Today on Christmas, as we open up gifts from loved ones and family, I think on how gift giving on Christmas is a reflection of the many gifts the come from our God. Scriptures talk about many wonderful gifts God gives us, spiritual gifts, heavenly rewards, to name a few. But one gift in particular…
Somehow, there was a narrative that I bought into early in my Christian walk. I don’t know where it came from or how it got there but all I know is that I believed very strongly that by being Christian, I was supposed to be perfect and make sure my life was perfect. I became…
My grandmother is an important person to me. She is very special and I when I think back to my memories growing up with her, the one thing that remains constant to me is that I have always felt loved by my grandmother. She made love her motto in life, she wanted to make sure…
I recently moved about two months ago which is why my blog has been fairly silent. I moved out of a city I had lived in since graduating college and a place that has pretty much shaped and defined my 20s. The life the Lord had lead to me live in LA was hard in…
I find myself on a road. I’ve been down this way here before but it’s somehow different this time. But I’m not sure exactly how. This time, the road seems narrower. Did I have a map? Or have I been lead by someone this whole time? I pause from my long journey and take a…
Three different times I begged the Lord to take it away. Each time he said, “My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness.” So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me. That’s why I take pleasure in my weaknesses,…
Yes, today is good news because today we celebrate Jesus’ birth. In the account in Luke 2, it documents at powerful celebration that we can model every year at Christmas. An angel appeared to shepherds in a nearby field, announcing a profound message of hope that even today, 2,000 years later, we can receive. IT…
I used to think that once you become a Christian, all the virtues and the goodness the Bible says we must live out are instantaneously given to us, like in a moment we are simply transformed into a good person. But what I’m starting to realize - and what the Bible even teaches us -…
We live in an immediate gratification world, don't we? We can mobile order our coffee and walk in and pick it up and we can pre-select our groceries to get them delivered to our car. There is no waiting in our modern-day world. The same thing can be applied to our lives and the expectations…
I recently went on a tour of a grape farm up in California’s central valley. I had been on tours of the farms of the central valley before as I have family who is from there. And each time I am immersed in this farming world, God always speak to me about it through His…
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