Stumbling Over the Truth

     I know you are probably thinking, "Oh no, another Thanksgiving blog post."  It is true that this time of year causes us to be mindful of the things that we are most thankful for, but that really isn't the theme for this blog post.        Over the last several months, I have been able to experience some of the most trying and humbling times that I have ever had to experience in my life.  Yes, I wrote, "I have been able to experience" because looking back now, I am grateful for these times.  I can't really say that I was ecstatic as I was going through them, but I now see that they were beneficial to my development.      In Psalm 79, the psalmist writes a prayer out of deep discouragement.  The Babylonians had come into to Israel, killed many of God's people, laid waste to Jerusalem and the Temple of God.  It is in deep despair that he asks God, "How long?"       How lo...

     Yesterday I came home from work to find that my kitchen light wasn't working.  No big deal, except for the fact that today is my oldest son's birthday.  My wife was intending to make him a birthday cake, but with no light it was going to be challenging.  So we decided that the thing to do was to try new light bulbs and if that didn't work, replace the fixture.  This meant a trip to our local Lowes to get what was needed.  The unique light bulbs took a while to find and then we selected (after a few moments of debating price, color, size, etc.) a new light fixture and went home.        The easy and more inexpensive solution would have been the replacement light bulbs, but when we changed them out the light still did not work.  This meant changing out the fixture.  Though the box of the new light fixture assured me that this was a simple task that could be completed by one person but this proved to be not as s...