What a bleak, wretched scene it must have been that day outside Jerusalem when the Lord Jesus Christ died to save our souls. It was a day when all of Hell was unleashed against the Lord Jesus. It was a day when those who should have been His friends saw to it that He was put to death. It was a day when most of His Own disciples left Him to die in agony on that cross. It was a day of horror! It was a day that will live in infamy for all of eternity!
Yet, it is one of the greatest days that dawned since time began. For on that day, our Savior died for our sins! Jesus Christ died as the Lamb of God so that you and I might go free! He died to save sinners! And, friend, He was surely surrounded by them that day!
In that crowd that surrounded His cross that day were sinners, criminals, soldiers, religious people, family and a few friends. In that crowd were two special men. One was a criminal who had come to Calvary to be put to death. The other was a Roman Centurion who had come to Calvary that day to put men to death. Before that day was over, both of these men would be new creatures, saved by the grace and the sacrifice of the One dying on that middle cross.
I know why the thief was compelled to believe. But, have you ever thought about what it was that convinced the Centurion? (more)

Have you ever hated your job? Boundaries are where our identity comes from. Boundaries define what is me and what is not me. Our work is part of our identity in that it taps into our particular giftedness and the excercise of those gifts in the community. Many people are unable to find a true work identity. They stumble from job to job, never really finding anything that is "them." More often than not, this is a boundary problem. They have not been able to own their own gifts, talents, wants, desires, and dreams because they are unable to to set boundaries on others' definitions and expectations of them. We can't be what others want us to be, we must be what and who God created us to be. (more)