I love bacon

I couldn’t imagine life without bacon.

It taste great and is perfect in so many foods except a burger.

Bacon is a part of almost any breakfast that I cook.

When we make bacon it’s with a pretty good meal.

I couldn’t imagine life without bacon, but at one point this was the case.

Why couldn’t they eat it could be explained in this phrase…”Animals must chew their cud and have split hooves. Pigs do have split hooves but do not chew their cud, so we cannot eat pig meat and its derivatives.”

No bacon = no fun.

This is how it worked for a long time.

Then God had a vision for Peter.

In the vision it showed all types of four footed animals and told Peter to kill and eat.

Peter wouldn’t because they were not allowed to eat this food.

Peter was denying God in this vision.

Finally God said this in Acts 10:15…

“Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.”

He gives permission to eat these animals.

It went against the customs and culture of the times along with Old Testament law.

As the disciples expanded to reach more people, they needed to do this and be able to meet and eat with the people of different cultures.

God gave them this ability.

I love God for this and I love God for bacon.

Thank God for bacon.

Have a great day.

Helping a pregnant women with morning sickness

We have the ability to help others out.

It could just be a simple as listening to someone else, some could be a physical act you could do for someone like raking leaves for an elderly neighbor.

Helping others is so amazing for you and for them.

This past weekend I was gone to a youth conference while Hailee battled morning sickness and was out of commission to chase around three crazy and  awesome kids.

Our friend Nathalie helped us out by picking Connor up on Friday night and taking him for the night.

It’s the little things that can be such a big help and really means a lot esp. when there was nothing I could do to help my wife.

Some of the smallest things we can do can be the biggest blessings to other people.

We can help people but not like Peter helped people.

In Act 9: 32-43 there is a story about Peter helping a couple of people out.

The first was Aeneas.

Aeneas couldn’t walk and Peter came by, healed him and instantly Aeneas got up and started walking.

The second was a lovely lady named Tabitha (Also known as Dorcas).

She was known for doing good and helping the poor.

She got sick and died.

Peter was in town and they called for him.

People were in tears crying over the loss of an amazing person.

Peter sent all of the people out and this is what happened in verses 40-41…

“Peter sent them all out of the room; then he got down on his knees and prayed. Turning toward the dead woman, he said, “Tabitha, get up.” She opened her eyes, and seeing Peter she sat up. He took her by the hand and helped her to her feet. Then he called for the believers, especially the widows, and presented her to them alive.”

Through God, Peter was able to perform two amazing miracles.

God did amazing things then and he does amazing things today.

Matthew 19:26…

Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

He was telling the disciples about a man who couldn’t give up all his possessions and follow Jesus.

He had a discussion about sacrificing for God.

In your life, what do you sacrifice for?

Is it worth sacrificing for?

I think one of the hardest and easiest things is to adjust your time to help someone out.

What can you do to help someone out?

You might now be able to help someone raise from the dead, but you can help in many other ways.

What can you do to help someone else out today?

Have a great day.

You can lie to others but you can’t lie to yourself

We all know things about ourselves that other people have no clue about.

How did this happen?

What causes us to be like this?

My mind is swirling as I read through John 18-15-18.

This section of scripture goes over Peter’s first denial of Jesus.

This is verses 17-18 and starts out with a lady questioning Peter…

“You are not one of his disciples, are you?” the girl at the door asked Peter.

He replied, “I am not.”
It was cold, and the servants and officials stood around a fire they had made to keep warm. Peter also was standing with them, warming himself.”

Peter denied Christ, he spent three years around Jesus then denied that he knew of him.

Is it human nature to be a deceptor?

A sports writer made this claim with all the dives people take in football and pro sports.

Do we naturally try to deceive people?

Once every while I will be at the Church and someone will come up to the Church with a sob story or something broke down and they need help.

I am not a great judge of people as they come through the door and try to help out usually any way I can.

I know people take advantage of me in this area.

It’s hard to judge when someone is lying and telling the truth.

Even one of Jesus followers denied that he knew him.

We do the same thing everyday when we get stuck doing things we shouldn’t be doing.

Do you think people are naturally deceivers?

Sometimes I wonder why God puts up with what we get wrapped up in.

I am still glad there is grace that we get from Jesus.

I love to believe all people have good intentions in life and through Christ they can find that.

I know the world can be a dark place, but there is still so much good to look at.

Have a great day.