"Who Are You?" Dear Faith Family, Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age, (Matthew 28:19-20). "You is kind. You is smart. You is important." Kathryn Stockett penned those ...

Dear Faith Family, Look among the nations, and see; wonder and be astounded. For I am doing a work in your days that you would not believe if told, (Habakkuk 1:5). "Hey Karl give me a call if you have time." Those words were posted on my Facebook feed followed by a telephone number. What shall I do? I know what you might be thinking. Don't do it! It's a scam! Hold on. Ca...

Dear Faith Family, Seek the Lord while He may be found for My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, declares the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts, (Isaiah 55:6, 8-9). God so doesn't operate according to my rules of operation manual or even according to my c...

Dear Faith Family, I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me, (Galatians 2:20). Have you ever looked at a picture of an object up close, unable to identify what it is that you're looking at? Maybe your eyes focus on...

Dear Faith Family, But in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect, (1 Peter 3:15). "There are moments in my life when I lose my gospel mind. There are moments when I live as if God does not exist, the Bible had never been writt...

Dear Faith Family, Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God, (2 Corinthians 1:3-4). A long-time friend, mentor, servant, and brother-in-Christ d...

Dear Faith Family, But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint, (Isaiah 40:31). They just crossed into the state of South Carolina. We've been waiting for what seems forever to see our son, his wife, and our grandchildren. Waiting. Now there's a conce...

"In His Presence" Dear Faith Family, And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, (John 1:14). I remember whenwhen my parents rented a cabin on Lake Murray at the State Park for Christmaswhen our families were all together under one roof. When it was cold outside...when we drove down from Ridgeway with a truck load of firewood, dad's Christmas present...when the power ...

Dear Faith Family, Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, descendant of David, according to my gospel, (2 Timothy 2:8). Tossing and turningthroughout the night.Quality of sleep,nowhere in sight.Morning now dawnedawakened by light.My mind engagedwith words did write.Wisdom you ask,what words so bright?"I didn't sleep worth a hootenanny!"I know, right?! Well, one t...

Dear Faith Family, For nothing will be impossible with God, (Luke 1:37). Remember the "Cash for Clunkers" program? It was a United States government economic stimulus program that provided financial incentives to car owners to trade in their old, less fuel-efficient vehicles and buy more fuel-efficient vehicles, (investopedia.com). We had three teenagers living in our h...