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Loud and Clear

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  The other day I was out mowing the yard, and my two sons were playing in the yard as they typically do.   I was listening to my favorite mowing playlist with my wireless Bluetooth noise reducing headphones.   I like listening to my Amazon playlist through my phone while I mow the yard.   It gives me some time to reflect on some awesome songs that magnify God.   My son Jacob noticed this and wanted to see what it would be like to wear his daddy’s headphones and listen to the tunes.   I put on my headphones on my son. He got the biggest grin on his face and walked/danced away with joy and happiness.   A few minutes go by, and I hear Jacob say something from across the yard.   “Dad…something is wrong with these headphones!   They are getting glitchy.”   I figured out quickly that there was nothing wrong with the headphones at all, the problem was that my son got too far away from the source of the playlist, and the music began to cut ou...

Hovering over the Waters--Genesis 1:2

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 The other day I was speaking to the girls about baptism and what makes it such an important event in the life of a believer.  As I was thinking of baptism and stories about water, I felt God directing my thoughts to a scripture in the beginning of the Bible that I never linked to baptism before.  Bear with me, this may be a bit of a stretch, but I believe God likes to stretch our thoughts and reveal new things to us using his word. Genesis 1:2 The earth was  without form, and void; and darkness  was  on the face of the deep.  And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. We are going way back to the beginning on this one.  The earth started out being without a form and void, and darkness was on the face of the deep.  However, the Spirit of God was still present hovering over the waters.  As I was thinking about this passage, it was revealed to me that just like the Earth was without form ( purpose ) and void ( empty ),...