In case you have not heard yet, this weekend we will start hosting our “First Sunday”/Easter service at the Holiday Inn Select – Intl. Airport.  The address is 77 NE Loop 410, and a map can be found here.

Service will still be at 11am with setup beginning at 9am.

We will not be allowed to serve refreshments as we have in the past, but there is a full service Starbucks inside the hotel, as well as a restaurant that serves a very good breakfast.

Have a great rest of the week and see you Sunday!

I think a lot about this question: What if you had a chance to live in heaven first?

Meaning that we lived in eternity and then came down on earth and lived our life. I can’t help to think that we would live this life differently.

I wonder if we would worry as much about the type of job we hold? I wonder if we would worry about our finances? I wonder if we would be as angry when an individual cuts us off when we are driving? Wonder if we would try to control everyone and/or everything around us? Maybe our priorities would shift?

Every time I think of these questions it then spurs to me one more…Why don’t I do this now?

What would you change if you lived in heaven first then came to live on earth?

Only one to do it so far–Jesus.

Today I sat at Chick-fil-A and enjoyed one of their amazing chicken sandwiches! I love their food and they produce a great product. Every sandwich is identical–bun with butter, hot chicken, and two slices of pickles. It is delivered into your mouth as a complete product.

Life is just the opposite of a Chick-fil-A sandwich. Life is not wrapped up in a neat bun. It’s messy. Life is not identical. It’s actually never the same. And life is not finished until our last breath.

Even though life is not like a product many times we attempt to live it as such. We tend to place problems in our lives on hold, because we don’t want to deal with the reality of them. We act like our problems are a product, completed, but life continues to move forward.

Ever have an order at a restaurant that was delayed being delivered to you? Did it taste cold? Maybe stale? Imagine a Chick-fil-A sandwich that has been sitting out for years. That sandwich would be nasty! I don’t think many would want to eat that sandwich…but that is exactly what our problems in life would look like if we could see them. Think about your problems in the same way. What is the problem that you should have addressed long ago?

Whatever problem you have placed on hold, let God give you the courage to face and eat it!

If I gave you a car in Los Angeles and told you to travel to New York City, I would be confident that you would be able to make the journey. You could possibly pass through Interstate 40, or you could use Interstate 70, or you could take the southern route of Interstate 10 and then head up Interstate 95. There would be many routes to arrive in New York.

Now, imagine the same scenario, but this time I put you in a car in the middle of a desert in the United States and I don’t tell you where you are. Would it be difficult to find New York? I could even hand you a map, but you still would have a very difficult time finding the Big Apple.

The point is simple–you have to know where you are if you want to head in the right direction. And just like the example, once you know where you are, there are probably even multiple ways to that destination. Take for example, a bad marriage wanting to arrive in love. You could start on the interstate of ’serving’ (your spouse), or you could head up to the interstate of ‘listening’ (to them), or you could go down to the interstate of ‘quality time’.

God brings about clarity on your reality. He also puts you on interstate ‘heart change’ so that you will have the ability to change. Without clarity we would have no clue which direction to move.

Photo by Wolfgang Staudt