God saves us... for himself.
During my years as a police officer, I encountered people on some of the worst days of their lives. Sometimes the job required stepping into danger and helping someone get out of it.
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Where Scripture or an ordinary week suddenly opens up.
These are the moments I am trying to notice before I explain them away.
Sometimes it happens while officiating a wedding or standing with a family at a funeral. Other times it happens while sitting frustrated in traffic. One of the convictions at the heart of the Christian faith is the presence of God everywhere, and I have come to take a lot of joy in finding Him in as many places as the Spirit reveals.
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Essays usually come from something I have worked on for a while. Moments are different. They are the things that seem to arrive before I have worked them out.
A familiar line of Scripture suddenly opens. Someone says something that stays with me. An ordinary part of the day reveals something about God, myself, or the people around me that I almost walked past.
These are the moments I am trying to notice before I explain them away.
I wish I could say I am naturally good at noticing them, but I am not. I can become so focused on preparing, solving, leading, and getting to whatever comes next that I miss what God may be revealing directly in front of me.
This space is intentionally a little looser because of that. Sometimes there may be a reflection, sometimes a photograph, sometimes simply an idea I do not want to lose.
Mostly, I hope it helps you start noticing your own.
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These are shorter by design, closer to something I am still noticing than an idea I have finished working out.
I hope one of these helps you notice what God is doing in your own ordinary week.
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