Consider this

                   Many times in my life, I have looked around and thought, “I’ve got nothing!”   No answers.   No direction.   No sense of what to do next.   I am just lost.                 When I have found myself in those places, my reaction has varied.   Sometimes I am mad and ready to fight.   Other times, I want to give up.   That is not uncommon.   In fact, Jesus’ best friends experienced the same range of emotions and feelings of helplessness.                   One time, they were caught in a vicious storm on the Sea of Galilee and thought they were going to die.   In their fear, they woke Jesus up and started screaming that they were going to drown.   Jesus looked at them and said, “You of little faith, why are you so afraid?” (Matthew 8:26) and then he calmed the storm.                 I wonder how many times Jesus has looked

 Sometimes, more is not better; it is just more.  

 We know a lot about our "heavenly Father". However, there is one truth about him that many do not like and would outright deny. However, we must not only know and believe this truth, we need to be thankful for it because it is one of our best blessings  

                   In Jesus’ story, “The prodigal son” (Luke 15:11-32), we typically focus on the wastefulness of the younger son and use him as a warning, or we celebrate the waiting and welcoming father. However, there is one more character in this story.                 The older brother hears the celebration taking place and refuses to participate. Even after his father pleads with him to see things differently, he angrily states, “All these years I’ve been slaving for you and never disobeyed your orders. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends. But when this son of yours who has squandered your property with prostitutes comes home, you kill the fattened calf for him!” (Verses 29-30).                 The older brother is mad because he thinks that this situation is unfair and unjust. It is wrong that he does