As I sit at home today looking out the window at the falling snow (well, okay, it’s almost all sleet, but roll with me here) I started thinking about whether there was snow in the Bible. When I think of Israel and that area of the world, I think of heat and sand, but it does actually snow there, and snow is mentioned several times in the Bible. I want to share two of those with you today.
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Most of you know that my son Jacob has an autism spectrum disorder. Next year Jacob will be making the transition to middle school, which is a scary time for any parent, but made even more so with Jacob’s special needs and the uncertainty of what resources he will need and have available in this next step of his educational journey. In order to get a sense of what he will need, my wife and I took him to the Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities (CIDD) in Chapel Hill a couple of weeks ago for a consultation. CIDD is a fantastic place and we had first visited there several years ago not long after Jacob was first diagnosed.
Hey – I know it’s January 8th, but Happy New Year! (True story: I actually gave out the last of my Christmas presents last night to the men in a men’s Bible Study group I attend – so if you think my New Year’s wishes are late, remember that it’s all relative for me.)
This past Sunday I was blessed to be able to lead two songs during morning worship. One of them is one of my favorite all-time songs and has been a special song for our church over the last couple of years. This arrangement of “Redeemed” by Big Daddy Weave includes the choir and is just a great version of a powerful song. The other song I led was Chris Tomlin’s song titled “At the Cross (Love Ran Red.)” I love how this song’s lyrics take you right to the foot of the cross.
Two weeks ago tonight, I had the distinct privilege of delivering the message for the Sunday night service at Havenhill Baptist Church in Kingston, Jamaica. I felt led to share a lot of my personal story and walk with Christ during the message, but I tried to make clear that my message was not about me, but about Christ and all He has done for me and in me. I had sketched out the rough message weeks prior to going to Jamaica, but I heard a song for the first time just a day or two before I left on the trip that really confirmed what I was trying to say. I meant to mention it during the message itself, but ran out of time. So I’m posting it here for you to enjoy. This is Big Daddy Weave singing “My Story.”