Forged By Faith

1 Corinthians 12:27 NIV Read this one last night and thought it fit pretty well with what we talked about yesterday. And it's another one of those truths that we've forgotten in our modern society. Our differences don't separate us as much as let them. Our unique abilities, interests, and strengths give us chances to help one another in different ways. Unfortunately, these days our differences are all too often used as grounds to argue. What we've forgotten is that we're all united in Christ. It doesn't matter what denomination the building says where to go to church. It doesn't even matter if you go to a church. It doesn't matter how tall, ugly, rich, skinny, strong, or goofy you are. We are all a part of the body of Christ! Each of us are connected to one another through the blood that He spilled on the cross. It's so easy to forget what we have in common when we're busy looking at what makes us different. It's easy to forget that we're...

1 Corinthians 12:12 NIV Sitting here in the quiet watching the snow fall softly outside the window. I've always loved winter. It just seems like a more peaceful time of the year. Everything just slows down a bit. Plus you get to celebrate some pretty great holidays and enjoy the simple things like snow falling. To me it's always been refreshing and easily one of my favorite seasons. But I also realize that there are some who don't like winter. Probably some that don't like snow. Definitely some that don't like calm and quiet. And that's okay. We're all different. We all have different interests. We have different perspectives. We each have a very specific calling from God and different tools to help us do what He put us here to do. Being unique and created to be slightly different than anyone else is a good thing! Sadly I think we've forgotten that somewhere along the way. These days we use differences as these reasons to judge others. We see our differe...

Psalm 133:1 NIV 19 years. Many of us remember exactly where we were that Tuesday morning. Most of us have vowed to never forget. What happened to our nation nearly two decades ago is one of those moments in life that leaves a mark that no amount of time will ever erase. It was life-changing for literally everyone that witnessed that attack on our country. But one of the things that I remember most is the transformation we witnessed in the days and weeks after. There was this incredible unity among pretty much everyone. Everyone was humbled and filled with this realization of the brevity of life. Everywhere you looked it seemed like American flags took root and blossomed overnight. People seemed to start caring for and about one another more than they had before. Everyone just made this effort to support one another and it was a truly amazing thing to witness. The peace and love that so many shared in the wake of that horrible day was this little glimpse of what I believe we were create...