More Than Today

Running. Up the rolling hills past the apartment complex I lived in. Pushing, straining, and churning with energy longing to be spent. Different than my normal jogging that was usually so casual, so slow, so safe. This wasn’t safe. I was pursuing or being pursued, I wasn’t sure which and was just…running. Just me…no one else…alone…racing past familiar sights but now it was all different. A short time before I had been in my cozy apartment getting ready to pray, not an odd thing for me, a usual occurrence in my day, when it struck me that there was no God. Not a thought that I had entertained before. In fact, I had spent my life running towards and then with God. Now that this thought of “no God” struck me with such force I grabbed my coat and ran out of my apartment. Running. On the level past my apartment and the adjoining ones and around the turn I ran. Up and down the easy hills I ran harder, pushing myself. And at some point in running I just knew…that God did inde...

Just wrote this song last week and used it in worship over the weekend. It's called "Sometimes When We Are Lonely." Sometimes when we are lonely Sometimes when we despair That's when we say "if only," "If only there was somebody there" We feel that our past is present We can't leave our hurts behind Powerless to move forward Hopelessness controlling our mind It feels like we have no choice but to stumble and fall Then we hear a quiet voice the best solution of all But admitting that we have problems is so hard for us to do Trusting in God to solve them wondering what else we can do And God says "Just humble yourself, and put your hope in me I've got a plan for you, find how good life can be" Thank You there is somebody there

Lately I have enjoyed connecting with old friends from years gone by. One of them posted this video of a news show where someone commented on how God offers forgiveness to Tiger Woods, and of course to all of us. It was so cool to watch this guy share his faith in this way. No matter what we have done in life, Jesus is there with arms stretched out waiting to love and forgive us. This video is a positive expression of that truth.