These losers and vagrants and misfits of all sorts lived together in fellowship at Rooms of Grace, and Jay Turner became their leader. He helped them with recovery, led them in Bible Studies, and helped them find jobs and get vehicles. Jay hosted a fellowship dinner on Thursday nights, and started doing church services on the second Saturday night of every other month. The inaugural service was August 9. We had a baptism in a horse trough, under a carport during a heavy rain.

God was telling me last night that he sees me... My mission here is not yet complete, and I don't need to be afraid.

I called her because she has multiple myeloma, and has walked this road before me.

God took me on a significant detour last year... But it wasn't just a detour; it was a side quest. A holy mission.

Make peace with God, and with each other. Hug the ones you love, and leave no unfinished conversations...

"Why am I here?" It's a loaded question. We want to know our purpose, but we are really asking why we are in this situation.

Our tendency is to question God's orders; or sometimes, whether we got them from God in the first place!

This place lets cancer patients and their caregivers stay free of charge while they are being treated.

As I think about Harvey Dent, the Batman foe known as Two-Face, I am reminded of some of us as we go through life.

God heals. Sometimes through his hand, sometimes through doctors... and sometimes through calling us home to heaven...

Oh boy! Waiting! And then God showed me a big waiting room at a Doctor's Office...

That's where God has me right now. A place of rest. It's not heavy or ill-fitting.

More swamps. Just like the passage I read this morning. "More Fire Swamp, God, with quicksand hazards and Rodents of Unusual Size?"

God is ABLE to deliver us, from the bog of our own bad decisions and willful disobedience... But deliverance is often not without pain.

So my question for you is, what's your status? 'Going it alone with your anchor dragging, or are you in safe harbor with other believers?

Sometimes God requires hard things. He gives us missions or puts us in circumstances that require us to be resolute.

"Once I heard that, I was glad to let it happen. I quit focusing on the handicap and began appreciating the gift..." 2 Corinthians 12:9

Celebrate God's little surprises!

Sometimes God removes us from hardships. But more often, He chooses to help us endure them.

Honey in the Rock. Sometimes God gives us sweet surprises.