I have a theory about God and traffic. My theory is God understands how frustrating traffic is and he cares about how much it bothers us. This might sound a little weird because we don’t tend to think of traffic as a ‘God’ kind of problem. Our thinking assumes God doesn’t actively care about all the details. I often believe God operates with a ‘don’t sweat the small stuff’ mentality. My belief struggles when it’s confronted with Jesus’ active role…
Hey Everybody, This section from the book is from the start of a pretty important chapter. I want to use this chapter to transition from talking about how I tried to take control of my life to how I started giving it back to God. The main thing I want to focus on is that I leaned on my own understanding and it really led me astray. That was true in the case of both my addiction to porn and…
If I had to use one word to describe this year, it would be unexpected. I say that because writing blogs and working on my book did not look much like I expected this year. Multiple things about my writing and my book changed in ways that really surprised me and that taught me an important lesson about life. God’s plan for my work is always going to be better than my plan. This was not an easy lesson to…
Whether it’s getting married or watching your football team win it all, we all have a few unsatisfied desires. While these desires have previously caused some friction in my relationship with God, I’m slowly learning to see them as opportunities. These unsatisfied desires can help my relationship with God instead of hurt it and that completely depends on how I see them. I’ve noticed that when it comes to unsatisfied desires I assume that I understand them. I came to…
So I assumed that I would be finished with the first draft of my book by this point in time and that’s not the case. I’m actually at about the same point in the book that I was when I posted my last book update. That’s because I’ve had to throw quite a bit of work out and while that’s been frustrating I’m glad that I did it. I’m not just glad because I’m headed in a better direction either…
“Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.” – Proverbs 4:23 This may be the single most difficult command for me. It may also be the most important in my day to day life. How well we guard our hearts decides how much we get to really enjoy life. While I can recognize how important it is to guard my heart when I’m talking with my small group, doing a quiet time, or writing…