Most write Family. Then i ask them what’s at the center of Family. Many then say God. i press once more, what’s at the center of that. They usually stop with God.
i then reveal my answer and it’s as if they are caught off guard. Why/how did a Christian miss this?
What gift has Providence on man that is so dear to him as his children.
Cicero
The best things are nearest: breath in your nostrils, light in your eyes, flowers at your feet, duties at your hand, the path of God just before you.
Robert Louis Stevenson
Gratitude, more aware of what you have and what you don’t. Recognizing the treasures in the simple – a child’s hug, fertile soil, a golden sunset. Relishing in the comfort of the common – a warm bed, a hot meal, a clean shirt.
Max Lucado
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Hidden Mickey at Virginia Falls in Glacier National Park. The purpose of Lent is often hidden too.
Don’t follow Christians, follow Jesus.
Christians are messed up because they’re human.
Flawed.
Hopeful.
Caring.
Yet weak.
The devil makes Christians look stupid far too often.
The devil could never make Jesus look stupid.
Don’t follow Christians and expect to not be let down.
PS. Do the math on Christians too. An overwhelming percentage of great humanitarian deeds and inspiring rallying to serve the underserved are initiated and carried out by Christians.
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Disney Cast Member name tag from 1990 and some Cast exclusive WDW anniversary pins from 1990 and beyond.
Why Jesus is my best friend…
If you can imagine a hopeless situation, you’ll see this clearly…
Remember three weeks after i got my driver’s license in 1975? i lost control of our humongous family station wagon on a two-lane country road on a trick-or-treat night.
Looking up and seeing oncoming headlights directly in front of me because i had drifted into the wrong lane (because i was distracted by my two high school classmates riding with me) caused me to panic, overreact with the power-steering, run off the road, hit a culvert – simultaneously hitting the gas instead of the brake – and came to a smashing halt after plowing into a farmhouse porch and front wall. A family sat on the other side eating dinner. Can you imagine their disbelief with the impact’s noise and damage?
Can you imagine if i had hit and killed not one, but multiple trick-or-treaters?
And what if i hadn’t had time to swerve out of the way and caused a head-on collision? Would there have been fatalities, including my own?
What if i didn’t die, but others did. How would i ever reconcile my life?
How would i ever shed the guilt and personal torture?
Only Jesus.
And that is why Jesus should be your best friend.
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At 8:45AM Mass yesterday, Chapin and i sat a few rows back from the front and center. We normally sit in the last row, far left.
Five minutes before Mass began, the lights dimmed with no announcement and a five-minute Marriage video began playing on the large wall.
The church marriage video only captured same-sex marriages.
Afterward, i leaned over and whispered to Chapin, “There were only same-sex couples.”
Can you imagine Jesus telling two people (of any combination) who love each other they shouldn’t spend their lives together in an official (commitment) union?
Seriously.
Can you?
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