It has been an emotional roller coaster this week. The conflict between the present and future wage a war of depression upon my soul that would choke the hope out of me if not for Jesus. Like a lyrical line borrowed from Third Day, “If you just call My name, I’ll be there.” I have to confess it makes me a emotional mess on the ride home.

Still hanging in there with the series I have been concentrating on…“Challenging Impossibility”.

While studying about Samson, and his super human “Hulk” like strength, I couldn’t help but focus in on his beginning. There is something unique that takes place.

Judges 13: 2-5

At that time there was a man named Manoah from Zorah from the tribe of Dan. His wife was barren and childless. The angel of God appeared to her and told her, "I know that you are barren and childless, but you're going to become pregnant and bear a son. But take much care: Drink no wine or beer; eat nothing ritually unclean. You are, in fact, pregnant right now, carrying a son. No razor will touch his head—the boy will be God's Nazirite from the moment of his birth. He will launch the deliverance from Philistine oppression."

It’s interesting to me how God establishes a covenant upon the birth of this young child before there is even a child to have a covenant with. I found this to be strange until I looked up the word covenant to get a better understanding of it.

Covenant…a covenant, in contrast to a contract, is a one-way agreement whereby the covenanter is the only party bound by the promise. The only party that can break a covenant is the covenanter.

Only God was bound by the covenant promise. Maybe that’s why Samson took his “uniqueness” for granted. However, Samson lost his hair. Over and over, we see Samson basically toying with his “ability”. He was a mockery to ministry and a shame of a man when it came to lustful youth. However, in the end, we see that God kept his covenant. The Bible says, “But his hair, though cut off, began to grow again.”

Maybe it’s time your hair starts to grow again…

I know for me it’s time I dig in. It’s time to get some things done, so I can conclude a ten-year covenant promise. Yes, I feel like a failure at times, but one thing is for sure…my life isn’t over. It’s only one covenant away from living…in the promise. This is what I live for…this is what I hope my kids will remember me for. I hope they remember how I chased after God with a heavily intense passion.

I woke up this morning and just marveled at how God made my children. It was just a few “post” ago that I shared how I encourage imagination in my household.

Here is some sidewalk art…courtesy of my girls!

One thing is for sure…a life spent chasing God is an adventure into impossibility. It’s fairly safe to say that you can expect the unexpected. Unexpected circumstances are often occurrences on the road of life. The more we walk down that road, I think the more we understand the shaping process of our faith.

Are you familiar with the term “shape charge”?

A shaped charge is an explosive charge shaped to focus the effect of the explosive's energy.

Let me give you an easier translation.

A shape charge is explosive material that is shaped to deliver a greater explosion. This is done by just shaping the explosive material into a different shape. Keep in mind that the result from shape charging is an explosion usually ten times greater than what it would be had the explosive material been just left alone. Do you see where I am heading now?

Maybe everyone has the same measure of faith given to him by God. I mean exactly the same. However, if we want our faith to explode to be ten times greater than where its at right now…then I think it’s time we start shaping our life to produce the atomic bomb we are supposed to be.

Great faith is shaped over time. It takes kneading, pulling, tearing, and stretching. Its not going to feel good, but over time…you could go nuclear!

Think big today!

I enjoyed this past Sunday school lesson. I basically weaved a series within a series and closed out on something I found rather interesting this past week. Here is a bit of a preview…

Genesis 11:1-7

Now the whole world had one language and common speech. As men moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there. They said to each other, “Come, let’s make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They used brick instead of stone, and tar for mortar. But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower that the men were building. The Lord said, “If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them.

This has got to be one of the most overlooked scriptures in the entire Bible.

Think about it. What if, one day, you came home from work to discover your kids had invented something so revolutionary that it would impact society? Wouldn’t you just be in awe of your kids? If that isn’t the stuff you brag about, I don’t know what is. Also…don’t think I didn’t noticed that when men started to build this tower, it was conceived more in vanity than anything else. I see it and understand it. However, what is unique…is what God says on the matter.

“If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them.”

Communication is one of the keys to impossibility. How do you communicate today? Are you reaching out to bridge communication gaps? The Lord basically is saying in verse 7 that if we can just unify ourselves under one language, than anything is possible.

I don’t know about you, but I can imagine a place where the impossible happens…where we become unified under one language…where impossible is a foreign word…where thousands receive the gospel call?

Where is this place?

Acts Chapter 2!

Cool header right? I love it...It's something I have been working on for a while now that I have yet to share...it's a book for my children called (at least right now) "The Sythian Key". My kids are slowly becoming "not" kids. They are growing up at a rapid pace, but there is one thing I really want them to retain as they get older.

Their imagination.

Imagination is so powerful. Imagination gives visual life to distant unknowable dreams. It has the ability to distance itself from what we call fact and without educational reason it paints impossibility as possible.

I have 3 chapters so far written...it's the most extensive thing that I have devoted a lot of thought to. I also wrote somewhat of a novela called the "The Great Awakening". No hasn't been published. Thought about creating a "e-book" and setting up a paypal account. Of course, the every dime would go to "Speed The Light"!

I made my first sale today at the new job. It feels good…especially since I found out today that they let go one of the other salesmen. Wow, right? I know exactly how that feels and I do know that I am not beyond “letting go”.

I also have been dreaming a lot lately. Don’t know what that is all about, since it’s really not that normal for me. I usually have a hard time sleeping and end up wrestling with pillows and sheets all night. That’s my day in the life…so I don’t understand all the dreaming…but it is opening up my creative pores. The Lord has been showing me things about individuals, moments in life, goals, etc. It’s a bit overwhelming.

Shot an email out to a friend today that was in one of these dreams. I hope they receive what I spoke into them. Been praying for them for what seems like forever. As a matter of fact, I can’t imagine prayer without their name coming into play. God is stretching them right now…and it’s a good thing. They can handle it.

Lot’s on the plate right now as I juggle a little bit of life and ministry.

I have been so busy lately...but the creative juices are still flowing. As we lay the groundwork for the new "Crazy One" 4-week series, I am gathering all the media together for a complete free download package for those out there that might want to tackle it sometime...If you don't know what it is...I will give a synopsis when it's available for download.

On another note...

The new series tickling me right now is...The Manhattan Project. It’s a project that explores being explosive and passionate in driving to achieve your purpose or God-ordained destiny. It will tell the tale of the atom/nuclear fission, fiction/fact, and the communication gap/bridge. Only a 3-week series…but it packs a punch…Haven’t really put it all together just yet…I have video material, some written material also…just got to put the pieces in order.

Sitting down this weekend, to start a “life goals” list…also going to develop some core values for my family. I would to eventually hang our family list of core values in a frame on the wall. I want my kids to know…and grow to establish them in their everyday lives. So those 2 things are on my mind these days.

Will write again soon…maybe even have some stuff ready for download!