We're moving...the Blog I mean!

Hey Everyone,

In case you haven't heard yet us crazy Heerebouts have launched our new website (thanks to Advanced Ministry!). You can find us over at www.luvisaverb.com . Please update you RSS readers as this site is going dark for the sake of that one. Thanks for coming along on this part of the journey....I hope you'll join us for the next chapter!

I love Lincoln Brewster...

Check this out...Linc has some great words for those of us trying to determine how to be artists and worshippers at the same time:

I love the WLA Arts Team

For many reasons. Right now...because you're generous! My wife sent an email out last week calling for anyone who could help with a few dollars to fix someone's washing machine. And do you know what happened? We've got enough to buy a whole new washing machine! Awesome! Praise the Lord - the glory is His!

Put up or....

I read this verse in Proverbs this morning: "many a man proclaims his own steadfast love, but a faithful man who can find?" I kind of feel God saying to me "Tim - don't talk about how much you love me; be faithful to love me". 

Acting in love is way harder than saying I love something. I mean don't words just roll off our tongues so easily? But ask someone to act on what they say and the ante has just gone way up. People fold at that point. The stakes are too high and they're not willing to go the distance.

Those of us who claim to love and follow Christ need to set a radically high bar for faithfulness. I want to be faithful and I hope you do too. Let's put up, ok?

Less is More

In God's economy less is often more. How many warnings are given to rich people? A lot. Those of us who have much are in danger of being tricked into a life of comfort that might seem like blessing but is actually inhibiting us from trusting God for everything. 

Over the past few weeks we've purged some 40 boxes of "stuff" from our old house and moved into a basement suite for a time. I suppose that might look like a step backwards...back to a time like when we first got married and had nothing. In my mind...it's a giant leap forward. We're letting go of "stuff" and holding on to Jesus. Our lives are being changed... the less we have the more we see Jesus providing and taking care of us. I'm really grateful for this change in our lives and for what it represents. I pray God will continue to show us more as we live with less.