Rejoicing now in the face of trials is simply a demonstration of where your faith rests…in the “unveiling of His glory” at the Day of the Lord. Rarely, if ever, do we in America and the Western world face the level of fiery trials that…
Read MoreWell, homeschool kicked in on Monday after weeks of preparing and locking in to exactly what this year’s curriculum would be. It’s been an eventful and fun first 4 days…
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Some are more in love with their opinion about issues and communicating to those they will rarely see or never meet, than actually forming in-person relationships that will confront any hidden hypocrisy. Trust me. I know. I did it for a long time and still struggle with it.
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I know. I know. It’s been almost a year since I blogged. What’s happened to me? Short answer: I’ve been building other peoples’ websites and blogs (www.richeeparks.com), including a brand new Daniel Training Network website. Long story short, the Lord has had my focus elsewhere over the last year even though I have longed to blog it up so many times. With that out of the way, I wanted to reengage my blog...
Read MoreI still have yet to finish my little blog series but had to interrupt it to blog about the precious new addition to our family. I cannot rave enough about my wife. I saw her do the most incredible thing that I will ever experience with her in my life. This labor and delivery was so radically different than our other two children and I wasn’t pushed to the side by lots of nurses and doctors during the process and/or did not have...
Read MoreTo read Part 1 (Parent Trap) click here or Part 2 (Helpful Hardship) click here. This will be the third and final post of this series. My first post recognized the gracious process of the Lord to humble my pride-filled heart over time through merely one example and facet of life (parenting), although I could have shared many others. The second post highlighted the transition that our lives made as God humbled us and we began to follow...
Read MoreTo read Part 1 (Parent Trap), click here. To read Part 3 (Dragging The Cross), click here. Before leaving Bethany International in April of 2011, Grace and I felt as though we had grown significantly in our walk with the Lord. However, the Lord is gracious to us as His children and leaves no stone in our hearts unturned if we allow Him. Why? Because I believe the Lord knows that the fullness of our salvation has yet to be realized...
Read MoreFirst off, no baby #3 yet but contractions have been pretty intense over the last day or so. Less sleep, here I come! There hasn’t been much time for the blogosphere these days due to constant transition, being somewhat homeless for 5 weeks, struggling to get health insurance so we can get into the doctor for the first time, realizing that our due date was a month off and we were due a month earlier (!!), and a plethora of other...
Read MoreOver the last several weeks I have had several people ask me what it means to follow God. To listen and obey wholeheartedly. The question always comes in light of what our family is currently doing. Finances usually end up as one of the central points to the conversation. However, most the time I find that it is the uncertainty that surrounds our life which really takes the spotlight and underlying attention of all questions. Whether...
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