“God does not allow His people to feel compassion without giving them something to do about it.” I heard that quote by Bob Mumford several weeks ago during my church’s adult education class and it impacted me in a way that was powerful and yet all-too-familiar. Why, you might ask? Well, because it is exactly what happened to me. The Lord confronted me with someone that needed my compassion - and He gave me something special to do about it. Allow me to back up a bit. Two years ago I was …

I like to push buttons. It gets me into trouble sometimes. When I’m having problems with a sound system, I push buttons, turn dials and press anything that can be pressed to fix a sound glitch and most of the time there’s a lot of screeching and hissing in the speakers before it’s resolved. If my computer is giving me problems, I will click a mouse and press keys ad nauseam until either the machine rights itself or I walk away in disgust. I’m not a patient person when it comes to …

Over the course of one week, the weather in my area went from a snowstorm that dropped over seven inches of snow on a Monday to a day closing in on sixty degrees on Friday. Only in Minnesota, I say! Now don’t get me wrong – I love sunny spring weather but I have to say I really enjoyed that seven-inch snowfall. Why? The color. I absolutely love a new snowfall that is clean, fresh and dazzling white. I love that stage when the sky finally clears and the sun shines down on the snow to make it …