Pastor Brad’s Notebook
20 Feb Devotional Thought – Morning Prayers
"My voice You shall hear in the morning, O LORD; In the morning I will direct it to You, And I will look up." Psalm 5:3
Why does David say that "in the morning" he will "look up"? Is it said in earnest expectation? Does he mean to say that he lifts his eyes in hopes of an answer from Heaven? I don't think so. I think that what David is saying isn't that he looks up with expectation, but rather in confidence. He lifts his eyes with the assurance of a man who daily walks with God. He's saying that when he prays he can do so with an unrestrained confidence and an unashamed countenance. He can look into the perfectly pure face of God because he has nothing of which to be ashamed. He may not receive what he requests, but he doesn't have to be ashamed for asking.
17 Feb Fridays Are For Family – My Boy Just Ate Japanese Food!
I know, that's an odd title for one of my Friday posts, but he did! My three-year-old son Jack, who can be a bit of a picky eater, just ate Japanese food - and then asked for more. Now, this may not be a big deal to you, but for this daddy, this is HUGE!
Kim is due to have third child any day now. So, I thought I'd be a good husband pick up some dinner to bring home. (Nobody wants me cooking in the kitchen. Tried it once. Bad idea.) She had been craving Japanese food, so I dropped by our favorite local chopstick-toting restaurant - Joy of Tokyo - and ordered steak and chicken teriyaki with steamed rice. Even as I was placing the order, I thought, "There's no way that Jack is going to eat this." Oh, he loves chicken and rice, but mostly the fried kind. Which, it turns out, are not the most healthy of foods.
13 Feb Devotional Thought – The Same Ten Again
"And I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke; and you shall put them in the ark." Deuteronomy 10:2
At first this seemed to me to be a very strange, and even stingy, statement on the part of God. He said, "I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets..." "What? You're going to write the same thing - again? Is that all you're going to write?" Sure, the first tablets were destroyed and the revelation lost, but wouldn't that mean that God should give further revelation instead of just repeating the same revelation? Shouldn't there be something higher, better, greater?
10 Feb Fridays Are For Family – The “Birth Day” Bible
This past week it hit me. I suddenly realized that in less than a month our third child will arrive. It is an exciting and anxious time around the Whitt house. It's exciting because we will welcome the newest member of our family. There will be joy and happiness in bringing our new baby boy home. I know that there will be sleepless nights and dirty diapers and the smell of baby powder and baby food. But, I've got to admit - I love being around little babies - especially when they’re mine. Now, I never thought I'd feel this way, much less say it out loud or put it in print, but it's true.