Archives For February 2011

How’s It Going?

February 24, 2011 — 2 Comments

It’s a question that gets asked a million times a day, but have you ever been in a situation where you honestly have a hard time answering the question?

For me, it’s that moment in time where you’re experiencing the highest of highs and the lowest of lows precisely at the same time. How is that possible, some may ask, but I think most of us have experienced it at some point in our lives.

  • Picture a work life where everything is going up and to the right….quarter after quarter…yet the home life is disintegrating from the inside out.
  • Picture your house in order financially, emotionally, and spiritually….yet a family member is struggling and fighting all efforts which can provide help and healing.
  • Picture being in the best health of your life….yet that promise of a second interview call never comes.
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Right now I’m in that exact place. In a recent post Out to Lunch, I mentioned a clear PET scan which was awesome news and started the year off in glorious fashion. Some unexplained pain in both legs began shortly thereafter, however, and subsequent tests suggest the possibility of some scary scenarios. Results are pending for other tests, and even more are on the horizon. In the midst of all this, I am experiencing love in a way I never thought possible. Having someone in my life who happens to be a cancer survivor is a gift from God to this cancer fighter, and that’s further compounded by her periodic reminder that it’s one thing to end each post with Trusting God Period, and it’s another thing to live it out.

We believe there is a big God, a God of healing, a God of love, a God of comfort, a God who walks with us every step of this journey, and a God who is in control!

So if you were to ask Shari or I, “How’s it Going”, our reply would be: “Good… so good, because we continue to leverage our Faith in a way that allows both of us to trust God period!

~Shari & Tom

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I Smile – Worship Wednesday

February 16, 2011 — 1 Comment

Doing life is hard at times….plain and simple. Sometimes we make it that way for ourselves because the choices we make and at other times it just spins out of control with uncertainty, pain, and hardship.

I’m not sure where you are at this moment, but if you read my post Out To Lunch you’ll know I’m smack dab in the middle of the “uncertainty category” which is why I think Kirk Franklin’s new single “I Smile” is the perfect prescription for me as I wait for answers and pray about decisions on the horizon.

My guess is I’m not only one who falls in that category, and I’m sure others are facing hardship and dealing with pain in their lives.  But I do hope this song, at least for a few moments, offers you encouragement, support, promise, and hope.  So in the midst of the chaos that is our week accept this invitation to take a break, a Worship Wednesday break, and Smile.

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Out To Lunch

February 15, 2011 — 4 Comments
iStockphoto © Nemanja Pesic

If you have read Leveraging Life since January 2011, you’ll know my one word for 2011 is “pause.”  I can’t help but think some of my readers have begun to think I’m taking the word too literally with my infrequent posting. Contrary to what the photo depicts, out to lunch only symbolizes my being away from Leveraging Life, but it doesn’t come close to telling the story of what my world has looked like the last three or four weeks. 

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 ~Forever Reign~

Hillsong United

Normally I feature the song then the story behind the song, but with Forever Reign, I thought the story added so much depth to this incredible song of worship I mixed up the order. I hope when you hear the emotion behind what was written and see how the lyrics were crafted to reflect what a relationship with our Heavenly Father looks like, you’ll see how Jesus’ death and resurrection for our sin (past-present-future) made that relationship possible for each of us. And maybe the next time you hear Forever Reign you will look at it more as a personal prayer than song you hear on the radio or something being sung in church, I know I will!

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