Unwanted Weather Changes

Brr!! I had to scrape my car windshields this morning! I'm definately not ready for this weather... Give me sunshine and warmth!

Child of the King

To understand our place in God's family is to understand our true identity, and it sets the tone for how we live our lives. All of the faithless striving, scheming and fretting we do is not merely irritating or unfortunate; it's a denial of our Father. It's sin, quite frankly.

There's a wonderful old hymn titled "A Child of the King." Some of the lyrics read:

I once was an outcast stranger on earth,
A sinner by choice, an alien by birth,
But I've been adopted, my name's written down,
An heir to a mansion, a robe and a crown.

I'm a child of the King,
A child of the King:
With Jesus my Savior,
I'm a child of the King. (Buell/Sumner, 1877)

We'd do well to remember this when we're stuck in a rut, living not as sons but as orphans, refusing to accept our position before God and instead believing Satan as he works overtime to make us strangers to the Father who already bought us back for himself.


~ Lisa Anderson, Director of Boundless/Young Adults