Living from the Father's Heart

I started this blog because I believe God wants to reveal the love of the Father to us and transform us because the world is hurting and men especially are disconnected. I am going to link a couple of articles and I think that they reveal much of the heart of the problem. We have killed the masculine heart in many ways and men are feeling isolated and lonely. Jesus came to change that. Jesus came to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children.  Today, most men are disconnected from their hearts. I am not writing a lot today but do want to encourage you to read these two articles. They are very eye opening. Later on, I will write about the what do we do about this problem Mal 4:6 ESV - And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the land with a decree of utter destruction." Luk 1:17 ESV - and he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the childr...

This morning, when I was thinking about what I was going to be writing today I was reminded of the movie Star Wars, The Force Awakens. There are many heroes in the movie, many who fight and even die for noble causes but there are a couple that do not believe the description of hero is for them. They both feel like they are less than up to the task. Their pasts almost keep them from embracing their calls. I know lot of people feel that same way. They look at the things that they have been through and feel like they could never be anyone different than they believe they are. Let's look at them. When we first met Finn, He did not have a name. He had a code. He was a storm trooper that ran from the Republic. He rejected who they told him that he was but still could not see himself as somebody else. Even as he is actively working against Kylo and the First Order, he could only see himself as a storm trooper. He hated the identity but felt trapped in it. The truth is that he was never...