Oceanside Pier and Meditation Garden with Mom

I've so enjoyed having mom here and showing her around. Today we went to Oceanside Pier and ate lunch at the Ruby's down at the end.  She loved the pelicans sitting so close on the pier railings.

Family Fotos

Mom and I in Martha's Vineyard

Stardust Room in NYC



Family Time in Wilmington



 My Birthday Party - daddy wearing my Irish St. Pat's hat



Chad and Mom after daddy's funeral - 2006

Grandkids after daddy's funeral - 2006

Mom and I - Christmas

Beautiful mom

Family - 2005

Circa 1972 - Norman, Oklahoma

A Proud day - Pappy (WWII Vet) and Sean at OCS Graduation

Nico

Father's Day 2013

Sean at Carlsbad Beach 2013

Chad

God won't give you more than you can handle...

"God won't give you more than you can handle." Won't He? That's not even what the verse says. It says in 1 Cor. 10:13, "No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to humankind. God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear." We need to exchange our feeble platitudes for authentic faith that engages God with the full brunt and force of our emotions and pain. The deep current of those emotions and fear that threaten to overtake us. There is a fracture in our universe that threatens to swallow us up in pain. So what do we do? Where do we turn? It's easy to sprout trite Christian platitudes designed to make people (and ourselves) feel better with bumper-sticker theology. But insipid axioms do very little in the face of the actual brokenness of the world - of the circumstances that threaten to drown us. Limp, anemic sentiments will not stand in the face of a world that is not as it should be. Trust me, I know. When it all becomes too much; when we have nothing left; when we are empty and beyond our capacity to deal with it....in that moment the strength that passes understanding...the strength of Almighty God will be seen. As long as we rely our ourselves, our strength, our intellect, our resources, our ability to "handle it" , we won't experience authentic faith that engages God with the full brunt of our emotion, fear, and pain. Let go. Let God.

Tonight's God-Gift

Golden Sunset

Unbelievably, since it is mid-August, I'm shivering a bit sitting on the cliffs watching a beautiful sunset. 63 degrees plus ocean wind chill. Love it