"You cannot see My face; for no man shall see Me, and live."

"Listen to your father who begot you, and do not despise your mother when she is old."

Dear God and Mama Jessica,



Happy belated Mother's Day.

Amen

"There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets."

Dear God,

If I had to be another animal (and it couldn't be a human( so that I could be a minister in your name)) besides being a housecat, I would be a lion. And if I had to be a lion, I'd probably take the name of 'Aslan.'

Aslan is a character in this great book series by C. S. Lewis that I used to read when I was a pre-teen. It's kind of obscure, but it stuck with me--maybe because of all of the talking animal characters (who had so much spunk).

That little book made me rethink my life. I had been just a casual believer who would only take Jesus if he was accompanied by a Greenie. Aslan made me see that only by being true to yourself can you accept life with the grace and dignity necessary to serve in his name.




Amen.