Sparkling for my King

Seven billion spirals of swirling DNA, in seven billion swarming people, in a world teaming with questions of identity and purpose.  It’s the question that resounds throughout time:  Who are you and what are you created for? Some call it the “journey of self-discovery”.  But for me, it was no self-discovery, it was ultimately the discovery of my designer and creator, who planned and molded and built my DNA, unique to only me.  The process of discovering my purpose and meaning in this world can only be linked to Him, and I would have it no other way.   You know the mysterious and wondrous facts about DNA, probably better than I.  But I wonder if you’ve ever thought about a soul containing a code of purpose woven in the heart of that net of genetic codes?  A code of purpose which defines the direction of your potential in this world.   A code of purpose personalized for you by the greatest artist of the universe.   At first, I pic...

I am an explorer out on an adventure.  I have been given a quest of the most precious kind.  I search for the bounty of beauty.  Beauty is treasure chest filled with sparkling reminders of God’s extravagant love.  Beauty is God’s gift to the world that whispers, “I love you and I think the world of you...now let me show you.”  I search for these gems.  I have been quite successful, but I still have a lifetime of digging.   You see, I have been given a special gift.  I can see beauty in truly everything.  I first developed this gift when I began seeing the world through my Father’s eyes.  First, I caught a glimpse of how much He loved me.  Then, I caught on to how much He loved the world.  It is absolutely breathtaking.  In fact, “breathtaking” doesn’t even cut it.  I had never seen beauty of this kind before.  It changed my life.  The world literally sparkles with God’s glorious message of l...

If you love superheroes, you’ll love the old testament.  I was just reading the first chapter of Joshua, where God commands Joshua to rise to an outrageous leadership position (replacing Moses, the giant green “Hulk” of the Bible) and do the overwhelming and absolutely unsurmountable in an incredible journey that should be called “Lord of the Weanies” (because, the people of Israel were truly pathetically-amazing people).  This journey would require Joshua to deliver the promised people to their promised homeland in enemy territory.  There is a reason that God tells Joshua to be “strong and very courageous” three times in a row.  This journey includes adventures of espionage, a redeemed prostitute named Rahab, parting rivers, the freaky collapse of the great city of Jericho, and the sun standing still.  Needless to say, these matters aren’t to be taken lightly.  God orchestrated these adventures “...so that all the people of the earth might know that th...