jesus did much more than just restore our relationship with the father, but he came to give us life and to give it more abundantly in John 10:10.”
As I think about what it takes to be a Christian, I’ve decided it’s a lot of hard work. You make a public confession of your faith, go into the waters of baptism, the easy part, then everyone holds you to a perfect standard — this is the hard part.
