GO! What does that mean to you?

Late in 2009, Steve Chase and I founded a non-profit called Bearing Their Burdens.  

It is an experiment in obedience.  We are not sure what it will look like, but we are asking GOD to show us daily the truth established in this verse:

Galatians 6:2 New King James Version (NKJV)

Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

We believe the Bible and we take seriously the commands of Jesus when he said in Matthew 28:

¹⁸ Jesus came and told his disciples, “I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth. ¹⁹ Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. ²⁰ Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

To be given authority means their is a source of power to do something asked and a responsibility to carry it out fully. 

To then be told exactly what to do means there should be no confusion about the task at hand. 

To be told Jesus is with us means that we are not doing this alone but in an ongoing cooperative relationship with the Master of the Universe.

So we are doing this every day.  We are assuming our responsibility to be available wherever He would lead us and to do and say whatever He would tell us.

 It is not easy...but it is simple.

Freedom?

Freedom?, originally uploaded by Kazze.

What makes a great nation is the interdependence of many --- loving what all may equally share.

HAPPY 4th of July America, 2011!!!

Enjoy your freedoms. Celebrate!!!!

Summer beauty --- God's canvas

While I did not take this picture, thus I cannot display it here, the beauty is truly a spectacular view of one of GOD's greatest wonders here in California! So click on the link and go visit it in Picasa.

Living within 160 miles, there really is no excuse for not visiting this natural wonder more often. Thanks GOD for making our world so amazing and thank you Britt Peterson for taking this photo. We are blessed with enjoying your creative eye.

Have a wonderful summer! Be BLESSED!

Last Stop

Saw this today and wanted to share it with you...there is hope in love, There can be peace in love.  There can be answers in love.

Jesus is LOVE.

Whatever you are facing today, He is your answer.  When I taught Sunday School, it seemed as though Jesus was the answer almost every kid would shout out...what makes our lives any different.  He has not changed - - - He is the same, yesterday, today and forever.  He will bind up the broken hearted. 

Yes, HE will!  His word is sure and HE does not lie. Wait for Him.

Visit: http://www.imdb.com/video/wab/vi761698841/

Discovery - into Space for the last time

We live in exciting times. NASA has accomplished so much with its work in the space program. In fact, most of us either do not consider the incredible authority we hold to manage data, physics and the unknown each time a shuttle was launched from Cape Canaveral or we awaited the failure like so many NASCAR fans, waiting for another Big One.

I for one grew up with NASA doing the impossible.

I remember seeing Echo 1 as it circled the earth and we could actually watch it arc across the horizon, a moving star to my 9 year old eyes.

Incredible.

Amazing.

Wonderful.

and yet, still only permitted by the watchful eye of the Creator. He has allowed us to delve into His libraary of secrets in so many of the Dewey-classified disciplines. We have written books about our knowledge and we have modified the way we live exponentially over the generations of the Scientific Revolution.

I am grateful that GOD allowed us to change the way we live. But I still want nothing more than to live under the watchful eye and protective umbrella of His love. The Psalmist told us long ago that we owe Him our every breath. I do not want to change that. I want to live under the authority of a loving Father who allows us to run and jump and play but doesn't let us go beyond His care. I hope you too feel that GOD is ONE who is trustworthy of your love and trust and submission.

The truth revealed in a prophetic statement long ago, "Every knee will bow, every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord" is still the hope I long for and Joshua's proclamation "As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord" is relevant to every morning I awake.

As I gaze up into the skies, I know so little of the grandeur of the laws that make up what I enjoy in the morning, noon and evenings of my life but I am so incredibly grateful for the One that holds it all together with His word.

Have a Blessed Day!