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In a Pit With a Lion on a Snowy Day... (Mark Batterson) "2010 Throwback Blog"

THROWBACK BLOG from 2010…  From my favorite book, In a Pit With a Lion on a Snowy Day by Mark Batterson.  

Today is my brother, Tommy's, birthday.  Our conversation brought this memory back to my mind. After thinking about it, I wanted to re-share it with you.  This was a milestone for Deidre and I as we took a huge leap of faith a few years ago.  The result has been one miracle after another, all laced with trials and hurdles along the way, but crowned with God’s mercy and grace.  My hope is that this flashback helps you today to take the step God is calling you to!

I am writing my first ever blog right now. I am sitting at my desk texting my wife, Deidre, and counting the minutes to be able to go home to see my family. I have a wonderful life, some challenges, like everyone else, you know, balancing time, work, ministry, family and the ever present finances. But overall I am blessed more than I deserve.

We are standing at another precipice in life today, a cross roads of sorts. The church is growing to the point that we need someone to be dedicated to it, but I am not in a position to be able to leave my job in Little Rock, so we decided it was time for Deidre to take the plunge.

That brought, as you might guess, some trepidation and fear with it. Leaving the comfort zone of a job to launch out into a dream. I was reading an awesome book today, In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day, good book. It is based on II Samuel 23:23. It simply says that one of David's mighty men chased a lion into a pit and killed it. Two verses later, he becomes the head of David's security, the chief bodyguard.

It is time for us to become a generation of lion chasers. To stop settling for what is and start chasing what can be. Yea you might get scratched up a little, but in the end you cannot win if you do not at least try.


So for my first blog, two things, if you can dream it, try it! And read the book it rocks!

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