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What Happened to Your Dream?

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We all have dreams, don’t we?

What’s your dream?

Is your dream alive?

What has stolen your dream away?

Are you afraid to dream again?

Did God plant a dream in your heart and living snatched it away?

What has to happen to re-start your dream?

Do you recognize Jesus as the guardian of your dream?

Will you revive your dream?

When you’ve experienced a nightmare will you risk dreaming again?

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I asked myself these questions (too).

I believe we all have dreams. I’ve realized to carry out my dream(s) I must first recognize that God gave me my dream and I need to listen to the Lord to attain my dream in all its fullness.

God is not only the protector of my dream, but God is also the motivation for my dream.

God is here.

God knows what He’s doing.

God can be trusted.

Thanks for hearing Lee’s Nite Radio.

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Invitation From My Email’s Spam: “Life is short have an affair”

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My first inclination was to delete this phishing scam but,

My second notion was, 

“Wait, this invitation makes some sense.” 

Let me explain.

The majority would no doubt think that an affair is a sexual relationship. It is. But there is another classification for an affair. 

When I looked up affair I read sentences like a matter causing public scandal or controversy; a romantic and sexual relationship between two people who aren’t married; and read synonyms like adultery, fling, and cheating. 

But affair has another view. 

In this view, an affair is a private or personal concern other than a sexual relationship. As in business of any kind. Matters of state. Engagement of troops. An event. Synonyms like appointment, undertaking, or situation identify this view of an affair.

 

Okay if this distinction is made and accepted, may I suggest people have an affair … with God? 

 

 

What are the benefits of having an affair with God?

Here’s three:

  • It’s thrilling, 
  • It’s comforting, and 
  • It’s refreshing.

 

As a matter of fact, there is no satisfaction like the satisfaction God gives—and this is God’s invitation to us. 

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I suspect God desires to be intimate with me. Not in the sexual sense, of course, but much deeper than the sexual sense. In my past, intimacy with God is something I’ve run from because I frankly, feared intimacy with God. An affair with God has consequences and I wasn’t certain I desired to hazard these consequences. Consequences like commitment, devotion, and fidelity. However, I’ve warmed to this idea of intimacy with God. I’m now willing to wrap myself in God’s love. It isn’t a trivial decision to let God love you.
Thanks for your company on Lee’s Nite Radio.

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Defining the #1 Problem in the World Today

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In our quest to get in better shape Ernie and I were hiking the, mostly, paved path circling Ft. Lowell park off Craycroft and Glenn during the second week of June. Usually, we walked at the two-story Tucson Mall every other Saturday morning because the mall had air-conditioning. But on this picture-perfect Chamber of Commerce day, we decided to switch our routine. Consequently, the park’s walking trail.

It hadn’t rained yet in the Sonoran desert so the humidity was maybe 7%. Evidence? The Prickly Pear cactus looked like shriveled prunes dying of thirst. Sad but, all-in-all, I had no weather complaints.

We were strolling at Ernie’s three-quarter pace, passing the duck pond, when all of a sudden Ernie said, “What would you say is the number one problem in the world today?”

Buying time, because I wasn’t really listening, I asked, “What are you talking about?”


Annoyed Ernie’s face flushed and he raised his right eyebrow as he cut his eyes my way. “I’m talking about this world. Our world. People living on planet earth. I’m talking about people trying to figure out why this place is so messed up? I’m talking about people wondering about the number one problem that prevents a meaningful solution.”

Calming himself Ernie said, “So, I’m asking you, how do you have it worked out, what, in your mind, is the number one problem in the world today?”

I thought I got it. “Oh, okay … well …”

“Many would argue it’s politics,” said Ernie.

“Maybe …”

Ernie rushed on. “Some may say the number one problem is race …”

“Yes, it could be …” I tried to speak.

Ernie interrupted. “ … or being rich or poor …”

I agreed. “Money without a doubt can be a problem…”

Ernie wasn’t listening to me. “or some suppose religion is the number one problem …”

I tried to concur. “Sure, many could make a strong case for …”

“Or someone else may say sexism is the number one problem.” Ernie talked faster and louder. “The thinking is that if women were in charge of everything it’d be a sugar and spice world. Or another thought is if men weren’t always second-guessed by women the world would be better …”

I broke in. “There’s an idea …”

Ernie didn’t stop talking. “Or another may insist the environment is the number one problem …”

“That’s credible, isn’t it?”

“Or perhaps the number one problem is animal cruelty,” Ernie said.

I wanted to object. “I’m not certain that …”

“Actually though, it’s none of these.” I looked at Ernie. He looked smug. He said, “All of these are merely symptoms of the number one problem.”

I was stumped. “Oh really.”

Looking right at me Ernie smiled. “Are you curious to know what I’d say the number one problem is?”

We’d nearly completed one lap around the park. I could see our starting point. “OK fine, enlighten me.”

Ernie said, “The number one problem in the world today is disrespect for God.”

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