integrity at any price

below are the lyrics to one of my favorite songs.  I find it all too often in these days we are too busy to stop and enjoy a simple game of catch, or swimming with your children, or loved one.  If you or I were gone tomorrow, what legacy would we leave?  I for one want my children to know that i loved them with all i am.  Our heavenly father loves us in the same way.  I want to leave behind a godly legacy that is so overwhelming and so obvious that they cant help but follow it. The way might be narrow and rocky, but it's the only path worth taking.


Phillips, Craig, and Dean - Nothing to Prove

You taught me how to ride a bike
Tie my shoes and fly a plane
How to swim and how to fish
To see a star and make a wish

Said it’s ok to make mistakes
Just don’t get stuck in yesterday
Forgive, forget and move ahead
‘Cause life is what you’re livin’ in

Now you’re gone and all I have
Are memories I hold dear
But if I’m quiet I hear your voice
Still ringin’ in my ears

[Chorus:]
Sayin’ live with no excuses
Love with no regrets
Laugh a lot and leave this life
With nothing left unsaid
Make this world a better place
Don’t be afraid to cry
When it’s finally time to say goodbye
There’s nothin’ to prove, nothin’ to lose, nothin’ to hide

You said life cannot be measured by
The place you live, the car you drive
The thing that counts the day you die
Is who you are and what’s inside

So tell the truth, don’t ever lie
Integrity at any price
Your words, you’re bought, you’re highest prized
So guard it close and live your life

So many things I learned from you
‘Bout life and love and play
I learned more by how you lived
Than what I heard you say

[Repeat Chorus:]

I only wanna live my life
Half as well as you
To leave behind what I receive
Is all I wanna do

[Repeat Chorus:]

Lean on him

The text below is from my devotional this morning.  I thought it appropriate to share.

I always do what pleases Him," Jesus said in John 8:29. He believed that each moment He could be pleasing the Father. He wants us to have that same confidence. 

Dr. Donald Grey Barnhouse described his daily activities showing the possibility of looking to the Lord for guidance. For instance, when his secretary brings in his mail, he said, "A swift prayer must be sent heavenward....Every detail has to be done in the strength of the Lord, in a moment-by-moment looking to Him....I have come to the place where I never take one of the letters that are brought to me without a quick prayer to God for the ability to meet the need." 

The late Dr. Richard Taylor once told me, "I think most of the time I have the sense of the Holy Spirit's leading. Of course, I tend to pray about most everything." 

In 2 Chronicles 20 it was after Jehoshaphat prayed, "Our eyes are on you," that he received the word "The battle is not yours, but God's."

It is always that way. As long as our eyes are on the Lord, it is not our battle. We have to remind ourselves of that again and again. 

When confronted with a need, it just takes a moment to say, "My eyes are on you, Lord." By this we can mean, "I trust You to give me all I need. I will say and do only what you give me. I trust that the ideas that come to me are Your choice of words, attitudes, actions-not my own. I rest from my own works of trying to manipulate, to control, to strategize."

Thank You, Father, that when I look to You, You fight my battles.

"We do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon you" (2 Chronicles 20:15).