Kirk’s Blog

God Rocks... Yvette and I made a trip to Colorado to get away.    She, Kara, and I took a drive to look at the Aspens as they were turning.    Unfortunately there had been a hard freeze early so the colors were muted and we were a little disappointed that we were missing out on one of God’s most pretty paintings.   As we were pulling up to the Eisenhower Tunnel Kara said, “let’s go over Loveland Pass, it’s a beautiful drive”    so we got off at Loveland and drove up to the pass.    We pulled over at the top to take a picture at the monument sign.    The message God had for us at that moment will be with me for the rest of my life.  A rock was resting against the leg of the sign.    The message was   “ My love for you can not be measured,  -God” In the sermon on the mount Jesus tells of the importance of the Rock in building our foundation... ““Therefore everyone who hears t...

What is Love? Love is the greatest Commandment  ““Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” Jesus replied: “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”” Matthew 22:36-40 NIV https://www.bible.com/111/mat.22.36-40.niv So What is Love, what does it look like? “If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing. Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is n...

Can you see the Cross from where you are? Shortly after I was diagnosed with Cancer, I made a trip to Redwood City, California with our oldest to  check out his soon to be new home town.  We were so fortunate that my brother-in-law had lived in Redwood City for a long time and still had several good friends that lived there and attend Church in Redwood City.  We were able to connect with them and stay at Fred and Dianne’s while we were getting the lay of the land. At the time we knew I was sick, but still hadn’t settled on a plan and weren’t even sure how sick I was.  We were pretty shook up, not really sure what life had in store for us, and not sure it was a wise idea for Austin to pack up and head halfway around the country to be a stranger in a strange land. God knew our uneasiness and he guided us every step of the way.  It was very important to Yvette and I that Austin found a place where he could connect with a family to help support him during the mo...

My last post was on enjoying today, and someone asked the question, how had the verses I had shared spoken to me?  I have been pondering that question, and I will attempt to to answer... It was a little over a year ago that the reality that I might not live forever began to sink in.  We had noticed a lump on my left shoulder blade in late June and trying to figure out what it was had led to several doctors visits, scans and some tests and here I was scared to death. Every visit had gotten a little darker, I kept thinking, OK, this next visit will reveal something that will give us hope.  But nothing had, they had done a CT, not good, then an MRI was done, not good, meeting with a Urologist, not good, PET scan, the eyes of the technician said “Not good, and I am scared for you”, biopsy, not good, "Let’s do another biopsy," not good.  Every visit the story got worse,  and we knew "this is bad". The spot on my shoulder blade/upper back was now bigger a...

You won’t get a second chance to do today.... We get so tied up in thinking and planning for tomorrow that we miss what is laid out for us to do today. “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”” Psalm 46:10 NIV We are in a hurry and want to make sure our plans are just so, and have the foolish notion that we each control our own destiny, forgetting we have only one thing we really control and that is our heart.  Scripture is so full of examples and directions......... “But Martha was distracted with all her preparations; and she came up to Him and said, “Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to do all the serving alone? Then tell her to help me.” But the Lord answered and said to her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and bothered about so many things; but only one thing is necessary, for Mary has chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.”” Luke 10:40-42 NASB ...

I decided it is time for me to share thoughts and experiences,  God has been urging me to get started with this so here I go.  I hope this journey will be God inspired and will help me and you get closer to each other and our Lord an Savior. Sincerely Kirk “I lift up my eyes to the mountains— where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. He will not let your foot slip— he who watches over you will not slumber; indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord watches over you— the Lord is your shade at your right hand; the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night. The Lord will keep you from all harm— he will watch over your life; the Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.” ‭‭Psalm‬ ‭121:1-8‬ ‭NIV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/111/psa.121.1-8.niv