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A thought by Max Lucado (2013-04-29) from his book, Facing Your Giants: God Still Does the Impossible (p. 111). Thomas Nelson. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) There are so many times we feel like failures and we know we aren’t going to make it.   Do you know what I mean? Max says, “Wouldn’t you love God to write a nevertheless in your biography? Born to alcoholics, nevertheless she led a sober life. Never went to college, nevertheless he mastered a trade. Didn’t read the Bible until retirement age, nevertheless he came to a deep and abiding faith.” He goes on, “We all need a nevertheless. And God has plenty to go around. Strongholds mean nothing to him. Remember Paul’s words? ‘We use God’s mighty weapons, not mere worldly weapons, to knock down the Devil’s strongholds’ (2 Cor. 10: 4 NLT).   You and I fight with toothpicks; God comes with battering rams and cannons.” Earlier he said, “Pete sits on the street and leans his head

A thought by Max Lucado (2013-04-29) from his book, Facing Your Giants: God Still Does the Impossible (p. 102). Thomas Nelson. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) Have you ever been in a situation and wondered what God does God wants me to do?    We the Bible is for sure a very good place to start. Here is what the Bible says in Hebrews 4: 12 (NIV), “For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart” Max says, “’Living and active.’ The words of the Bible have life! Nouns with pulse rates. Muscular adjectives. Verbs darting back and forth across the page. God works though these words. The Bible is to God what a surgical glove is to the surgeon. He reaches through them to touch deep within you.” He does that.   I have personally found that true.   Have you? He goes on, “In a late, lon

A thought by Max Lucado (2013-04-29) from his book, Facing Your Giants: God Still Does the Impossible (p. 94). Thomas Nelson. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) I know, I know this can be a morbid subject.  But for many, this is the giant they need to face. This next week, I will be headed into a new decade.   I will be 70.   And there are some emotional complications with getting older and getting closer.   My mom is in her 90’s which means she is getting very close.   Death is a difficult subject, isn’t it? Max says, “God has the last word on death. And, if you listen, he will tell you the truth about your loved ones. They’ve been dismissed from the hospital called Earth. You and I still roam the halls, smell the medicines, and eat green beans and Jell-O off plastic trays. They, meanwhile, enjoy picnics, inhale springtime, and run through knee-high flowers. You miss them like crazy, but can you deny the truth? They have no pain, d