Have you ever been hiking at night? If the woods are dense enough, almost no moonlight or starlight penetrates the thick canvas of the forest roof. When you turn your headlamp on, the immediate area in front of you lights up, and everything else is draped in blackness. You can see clearly for maybe thirty feet, then after that it tapers quickly back into pitch black. There’s a certain amount of faith that you have to walk in when you are night hiking. You have to trust that the trail will take you where it is supposed to go. You have to have faith that the trail itself is safe, even if it runs alongside a step cliff or next to a rushing river. You trust that the noises you hear are really just big squirrels and not hungry bears looking for tasty, out of shape and slightly plump, stray hikers. So you hike in faith, knowing for sure only what lies 30 feet in front of you and hoping that you’ll reach your campsite before Roscoe the Mountain Man jumps from the shadows to demonstrate to you his deep knowledge of the movie “Deliverance.” It really is exciting. Believe me. Try it sometime. Well, I am on a night hike of sorts right now, figuratively speaking. All of us that have entered into this amazing adventure that is following Christ are on night hikes. Our destination is certain: the Kingdom of God. Our trail is firm: the Path of Righteousness and the Way of the Cross. Our light, The Holy Spirit, illuminates all that we need to know in order to navigate through the world that is shrouded in the darkness of sin. The path that I am currently on is not one that I ever thought that I would take. It is a crazy trail that already has seen miracles, struggles, leaps of faith, and mighty acts of God. And we're only at the beginning. My hiking companions are my wife Brandie, and my three sons, Sam, Jack and Luke. It is a journey that we would love to share with all of you, if you want to read along.

Saturday, June 5, 2010

Happy Birthday to my wonderful Wife

We had a princess party today at my house. Tomorrow is my sweet wife's birthday. Me and the boys decorated with pink and let her wear a tiara. This kind of girly stuff just never happens in our house filled with boys, but my wife deserves it!

She really is an amazing woman. I don't know where I would be without her. Watching the Lord work in her life has been amazing. She has such an ability to hear from God, to discern the spiritual world around us, and to sense the movement of the Holy Spirit. She is one of the most compassionate people I know and has the ability to look past sinfulness to see child of God in everyone.

I am blessed beyond measure to have Brandie as my wife. I cannot wait to see how God is going to use her gifts and mine together in ministry. It is an incredible adventure that we are on and I couldn't be blessed with a better hiking partner!
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