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Painting a New Perspective | God Makes All Things New 19Now repent of your sins and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped away. 20Then times of refreshment will come from the presence of the Lord, and he will again send you Jesus, your appointed Messiah. 21For he must remain in heaven until the time for the final restoration of all things, as God promised long ago through his holy prophets. – Acts 3:19-21   PAINT This day was filled with reading, writing, waiting, and painting.  I was done scrolling through ministry positions so I devoted time to process through theological questions I might encounter in an interview and to time to hear from God.  I am finding that during this time period I am doing a lot of reading, writing, and listening.  I think the important thing is not to get hung up on what is not happening.  We do not control a lot of things, though I wish I could control a lot more than I do.  God is in control.  God is the one who created heavens and

Matthew, Mark, Mission | Serving is Part of Discipleship 37 Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.” – Matthew 22:37-40   45 For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” – Mark 10:45   PUSH FORWARD Last November, wow that seems like a long time ago even though it was only a year ago (shops were open, we did not wear masks, and people could move around freely), my son had a birthday.  For his birthday I built push carts.  I took furniture dollies, attached a couple of 2x4 as handles, and built a cardboard frame around it.  We pretended they were Mario Karts.  Actually, they turned out surprisingly good.  What I did not anticipate was how the wheels, being small, would c