The Redeemed have come to dance!!!

What an amazing evening in the presence of the Lord!!!

I noticed something quite astounding tonight during worship at our church.  I have the extreme privilege of being our worship pastor so  lead worship a lot, and tonight was awesome because God met with us in a very real way.  The tricky thing about leading worship is that you have no control over what is going on.  You can be as prepared as you want to be but its God's job to reveal Himself to His people and when people experience God's revelation in their life its powerful to watch!!!

I love listening to His children sing, and I feel humbled that I get to play a small part in it ,but when people are moved by God, worship is truly happening.  It was great tonight because we saw God reveal Himself to other people and they responded accordingly-WITH HOLY AWE AND EXCITEMENT!!!  

What a great evening watching the redeemed revel in His goodness and praise His Glorious Name!!!

Blessings!

Every thirst

I got into one of my old school modes today where I listened to some old school worship, and by old school worship I mean late 90s to clarify!! haha

I'm so glad I did!!!  I was listening to "Enough" and as Chris Tomlin was belting out the lyrics I just suddenly felt comforted by the truths that drip out of that song.  God truly is enough in my life, and being content in that sounds so easy, but for some reason it gets muddied as we try to live it out loud in our lives.  "All of You is more than enough for all of me" is a simple truth that I complicate daily.  Not intentionally, but my lifes' actions show differently.  I act as if my life is the only one that matters, and while our surroundings tend to dictate how we live, they should never define how we live.  We are called to have a holy peripheral vision, to be aware of what God is doing in the lives of others.  I get so self absorbed that I probably neglect dozens of chances daily to experience a divine appointment!

I'm very small and very meek.  I need to live a life that's not so audaciously drawing attention to myself, and deflecting attention to the Almighty.  

Small and meek-it's not a bad thing

Not being that important-that's not a bad thing either

travis

Father's Day

Weird day for us today-haha

It's the first Father's Day without my brother, and we're with his wife and kiddos, that's just a bit saddening to us.  He was such a good daddy, and we're just Uncle T and Auntie Claire, and though we are trying desperately to fill some voids for them all, the simple truth is that we are not Shane, and we can never be Shane!  It's strange for me to get overly emotional, I've just never really functioned that way, but I find myself being a lot more open to my own emotions since his passing.  I cried this morning during a Father's Day prayer at church, and I don't even have any kids of my own!!!  My mind just took me to the place of watching Shane set an example of a Godly father.  Claire and I aren't sure if we want kiddos or not, I think I still have a lot of growing up to do before I am responsible for another human being.  It was surreal when I got married and realized the leadership and responsibility that marriage took, I can't imagine Claire and I giving birth to something God allowed us to make and the rush of responsibility and love that comes with such a situation.  

For now, I'll experience Father's Day with a bit of a heavy heart this year and pray that the sense of gloom fades with each passing holiday.  To all you great fathers out there, keep doing what you do, it's very important and you are vitally relevant to the livelihood of your children.

blessings!

June on the Western Slope of Colorado!!!

Claire and I spent a lovely lunch at Baldridge Park in 80 degree windless weather, eating lunch with our good friends Mike and Cali, and then something hit me.  There's massive amounts of snow still on the peaks that are less than 40 miles away!!!  It was odd, but awesome.  Here we are in warm weather attire, and less than an hour away, there's still multiple feet of snow.  Its as if God is saying, you enjoy your banquetting table, but don't forget about mine which is all the earth.  See My beauty I could see Him saying.  Ever since we've moved back here to help take care of our two nieces and sister-in-law since the passing of my brother, I've not really gotten the chance to just breathe and look at the mountains that drew us here in the first place.  

They are beautiful snow covered peaks that surround us with a sense in knowing tht God is ever present and ever omnipotent.  No matter what kind o control I want to have over the circumstances of my life, the truth is I have none, and I think God is finally chipping away at my heart enough for me to realize it!!!  All I need do is look at my majestic surroundings to realize how small I am nd to be humbled by the realization that I have no power, and the Almighty is infinite in His!  Here's to holy power and a great lunch!!!

blessings!

travis