Let There Be Light

None of us are immune to hardship.  This past week God's been putting on our hearts to enjoy each day for what it is. Far to often we assume that we're going to grow old on this earth and live to be 90 but God never promised that.  " Be content with what you have, because God has said" Never will I leave you; Never will I forsake you." So that we confidently say, "The Lord is my helper, I will NOT be afraid. What will man do to me?" Hebrews 13:5-6  We've never been promised an easy road here on earth. We're not promised tomorrow or even the next hour. But we are promised that He will never leave us or forsake us. There is so much peace and comfort in that.  I was sent this song by my Dad this week and it spoke volumes to us as it talks about numbering our days. My Dad was in his transport truck bunk sleeping around 4am and all of the sudden his radio turned on and this song was playing. God's timing is not coincidence, it's absolutely p

 This week we actually had to laugh at how much bigger God is then we could ever imagine. Jesse's been listening a lot to the song called "Reckless Love" and has been moved at how God is in a sense reckless when it comes to loving us. Thinking about the story of the shepherd leaving his sheep in order to find one lost sheep.  https://youtu.be/6xx0d3R2LoU The Parable of the Lost Sheep: Now the tax collectors and sinners were all gathering around to hear Jesus. But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.” Then Jesus told them this parable: “Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.’ I tell you that in the same way there wi