I keep meaning to get a new journal to write my sermon notes in, but as you can see, I keep forgetting. This is what my bulletins look like when I come out of church. Today, particularly, I wrote not only on the front, but also inside and on the back! As of today, a new journal is at least on my Christmas list. Today, Pastor Carl preached a very convicting message from Genesis 13. It truly has me thinking. He began by asking the congregation the following question, "How good is your faith in the midst of failure?" I, at this point, was thinking to myself, "My faith is the only thing that gets me thru failure". I was thinking wrong. I don't have faith in times of failure. That is what I love about how Pastor Carl brings us God's word. He is not afraid to show us just how we might be mistaken by the way we are living. In the book of Genesis, chapter 13, Abram and Lots family possessions (Abram is Lots uncle), had grown so vast in riches, including material ...