The Song of the Week.

The Song and Video of the week this week is from In Christ Alone - Adrienne Liesching and Geoff Moore.

Vacation Bible School Week - Children truly are gifts from God.

It is VBS week and I am teaching the kindergartners. I must admit, I had no idea what to expect, but after having had the group of kids for the week, I can truly say that children are gifts from God.

As John Greenleaf Whittier, the Quaker Poet, penned in "The Barefoot Boy" -

"Cheerily, then, my little man,Live and laugh, as boyhood can!Though the flinty slopes be hard,Stubble-speared the new-mown sward,Every morn shall lead thee through Fresh baptisms of the dew;Every evening from thy feet Shall the cool wind kiss the heat:All too soon these feet must hide In the prison cells of pride,Lose the freedom of the sod,Like a colt’s for work be shod,Made to tread the mills of toil,Up and down in ceaseless moil:Happy if their track be found Never on forbidden ground;Happy if they sink not in Quick and treacherous sands of sin.Ah! that thou couldst know thy joy,Ere it passes, barefoot boy!"

Children have such a wonderful view on life, they do not see the corruption and stress of life. They know only playing and enjoying life. Much too, is how man was designed I believe and if we would ever truly turn everything over to God so much freedom we would find. That, however, seems easier said than done. But for this VBS teacher, living intravenously through my kindergartners this week has been a blast. Surely there can be no question why Jesus loved children so much.

Does Jesus Use Dreams to Speak to Us?

My wife is a firm believer that the time each day that we are closest to God is while we are asleep. It is then that our worldly worries take a backseat to our subconscious mind. Without a doubt God used dreams and visions to speak to people time and time again throughout the Bible. I myself have been visited on numerous occassions by dreams that seemed to have a message that was more than meets the eye. Dreams are mysterious, uncontrolled, and not well understood. Surely each of us have felt the power of dreams in deja-vu experiences that seem to suggest that there is a lot more to this whole dreaming thing than we may first realize. Jeff Leslie certainly believes God speaks to us in dreams. His is a remarkable story that should inspire us as Christians to stay positive through all things. If you need a pick me up, and you want to see that Jesus is still working miracles today, I encourage you to read this story of hope by Jeff Leslie. I know it was a blessing to me.

VIDEO OF THE WEEK

This weeks video of the week is "Slow Fade" by Casting Crowns.

After calming the waves, Jesus is using them:

When you think of the Arab world there are numerous things you think of....Christian Radio is probably not one of them. This being said, over a million Arabs are now within the Christian radio waves HCJB Global.

VIDEO OF THE WEEK

This weeks Christian Video is John Waller's "Still Calls Me Son!"

Exactly What Did you Expect?

Numerous Christian leaders are expressing dissatisfaction with President Obama over his first round of decisions. While this is not meant to be a political forum, I have to wonder out loud - what did these Christian leaders expect exactly?