My family and I will be in a neighboring country for the next few days for some meetings and to get some medical attention that we can’t get here.  It has been a while since I have written anything, but I hope to get back to writing soon.  I am not sure how much I will have access to WordPress where I am going.  If I do have access, and if I have free time, a combination that is not likely, I may try to write a few thoughts.

This morning I was reading in Mark 10 and the contrast between the things Jesus said and what the disciples had assumed to be true struck me. They assumed that divorce was OK, but it wasn’t. They assumed children could not be near Jesus, but they could. They assumed that wealth showed God’s favor on a person, but it didn’t. They assumed that they had sacrificed much, but in reality, they had gained much more. They assumed that greatness meant having the authority to rule others, but it meant being a servant. They assumed that a blind man shouting at Jesus was a nuisance, but Jesus gave him sight.

It makes me ask, “How much do I see the things around in the same way that Jesus sees them? How much of what I assume is just plain wrong?” The pursuit of God, as A.W. Tozer called it, is the pursuit of such a deep intimacy with God and His holiness that we see the world with His eyes. Our assumptions must give way to His truth as we draw near to God through His word and through prayer and through fellowship with other believers. It is as Randy Alcorn wrote at his blog seeing “…God as He is and ourselves as we are.”

If you are struggling with your prayer life here are some great thoughts about how to reboot your prayer life.

Brave New World
Alas, Babylon
Respectable Sins: Confronting The Sins We Tolerate
In My Place Condemned: Celebrating the Atonement
Relationships: A Mess Worth Making
The McKinsey Way
The McKinsey Mind
Built to Last
Leadership Is An Art

A series on how to live a miserable Christian life. Check it out and see if you are falling into any of these traps.

A very sad state of things in the US.

The reason why some music gets better as you listen to it more and some doesn’t.

A cause for prayer and an example of having the right priorities.