Adventure in Christ

I've been watching my friends and family use social media platforms lately in an effort to fight for a cause - unfortunately often fighting against their brothers and sisters. Everyone seems to be fighting for peace... what a strange idea. 

So often I've wanted to say something, but the only answer I have is love. President Trump did this thing. Correct response = love. Your friend voted for Hillary. Correct response = love. Your friend voted for Trump. Correct response = love. Another innocent life was lost. Correct response = love. Something didn't go your way. Correct response = love.

I've attempted to enter conversations peaceably before and turned wicked. I've also wickedly entered conversations before and forgot peace as my fingers hit the keyboard. I may have maintained the peace one time, but probably because my wife was watching me type over my shoulder and gently asked me if I should really be writing something. 

So, instead of trying to enter these conversations, I've decided to start my own. This conversation is going to be about Love, and I'm going to try to write about it every day as I take this year to read through the Bible. Maybe you don't believe in Jesus like I do, but I won't be mad about it. Maybe you'll disagree with the way I think God is speaking to me about something, but I'm not going to tell you how God should speak to you. I don't think there is any better way to share love, then to talk about the Man who loved us enough to die for us. 

Before I understood was blogging was, but after the revolution of Facebook, I had put together a small group of guys in a Facebook group to share with each other summaries of our Biblical readings as we read through the Bible together. It was beneficial for a few reasons - 

1. It helped us hold each other accountable to reading.
2. It helped us to learn from each other and pull wisdom from the way God spoke to us differently through the Word. 
3. It forced us to read the Bible deeper through a different lens.

I'm not sure yet how often I'll share links on Facebook, so feel free to follow the blog if you want a reminder every time I update. 

PS. When I opened my computer I thought I was going to be writing about how tough it's been to relocate and move across the country. I guess God is calling for more!