Lunar Eclipse

This morning, I woke up for my 5AM run, and I had the pleasure of seeing the lunar eclipse. The eclipse had just started when I woke up, and it was in full effect when I returned from my 3 mile run in the dark on the Perkiomen Trail. What an amazing universe we live in. How can you tell me that there wasn’t a creator behind all this. Here’s a top six list of my observations today that God is behind it all:

6. The lunar eclipse this morning. Imagine trying to get three huge objects (sun, earth, and moon) to line up in the middle of a vast universe.

5. Our grass outside isn’t brown anymore. After a couple of months of little to no rain, it finally rained last week. And almost overnight our entire lawn went from brown to green. Try doing that yourself.

4. God puts people in our lives for relationships. Recently, a family moved into the neighborhood. We had been praying for a boy Isaac’s age to play with. The neighbors have four boys all around our kids ages.

3. God is our provider. I have a job. We have food and shelter.

2. God provides opportunities for us to interact with people who don’t know Him. Today, I had some awesome conversation with a co-worker of mine about evolution and intelligent design and God’s hand in everything.

1. God’s love is amazing. He loves me so much that He would send His only Son just for me even if I was the only one on the earth. To quote Vince Antonucci: “I am God’s greatest treasure.” (And so are you!) Lucky? Maybe. Blessed? Most certainly!

Until the next post….

It Takes A Team

I have been reminded the past few days about how important teamwork is in so much of what I do.

At home, Leanne and I have to be a team as we approach parenting, etc. Also, the kids and we have to be a team to keep things heading in the right direction at home along with juggling our various priorities, etc.

At work, I have to work as a team with my fellow co-workers to successfully provide building solutions for our customers. I also have to work with a team of fellow contractors, customers, and design personnel to correctly complete building projects.

At church, I get to work with an awesome team of coaches who help small group leaders as they lead their groups. In fact, I need to get moving to a coaches meeting in a few minutes.

Without teamwork, most of the things that we try to tackle will not work. I’m thankful to have so many great teammates.

Until the next post…

Despite My Self

This morning I read from John 4 about the woman at the well. In this passage, a Samaritan woman meets Jesus. This woman has had several husbands and is living with another man at the time of the meeting. Jesus indicates to the woman that he knows this. He also shares that “Anyone who drinks the water I give will never thirst-not ever.”

Following the encounter, the woman tells others that she has met the One who knows everything about her – the Messiah. I get the feeling that she was extremely excited about this meeting. If I read correctly, she did not walk away ashamed; she walked away feeling loved, accepted, and known.

I have many perfectionist tendencies; however, I am far from perfect. It’s incredible to know that Christ loves me and accepts me despite my self. It’s also amazing to realize that all I will ever need comes from Christ.

Until the next post….