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I Am Waiting

3 min
4 years ago

July 6, 2020

Tagged Bible, covid-19, cystifibrosis, family, goals

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I’ve got vivid memories of my Grandaddy farming his fields. I remember riding the tractor with him when he would plant the seeds. His tractors would make a row and plant a seed, day in and day out. Weeks later we would be in his old Ford and driving 10mph as he would drive by his fields looking out at the sprouting crop. Then it was fertilizer time. We would get in the tractor for days and spray the fields. There would be prayer for rain some weeks, and prayer for a dry spell the next. It seemed like months later, but finally the harvest was ready. My favorite was the corn harvest because it was fun riding and sleeping in the combine tractor as he would pick the corn. It also meant fresh corn on the cobb for a lot of dinners! It was a long process from beginning to end and it always amazed me how one seed grew into a tall plant, producing hundreds of other seeds. I remember asking Grandaddy why it took so long and he would remind me that it took time to grow and a lot of patience.

I feel like we are waiting today. We are waiting for the cure for Covid pandemic. We are waiting for racism to end. We are waiting for political rest. We are waiting for jobs. We are waiting for it be normal like it was in February.

God, I’m not good at waiting. I love my microwave. I want things instant. I want my food to be cooked in 2min. I want to fast forward past the commercials. I want blessings now. I want to be healed right now. I want my kids to be healed right now. I want the community center to open today. I want….

But then God says in His Word:

“Meanwhile, friends, wait patiently for the Master’s Arrival. You see farmers do this all the time, waiting for their valuable crops to mature, patiently letting the rain do its slow but sure work. Be patient like that. Stay steady and strong. The Master could arrive at any time.”

James 5:7-8 MSG

While I’m asking for everything now, God is saying to wait. I need to trust that He is working in ways I cannot see. Just like my granddaddy seeds’ were growing beneath the ground, God is working things out for us at this ver instant. He hasn’t forgotten us and He hears our cries.

Friends, we need to be in constant prayer and to wait patiently. While we wait, ask Him to reveal to you His heart in the waiting.

Make Them Laugh!

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2 min
4 years ago

May 11, 2020

Tagged America, covid-19, cysticfibrosis, faith, harvest

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This is what I love. After work we dressed up to be fun and brought dinners to the coolest teens in San Antonio. My youngest son was with us and got a chance to say “God bless You!” to everyone. Seeing the teens faces light up in laughter and to have them forget about everything for 5min is worth the two hours driving around town.

We put the kids down and I met some of my team members that joined a web meeting online. I wanted a chance to laugh and not talk about metrics or numbers. It was fantastic because everyone got a chance to be real and truly encouraged each other. We had a blast literally laughing for a hour.

I live by St. Francis of Assisi famous quote, “Preach the Gospel at all times. When necessary, use words”. My passion is to share Jesus and I think the first thing is to build the bridge first. Build the community together. Create moments of laughter. Create moments of hope. Let people see that you want to invest in them. Let them know that they are that important to you. Then the field is ready! That’s when you can truly make a real impact.

Get creative, offer hope, and offer love this week. You can be the difference maker!

The Harvest

I grew up riding the tractor with my grandaddy. If it wasn’t raining there was a very high percentage chance you could find me riding with him starring at the rows and rows of dirt. Something about watching the seeds being planted […]

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3 min
5 years ago

February 17, 2020

Tagged Bible, blessings, faith, family, goals

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What’s crazy is the process to get the harvest. He would first break up the dirt to kill any weeds and air-ate the fields. Then it was making the rows and planting the seeds. Depending on the crop there would be pesticides and fertilizers spread out unto the fields helping the seeds grow. He would do this for every field. During major droughts, he would also set up irrigation hoses from one of the ponds, again to help the harvest. This process would take weeks and months of hard work and prayer for the harvest to finally be ready.

It’s the same with doing the right thing. So many people get caught up with wanting the rewards or the completion of a goal that they will take short cuts and not do the right thing. In sports people take steroids. In the business world, people step over peers to climb the cooperate ladder. In finances it’s the get-rich-quick schemes that get big fast and disappear just as fast. There seems to be a “short cut” idea for everything that goes against doing the right thing.

What if we take our goals and do them the right way? Think about the farmer. If my grandad would just show up expecting a harvest of corn but never toiled the soil, planted seeds, fertilized it, and irrigated it…there would be no harvest. If he got tired and skipped a step, the harvest would not happen either.

The Bible speaks about this:

So let’s not allow ourselves to get fatigued doing good. At the right time we will harvest a good crop if we don’t give up, or quit….

Galatians 6:9 MSG

We all want the harvest. My granddaddy depended on the harvest to pay bills and he knew he couldn’t get tired and skip a step. In our personal lives, let us follow his example. Let’s harvest a good crop this year and years to come. Let’s do good!

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