Yesterday was a unique experience at 10.01, our Student Ministry service at Trinity Bible Church. As I am processing all that went on yesterday I am so anxiously excited.

We were supposed to be wrapping up our 3 week series on Simplifying our lives, but as I was headed up to the front to begin to share this message, God begin to stir and tell me to be still and wait on him. As I grabbed the stool and took my place I looked out and saw 60+ eyes of high school students staring back at me.

God begin to urge me through his Holy Spirit to ask the following question.

"So, how many of you guys are thinking about dropping out on Jesus when you graduate from high school?"

The room was silent for a while and then a student raised their hand in the back of the room. With the hand raised, I asked this person, why? The person begins to tell me that when they tell others that they are a Christian, people have a negative view of them. I replied with another question, this time to the entire group; "Why do you think they have a negative view of Christians?"

Another student spoke up and said it is because we do not look anything like the Christ we follow. Boom, dead on!

As we continue to discuss our Christ and our experience in following Him, students begin to share their own stories of what their experience of Christianity has been to them and for them. As we were running out of time, I closed with the following question...

"Okay guys, be honest...how many of you truly have no idea what it is to follow Christ?" What happened next was revolutionary...about 95% of the hands went up in the room with them being honest in not knowing what it means to follow Jesus!

Today, a movement started with a group of students. You see, when we begin to take a honest look at ourselves, or as James says look into the mirror and see something wrong, there is a chance for a freedom and movement to begin.

On April 25th at 10:01 a movement started. Where it will take us only God knows. Looking forward to this Sunday!

I love you guys and you will never know how much you stretch me in your own journey!

Week One

Who would of thought? A week ago if someone would of approached me and asked if you have any gluten in your diet, I would of responded with an open mouth and gazing stare! It is a amazing though to see what one will do for their children.

Over the past several months our son has been going through some difficult transitions in his behavior. Up to about a week ago we thought it was him "being a boy!" That is when we were introduced to symptoms of Autism. As we begin to study and see that some of the symptoms he was having matched those of an autistic nature, we decided to begin to look at what we could do to help him in this area. That is when God introduced us to a wonderful couple named Jonathan and Sarah.

For the past three years they have been right in the middle of this journey with Autism. When they came over to visit and share with us last Monday night we were amazed by what they shared.

In a nutshell, one of the ways to defeat Autism is through a gluten free casein diet. Who would of thought!

A quick update finds Jordan showing no signs/symptoms of what he was showing, prior to having him on this diet. We are sticking to this particular diet and praising God that he placed Jonathan and Sarah in our lives!

To quote this couple, "We are doing the homework and God is doing the healing!" Jonathan and Sarah, thank you for allowing us to copy your "homework!" LOL!!!!

A wake up call...

Have you ever had a time in your life that you felt as if the you were blindsided by something that came out of nowhere. Last night we answered the proverbial phone of our "wake up" call!

The night went as usual. Daddy got home around 5:30 pm, okay sweeite, maybe a little later and found Jordan, Ava, Terah, and his beautiful wife sitting at the table eating a wonderful meal. As I sat down and begin to enjoy the family dinner an inner clock was counting down within my head of our meeting later that night. The evening consisted of putting together a new plastic swimming pool for the kids, chilling with Jordan, Ava, and TK, and spending some much needed time with my wife. As the bedtime quickly approached, we settled the twins down in their bed and I jumped into the shower. In just a little while the couple would be here to radically change our insight within the scope of what once was our "ordinary world."

As I jumped in and out of the shower and settled down on the couch with my wife and daugther, the doorbell rang, and the couple walked in.

For the next 3 1/2 hours, I found myself confronted with something that I did not ever want to be faced with, Something that not only would possibly change my world forever but intimately invovle one of my children for the next, who knows how long! What I wanted to hear from this awesome couple was not what I wanted to hear. I wanted to hear that it would all be okay and that these things that we thought were occurring was something that we were imagining and it too would pass. But as the couple continued to talk, the reality of what is could not be avoided.

So where are we now? On the first day of the rest of our lives! To be honest, I really do not understand why and I was really upfront with God this morning in my journal. As we continue this journey, please pray for us in this expedition that we travel.

Praise God for the couple that walked with us last night and opened their lives to us. Praise God for a wonderful wife that is amazing in all she does! Praise God for the way He is showing me that I do not have control over my life and that He wants all of us! Praise God for the verse shared with us last night from Isaiah 61:1-3.

God you are with us! We love you...