As you can see, today I’ve culled some interesting posts from other bloggers. The first is from Keith Drury. This past Sunday was Amazing Grace Sunday and we like many other churches sang Amazing Grace. It’s interesting to see that churches are changing the lyrics to songs substituting that line, “to save a wretch like me” to “that saved and set me free.” Drury takes a look at the implications of that. With Ash Wednesday approaching tomorrow, I thought it was an interesting article that I would share with you.

Click the title to see the whole post from Mark Batterson. I liked this quote from the article and quoted just a part of it the other day. Here’s the whole paragraph.

Quit living as if the purpose of life is to arrive safely at death. Set God-sized goals. Pursue God-ordained passions. Go after a dream that is destined to fail without divine intervention. Stop pointing out problems and become part of the solution. Stop criticizing and start creating. Stop playing it safe and start taking risks. Expand your horizons. Accumulate experiences. Consider the lilacs. Find every excuse you can to celebrate everything you can. Don’t let what’s wrong with you keep you from worshipping what’s right with God. Burn sinful bridges. Laugh at yourself. Keep making mistakes. Worry less about what people think and more about what God thinks. Don’t try to be who you’re not. Be yourself. Quit holding out. Quit holding back. Quit running away. And remember: if God is for us who can be against us?

Chase the lion!

Today, my good friend Mark Wilson wrote this to those of us who like to have everything under control.

Under Control