Our day yesterday was so enjoyable. Spending time with the Amish community is a shot in the arm. All that they build and do is done with such quality and pride. Their cooking is nothing less than the best. We brought back to our home 3 chicken pot pies which were the best we have ever eaten. Today we go see the ark and the creation museum in Kentucky which is only an hour to the south of us. It will be a lot of walking which most of us like.

Yesterday one of the guys who has recently begun attending Celebrate Recovery reached out to me hugely discouraged. He is attending the new Step Study I started a few weeks ago. He has his own story of childhood abuse which he has kept hidden until most recently. His wife is ready to call their marriage quits and he desperately wants to work this out but he needs to face the consequences of his past for it has hugely impacted his present behaviors. He is now awake to all of this but is very discouraged not knowing how to improve. I reminded him that the Hope lesson was our third one in the step study and it is only the beginning step.

This morning’s devotional message for me I know God wanted this man to see. I took a picture of it and sent it to him. Its title is Resurrection Power. The message was reminding us how God is the Master of bringing new life to the dead. This message wasn’t just one for the Old Testament and Christ’s Work in the New Testament. It is a message for today! I know this personally for God changed me from someone who lived to die to now be someone who lives to live. Our God is starting the process of doing this for this man too.