Ever wish you were perfect?
Or worse – maybe you think you already are perfect. If that’s true, I’ve got some awkward news to share with you. You, just like everyone else, are certainly not perfect. There – I’ve said it.
Category: <span>Devotional Thoughts</span>
My wife and I moved our youngest daughter into her dorm room at Appalachian State University a couple of days ago. The room she was assigned is very nice and as you can see from this picture, there is a large window that overlooks campus. We were commenting on how great the view was and how it would be nice to watch the sun rise and set from their room when my son Jacob came over and said, “What view? That hill is in the way!”
I was listening the other day to a podcast about worship produced by James MacDonald and his Vertical Church Conference. I highly recommend you take the 24 minutes to listen to it sometime – you can find it by clicking here.
Before I get into this week’s thought, I need to pause and thank all of you for your prayers, comments, comfort, and encouragement as my family has dealt with the loss of my sister Becky. I continue to be amazed at the impact her life had on so many people. God has answered so many prayers throughout this time. She passed away around 10:15pm on Thursday, May 18th with her husband by her side. This was a special blessing in and of itself because her husband works third shift but had decided to stay home after Becky had a bad episode that morning. That was how God worked it out so that he was home when she passed. God is so gracious and He continued to answer prayers leading up to and throughout her funeral as we decided we needed to livestream video to the church fellowship hall because we knew we wouldn’t fit everyone into the relatively small church sanctuary. We weren’t sure exactly how that was going to work, but God pulled it off. He also kept some severe storms away and even the heavy rain away until after the funeral itself was over.
In his letter to the Ephesians, Paul prays that Christ would dwell in their hearts so that they would “have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.” (Ephesians 3:18-19) You’ve probably tried to comprehend the breadth and length and height and depth of Christ’s love, but do you KNOW that He loves you?