“Whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.”  Jesus, Matt 16:25

“The boy chose safety, the man chooses suffering.”  C.S. Lewis

“How can a man born upside down know when he is right side up? G. K. Chesterton 
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​Love is costly and risky, but well worth it.  As I write that, I can hear you saying, “Duh! Tell me something new, will you?”  Then I imagine you deciding you are not interested in anything else on this page.  However, hang with me for a bit. 

What mountain would you like to cast into the sea? 

It’s a beautiful day and I’m driving into Austin to have lunch with a friend as I listen to a really great song by Lindell Cooley declaring, “I need you more,  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pa3-XePwrAc. Check out the video.  The best part about this video is that it says…I’ll never leave your side because I never want to go back to my old life and I’ll never be alone….”  I began to reflect on that truth realizing that the same Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead is the same God that indwells me, literally, and I WILL NEVER BE ALONE!  I just sat in the car as I was driving and I reflected on that.  I let it sink deep into my soul and imagined the person of the Holy Spirit taking up residence in my spirit… it was a moment of glorious praise and worship as I embraced that idea in a much deeper way and just sat and worshiped God in a very deep encounter for the next few minutes….in my car.  Worship….
              I then arrive at the restaurant. I don’t see my friend so I wait.  I’m sitting at a table close to the door and looking at a menu when I see an elderly woman walking up to the front door using a white cane.  I considered going to the door to help her, but then I notice that my friend is there.  She opens the door for her and then helps her through the second door. As she walks toward the counter, I hear the lady say that she isn’t sure she knows what to order, and my friend tells her you are close to the register and after she helps her returns to me as I sit in a pool of tears acknowledging the goodness of God to help this lady get where she needs to go.  How brave!  I don’t know how this lady got here…did she take a bus, does she live close…etc? But I was overwhelmed by how brave this lady is.  I was then taken back to 1950s….