The Sound Word

Since when does having once been elected President of the United States , make you Ambassador to the world on my behalf? And since when does one minor victory in bringing peace between two nations (that ended in the assassination of one of the two national leaders for his efforts) make you the foremost world-expert on diplomacy? Hey, don't get me wrong, I like Jimmy Carter. As a person; in spite of the fact that he supports same sex unions , and that Stephen Hess said that "He's a person who has stuck his thumb in the eye of every president who has followed him." To serve this country's best interest, he would do well to go to his Presidential Library every day, and leave international politics to those who are duly appointed. That's why we have a President, and a Cabinet. He had a cabinet too, and no one messed in his foreign policy issues. It's time he show the same respect to our sitting President, regardless of who that may be. Here's the trouble ...

Psalm 63:3 Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, My lips shall praise You. It is love that separates us from the world, and identifies us with Christ I’m recovering from the post “I spent more than 5 hours in an airplane” cold. You know, the one you get after breathing 250 other people’s recycled air. But in any case, as I get back into the swing of my weekly routine, I felt the need for some spiritual encouragement this morning, and went immediately to the Psalms. There, while reading, I came across this verse, and I immediately began to sing. You see, this verse in Psalm 63 is a line from a worship son called Kindness by Chris Tomlin. I recognized this right away, and just broke into song (probably good that you all weren’t here with me!). Then I began to ponder the reality of that verse and just openly meditate on it out-loud: Lord, I love my life. My life allows me to know things, and grow, and serve and to love my wife and family, to be someone that can think, act, make...