A problem that I have…

faced lately is that I rely on my own strength to make it through the day.  I allow my personality to be my strength rather than Christ.  I am just now processing this and hope that it will drive me back to my knees before Christ because that is where I need and want to be.  We are most vulnerable to attack when everything is going well because we tend to allow ourself to get comfortable with who and where we are.  Lord help me to rest fully in you and not in the abilities that you have given me!

I was reminded…

by Jeff Henderson in our staff meeting on Wednesday that we should be praying and expecting God to do big things with our lives!  I often get excited about possibilities in my future but I let life steal that joy.  What are you praying for that is so big that if God does not come through it will fail?

House engulfed in…

flames. On my way home from Buckhead on Thursday I headed north on Powers Ferry Rd. As I passed by Chastain Park there was a fire truck in front of one of the houses.  The house was burnt to the ground and the only thing that I saw standing was the stone chimney. I was shocked to see such a beautiful house gone…My thoughts immediately went to how much time and attention I spend on things that seem permanent. What in your life seems permanent today that could be gone tomorrow? Lord help me to not rest in the blessings in my life but in You from whom all blessings come!

Is the desire…

to be known as a humble person a sign of humility?  Lord teach me to be humble without the expectation to be know as that.

Children come…

to a Christmas tree with great excitement wanting not just to look at it but to touch and experience it. I wish that I could come to Christ day after day with the same type of eager anticipation that children approach a Christmas tree with. Josh Peters told me earlier this week that when his girls get close to their tree, they cannot contain their excitement and one of them begins to scream. When was the last time that I responded in like manner towards the one who has saved me and given me more hope than I can imagine? No wonder Christ said “let the children come to me”…they get it!

Some of the Weekday kids at Buckhead Church.