My friend recently wrote a song out of Psalm 40. He sent it to me to get my feedback on some of the lyrics. The song is FANTASTIC! In reading the lyrics, I went through Psalm 40 and I thought I would share a few thoughts. 1 - David seems to understand something about God that I believe we trivialize. David lives under the old covenant, but his Psalm is so incredibly reliant on God's mercy and grace. He understood grace while under a very hard ...

This past Sunday, our pastor gave such an amazing message that really challenged me. His sermon was out of Luke 15 and he was speaking on the parable of the prodigal son. There are so many messages out there about this parable. Our pastor pointed out that this was the finale in a series of three parables. The first being about a shepherd that lost 1 sheep out of his 100 that he was tending. The shepherd leaves the 99 to find the 1. When he fin ...