Newsletter Article January 30,2008

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
In the last two weeks something wonderful happened here in Dallas. It snowed. This was wonderful to me because Faith and Luke had never really seen snow and they were excited. We built snowmen and had a snowball fight. These were things that they had only heard Daddy talk about and Faith had feared that she would never get to build a snowman. I got to enjoy this snow with my kids as much as I would if I were a child again. Isn’t it wonderful how God has made us to be able to get so excited about new experiences?
God has made us so that our lives are enjoyable because of the serendipitous experiences we have, like the moment when we first fall in love. Yet, in our most important relationship – between ourselves and the LORD – many of us have become closed to encountering Him in new and exciting ways. Although, the LORD does not change, none of us has experienced the totality of all that God has in store for us. The Bible tells us that God is always doing “new things” and that as we walk daily with Him our minds and hearts will be continually opened to new understandings of Him and new possibilities in our lives. I pray that in this new year, you will be open to new ways of being with the LORD and experiencing His love. Along with the Apostle Paul, “I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.” (Ephesians 3:17-19). Selah.

In Christ,

Steve