Our Trip to the Beach

Last weekend we took an excursion with our dear friends and their children. They allowed us to crash their friend's house at Dauphin Island, Alabama. All the kids did great in the water and on the sand. Only little Madeline decided to eat the sand. Here are some photos from Liam's first trip to the beach.

the house we stayed at

Liam on the pier behind the house

Liam Rocks!

The World Needs Love

"What the world needs now is love, sweet love
it's the only thing that there's just too little of
What the world needs now is love, sweet love,
no not just for some but for everyone."

Original lyrics by Hal David,
music composed by Burt Bacharach

I do a lot of thinking on my drive home from work. It seems these days that it's one of the few times in a day that I get to have time to myself to think and pray.

Today was no different...

A friend of mine at work had sent me a disturbing email about Muslims and a demonstration they had recently in Europe. They carried terrible signs that said things like bomb those who are not Muslim and things of this nature. I remembered reading through the Koran years ago and realizing that the god they serve is one of works and deeds - a god who lacks love. I was then thinking of all that is going on in the Middle East today. My friend was frustrated because she wants to pray for peace in the Middle East, but thinks in some ways what is happening is inevitable. I responded to her that maybe instead of praying for peace in the world's standards, we ought to pray for peace in man's heart in the Middle East, that God would reveal Himself to them.

Then I started thinking about a few friends that are unsaved and a few others that have been hurt deeply in the past. I began thinking about my life and what changed my heart.

All of the these equations had the same solution... Love. Love is the only thing that can solve all of these dilemmas. All of the sudden without warning, I had a light bulb turn on in my spirit. It was something that I had known for years - maybe even all my life, but this time, it illuminated. God is Love. His very name is the essence of true love. A love with no strings attached. A love with no hidden agendas except to love and see lives changed through love. A love that lays down all that it had been through and sees only through pure vision. A love that sees the fullest potential in someone and loves enough to see them through. A love that is so contagious that simply being in its presence changes your very being and causes you to in turn love others.

What does the world need? It needs God. Why does the world need God, because only love can mend the broken hearted. Only love can turn a man's heart. Only love can make foes friends. Only love can melt the hardest of hearts. The world needs God.

Wonder Bread

If you have to wonder about your bread - maybe it's not a good thing.