Author: Adventures

More Than Meets The Eye

As I left the bar where John and I had been talking, I realized just how lost men like him are. Coming to a different country to fulfill some need that couldn’t possibly be met by anything but the love of God. How could they think that their actions could possibly quench that deep thirst for a true love? John had been living in Chaing Mai for about three years. He said everything he needed was in this city and he didn’t need to go any other place. But as he spoke to me about moving to Thailand from Australia and loving where he was, you could sense the overwhelming loneliness...

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Reality vs. The American Dream

Have you ever noticed that most Americans are not flexible? Stuck living a life with no room to change, no room to step outside their daily routine. To live a life set by schedules and time frames is like purposely putting yourself in jail. Why would anyone want to bind their lives by the constant effort in pleasing a society so stuck in their ways? Where the spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. That’s why we as believers are set apart from the world and what it wants to steal from our lives. Yeah, have you ever realized that? The world steals from us every day. It steals a...

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Tap That!

Look at the godless nations and watch, and be utterly amazed. Look long and hard. Brace yourselves for a shock. For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if you were told. Habakkuk 1:5 We are walking down the streets of Chaing Mai. I see a woman glance up from doing her laundry in a bucket of murky water with her baby strapped to her back. I see a man paying for his lunch from the street market, in a hurry to continue along his way. I see an intricate gold temple glistening in the sun where many are going into worship and pray to Buddha. I smell the sweet...

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The devil sent ants of fire.

The devil does all he can to distract God’s children. Attack after attack has occurred during my preparation for this trip. After arriving in Atlanta a part of me delusionally believed that those attacks would cease. I quickly discovered that that was not the case. After a wonderful worship session the other night, I grabbed my stuff and headed to the girls cabin. I was so excited to do some journaling, read my Bible, and then fall asleep peacefully. I arrive at my bunk bed. And I see ants. LOTS of ants. Kristina and I looked at them and laughed as we messed up their neat little...

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