Pain = Purpose

“Saddle up your horses; we’ve got a trail to blaze. Through the wild blue yonder of God’s amazing grace.” These are the epic opening lyrics to the corny Steven Curtis Chapman song entitled “The Great Adventure.” It’s cheesy and full of over-the-top backup...

Yesterday I Stopped Dreaming

I was looking through old blog posts last night and came across one that stopped me dead in my tracks. It was originally written on February 18, 2013 and you’ve got to read it. If you’re feeling as though God is calling you to something greater, then read this NOW! If...

What Only God Created YOU To Do

To get where you need to get, you gotta go through some places you don’t want to go.  I’ve come to know this phrase as TRUTH the past month or so. God has been working in me and driving to a more dependent position. As God can do sometimes, He has allowed some pain to...

Cant’s & Cans

For a long time, I didn’t think alcohol was part of my problem. Oh, I was a drug addict for sure. No doubt about it. The doctor-shopping, the burning-up-the-highway, and the dozens of pills I ingested every day for YEARS proved that full well. But alcohol? I...

A Broken Man is a Beautiful Man

Have you ever experienced true brokenness? A moment when your soul just feels empty and nothing in the world can fill it? For some men, brokenness may sound a little sissified, for some woman maybe a little too vulnerable. But true brokenness is beautiful. And I...