A new adventure in faith has turned my life upside down. It all started back in November of 2011. I had been working out early in the mornings (surprised? me too!. Anyway after working out, I got into this great routine. I’d go to this nice, quiet place in the gym and spend some time reading my bible and praying. I was really feeling connected. One morning, I had remembered a prayer that my friend Terry like to use: God, please tell me what is “the Next Right Thing to do”. This, my friends, is a dangerous prayer. But that morning, I said, “God you just tell me what is the Next Right Thing to do for you, I will do it.” So that morning, was my prayer that morning.
Now folks, Lily Tomlin has this great line:
“Why is it that when we talk to God, we are ‘praying’,
but when HE talks to us, we’re schizophrenic?”
Well, at the risk of sounding schizophrenic, I think God talked to me. I think He said, Continue reading
It always makes me reflect on why God would go to the trouble of making leaves so pretty before they die. I mean, it seems like it would have been easier to just drop the leaves without changing color; or maybe just take all the color out if them: let the leaves turn gray or black as death and let them drop to the ground.