All tagged Lessons
Is happiness in life found by having no need or in meeting other’s needs?
“The desert is the greatest place for a miracle.”
All of us go through deserts. It’s confusing, hopeless, and DRY.
I have good news for you: It can also be the prime spot for a miracle.
Do you ever wonder how the wheels of power turn? How a person with millions of people looking to them for leadership manages his life, his time, and his priorities?
I had six wonderful years holding a weekly Bible study for Louisiana Governor Mike Foster and his top staff. He didn’t know it, but while I was teaching him the Bible, he was teaching me excellent leadership!
Today, I am thinking about the story of the “four lepers.” I am presently in Asia where masses of people swarm like an ocean of fish. Each one has a face, a name, a personality, a family, a need. Jesus. Why is missions becoming the lost subject in Christianity with these billions yet in darkness?
Now, we come to the “leper lessons.” They were starving outside the gate of a besieged, starving city. They represent me, you, all Christians. Their story should be our story.
Last Tuesday was a major event in my life: my Dad of 97 years went to heaven. We cared for him in our home for over six years after my mother died. He was married for 63 years and in the ministry for 66 years. This blog is about “generational leadership,” the passing of lessons from fathers to children.
