Obedience is hard. Let no one tell you otherwise. Obedience has always been hard for me. Whether it was about the forbidden cookie on my mother’s counter or the larger cookies of adulthood, saying no to my cravings is never easy. Where is the joy in saying no to yourself? I can’t remember a time that it felt GOOD.   In the Bible God gives a message to a very disobedient king named Saul.   Read More …

I’ve been reading through the book of Daniel. I love the stories. It’s really the stuff of movies. It’s a story of four teenage guys taken from their homeland and put through a systematic process to exterminate their previous culture and thinking. They are under the thumb of one of the most powerful kings who has ever walked this earth. The result? Daniel and his buddies bring the most powerful man in the world continually Read More …