This past week I went through and re-labeled all 500+ blogs. It was a great lesson in humility and God's faithfulness. I've gone through a lot of good and bad (and ugly). My common denominator (I used to be a math major, ok?) was that I always blogged about whatever I was going through. Stayed in the Word. Consistently. No matter what! The picture (pictured) is my favorite NLT One-Year Bible that I've been reading since I started having daily devotionals when I was 15. The Bible my mom gave me when I was in the hospital with no skin on my face and feet. That would later go with me to Texas where I lost the skin off my hands. These blogs represent a picture of God's faithfulness. I hope you will journey along with me to see all of His fingerprints--and maybe find some of your own!

The speaking run is done for the Fall. Thanks so much for your patience with my silence in-between.

I'll be posting this week on the subject of doubt. For a warm thought, visit my personal blog for a post on lightning strikes and pink horses. 

Jonathan Acuff from Brandon Setter on Vimeo.

I’ve met a lot of people in my young life, but, yesterday I met a fellow that will not soon be forgotten. I mean the guy told me to grab his goatee, he’s a good man.  Charlie Hall is a Singer/Songwriter/Worship Leader/Pastor and now a friend. We had the chance to hang for a few hours yesterday as he and my friend Phil Wickham are on tour together and the tour stopped here at Cornerstone.

Charlie is one of those guys that lives like I hope I live. He lives in the midst of his story, believing God, believing the scripture, making his declaration through the art of song and doing everything with Christ in him to live it out. A couple things really stood out to me from what I observed in my time with Charlie and I’d love to share them with you.

THERE is a video at the bottom of this post that YOU HAVE TO WATCH. This post is a good read too!!

Today is Ash Wednesday and it's been a great day so far. It's been a full day of reflection, discussion and conversation about this mysterious God that I've put my life towards (ash on head and all!). It started by going to Ash Wednesday Mass at my dear friends Parish called Mt. Carmel in Tempe. The homily was confronting. The priest talked about how we are so afraid to be alone. He called us 'cell phone junkies' and called us out on the reality of how desperately afraid our culture is of being alone, even those of us in Christ. We don't know how, we're scared to, we're resistant to, we're afraid of and we fill our lives with so many things that keep us connected to people so that we won't have to be alone. Introvert or Extrovert we all have 'things' that we do that keep even our minds occupied. I was confronted by the Holy Spirit in time of reflection, during church this morning, to prioritize more time to just soak in His presence and commune with Jesus. Is this just me or are you with me on this one?