It is by no means enough to set out cheerfully with your God on any venture of faith. Tear into smallest pieces any itinerary for the journey which your imagination may have drawn up. Nothing will fall out as you expect. Your guide will keep to no beaten path. He will lead you by a way such as you never dreamed your eyes would look on. He knows no fear and He expects you to fear nothing while … [Read more...] about No Itinerary For A Broken Path
Encouragement
God’s Amazing Gifts: Dependency
Would you describe yourself as being self-reliant?I learned to be self-reliant when I went away to boarding school as a sophomore in high school. I didn't realize what was happening at the time to my heart. I would grow up and marry a wonderful man, but I had unconsciously made a promise to myself that I would never let my heart truly love him the way I wanted or needed to. As a missionary kid … [Read more...] about God’s Amazing Gifts: Dependency
God’s Amazing Gifts: Lost
All of us can remember that terrifying moment as small children when we were separated from our parent in a grocery or department store. There are emotions that rush to the forefront of my mind, burned in my memory, when I think of being lost:Fear,helplessness,a sense of being forgotten,not belonging."For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost." Luke 19:10All of us have been lost. … [Read more...] about God’s Amazing Gifts: Lost
God’s Amazing Gifts
Welcome New Readers!I am excited to be launching my third year of my Christmas Series, God's Amazing Gifts. Like me on Facebook (Shawn Lantz) and join me throughout the month of December for new additions to the God's Amazing Gifts video series. http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Shawn-Lantz/177190276554?fref=ts Below find a list of past videos in this series and links to view … [Read more...] about God’s Amazing Gifts
For Aliyah Rose
To My Darling Aliyah, One year ago today, Jesus revealed one of the greatest gifts He has ever given to our family in your birth. You have touched me in ways I cannot begin to describe. You have taught me so much about how the Lord loves precious, pure hearts. Your daddy has been crazy, absolutely crazy, about you from the moment you arrived. It has been such an awesome thing to see him … [Read more...] about For Aliyah Rose
What I Really Want
We celebrated my daughter's twelfth birthday this week. Her older sister and I ran around earlier in the day to pick up the last of her gifts. To surprise my birthday girl, I pulled her out of school early for a fun afternoon. We spent the time together doing what she liked before going to her favorite restaurant for dinner. As I tucked her into bed that night, she whispered in my ear, … [Read more...] about What I Really Want
