Hey guys.  I just had a few pictures on a memory card that I thought I would post...sometimes I can't believe how crazy my house is with 3 little boys in it!  Hope this makes you smile as much as it makes me smile!


til the whole world knows,

Pastor Kevin
 
Song Writers! 10/05/2009
 
I've always said that a songwriter never stops being a songwriter.  I think it's something that God puts there, and we never really lose that fire and passion to write.  I've prayed many times for my boys to have that passion...is this the beginning of an answer to that prayer?!  : )


til the whole world knows,


Pastor Kevin
 
 
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I've passed by the sign a few times now.  I always just think, "Wow.  We are really falling out of the stupid tree and hitting every branch on the way down."

The online world is now the proud owner of a website called www.whocanisue.com. 

About 2 weeks ago I passed by the sign for this site, and I processed it a little more deeply.

We are a people, here in the United States, that has turned last resorts into first attempts.  There are solutions to problems that should only be sought in the event that no other solution is viable.

I pass by the who-can-i-sue sign, and I know that they are targeting people who think they just might have a case against someone they're angry with or someone who has wronged them.  Maybe I pass that sign and think, "I'm going to check that out.  That's what I'll do.  I'll just file a lawsuit and fix this whole thing!"

We don't operate as 1 Corinthians 6:1-8 or Matthew 18:15-17 instructs us to do.  And here's why:  It's just easier to sue the pants off somebody and never speak to them again!  We don't want the awkwardness.  We don't want the sacrifice of time it takes to reconcile face to face.  And we're too proud to admit that we just might be wrong anway.

We turn last resorts into first attempts, and not just in civil disputes.

The divorce rate is high.  Higher than it's ever been.  I think it's because divorce, which should be a last resort (Matthew 5:32 and Matthew 19:9) has become for so many a people a first attempt at fixing their bad mistake. 

"He's not who I thought he was.  I'm filing for a divorce."

"I never knew marriage would be this hard.  It's not worth it."

Just because the world we live in has created easy ways out, that doesn't mean that God wants us to pursue them!

Some of the greatest moments of my life are the times when the long valley starts to become the slow rise up the mountain.  A quick divorce is running from what we perceive as impending pain and heartache.

What we fail to realize is that pain and heartache make the sweet moments so much sweeter!

Let's keep last resorts where they belong...at the bottom of the list of possible solutions.


til the whole world knows,


Pastor Kevin