Father, You are the only one who can open blind eyes.  You have commissioned me to lead the blind to you and,  I have to admit,  I am resistant and willful… not a good servant at all.  Remind me today how wretched I was when I first came to you.  Remind me of those that [...]

Each day this week I will be writing a brief encouragement to you in preparation for the Easter Season.  Who are those people in your life that need to know the compassion, forgiveness and mercy of Jesus?  Purpose to invite them to Palm Sunday/Friendship Sunday this coming week! ______________________________________________________________________________ But we preach Christ crucified, to [...]

“The Kingdom of Heaven is like a dragnet cast into the sea.” Spend any amount of time on the Gulf Coast and you will see the difference between the cast net and the dragnet.  The fisherman on the bank swings the cast net over his head at the school of fish blindly swimming into his [...]

Ten hours of travel and we were back in the very place we left.  The little airport in the mountains was too foggy to land and so the planned ministry had to be left to another day.  Two attempts into the small landing strip in the big jet was enough for the pilot.  The stewardess [...]