Ken Fox

I love great thinkers.  I was in Nicaragua with some great folks a few weeks ago, one of them was Ken Fox.  Ken is quite an amazing person with a giant heart.

One of the things that he shared on the trip was a quote from TD Jakes "people came to church looking for Jesus and what they got instead was you."

The words stopped me in my tracks.  I am not pointing them at anyone else, you can take them in and consider them if you like, I am simply reflecting personally on the quote.  People come looking for grace, compassion, and joy - they come looking for Jesus.  When they get there, instead of Jesus, they get me.  I am not always gracious, not always compassionate, and not always joyful.

So I am reminded again about the constant goal in the life of a Christian, to pursue the likeness of Christ.  This is not a guilt laden pursuit, it is a pursuit of grace, compassion and joy.  It is a journey to see others as God does and to get myself out of the way so that the good can rise to the top.

Let's keep working on it.

It's a beautiful day in God's world, be sure to see the good.

Joy!!

You, my friends and readers are a great source of inspiration to me. I have met so many of you that have been a blessing to me along this journey of life.

My friends Brian and Jane were out shopping with their granddaughter. Brian sent me this note and picture.

I had a thought this morning that involves the picture below. Last Saturday I was blessed to spend a warm, sunny day shopping with the three women I love most in this world. That would be Jane, Megan and, of course, little Emma. Emma and I ended up spending most of our time cavorting as evidenced by the picture. Jane joined us in this particular "cavort". Megan took the picture. To rediscover joy some times you have to look at the world thru the eyes of a child. Emma lives in the moment and usually chooses to have fun. It is a lesson I both need to remember and to share. Today I am sharing it with you. Have a blessed day and, to quote a good friend, see the good. Love you.

Love you too, all of you.

It's a beautiful day in God's world, be sure to see the good.

quote

A dear dear friend sent me these lyrics from Townes Van Zandt:

To live is to fly
Low and high
So shake the dust off of your wings
And the tears out of your eyes.

Believe me, it is good advice.

Every now and then, all of us have to get up, dry the tears and reengage with life.

It is a beautiful day in God's world, be sure to see the good.

trip

Several have asked what I am going to do with my time.  One of the things that I would like to do is lead some trips.

I am exploring a trip to Wesley's England in May 15-23.  Here is a link to the brochure.  Let me know if you have any interest.

2017 Wesley Heritage Tour

Speaking of trips, here is a picture from a trip I led to Greece and Turkey some years ago to retrace the Journeys of Paul.  About 40 friends from church went on the trip.  I am not much for selfies, but pictured here are some of my favorite people:  Frank and Donna Eaton and Fred and Sandy Burry.  We were just getting ready to take off from JFK.  I am glad that Sandy was on the isle, that probably kept Fred from pestering me on the flight.

I am thinking that this fall I would like to lead another trip.  Maybe to the Holy Land or to some of the religious and historical sites in Italy.  Do you have any interest in going?  And if so, which destination would you prefer?

If you want further information on the Wesley trip or a fall trip, my email address for this purpose is jsbrink57@gmail.com

It's a beautiful day in God's world, be sure to see the good.

Otis

Otis was my first college roommate.  I loved that guy.  He was from Garden City, Kansas and his real name was Steve Davis but everyone called him Otis.  Why?  No one knows.  We lived in SC2N [Scott Hall, Second floor, north wing] at Evangel College in Springfield.  We didn't attend class that much, but we played every intramural sport together.  He was an athlete's athlete, a real thoroughbred.  He was ornery and funny.  Why do I love ornery funny people?

A few years ago I got to reconnect with another dear college friend, Pastor Roger Horne.  Roger was actually closer to Otis than I was, so when I got to wondering about Otis, I asked Roger if they had stayed in touch.  They had not.  But a few weeks later, Roger came across and sent me Otis' obituary.

I am sorry that I did not stay in touch with Otis.  I am sorry that I never got to meet his family.  He was a great man and a great friend, and I am left with great memories.  Sometimes in life, great memories have to be enough.

It's a beautiful day in God's world, be sure to see the good.

Old Friends

Old Friends.

When I moved to Lees Summit in 1994 I was blessed with immediate friends.  From left to right:  Tom Boehm, Joe McMurtrey, and Stu Elliott.

Tom and his wife Lisa sang at church, and we sang together in the choir.  As odd as this sounds, we bonded at church work days.  Joe is a father of six.  We got to know each other because our three year old sons were the orneriest kids in the county.  Stu was my next door neighbor.

Let me tell you something- these are good guys.  Over the years, our lives changed due to kids growing up, but I am always glad whenever I get to see these guys.

Old friends are priceless.

It's a beautiful day in God's world, be sure to see the good.

I was thinking

There is a funny.
I was thinking.  
So glad to be able to think.....

Anyway, I was writing an email to my sixth grade teacher a couple of days ago.  As I was typing I had a thought.  I realized, because of her and a few others, I can read and write.  Because of her and a few others, I can think.  Because of her and a few others I have been able to function in life pretty successfully.

Teachers are called teachers for a reason.  If you are one, THANK YOU!
If you are still in touch with your teachers, thank them.

Thank you Betty Jackson.

It's a beautiful day in God's world, be sure to see the good.

What now?

What am I going to do now?

Some years ago I got to go visit Belize for a few days with my friend Tim Wiseman. On that trip we visited some mission sites, saw Mayan ruins and we took a ferry out to one of the off shore islands. The ferry ride took about 45 minutes and we met lots of young people sporting backpacks. You could tell they were just “hoofing it.” They were high on life, footloose and fancy free. I asked them what they were doing. Their stories all sounded like this…… I just finished college and I am taking a year off to travel. No worries. No plan. No destination. They are just going. Kind of like old fashioned hobos except they either saved money to do this or mom and dad were funding it.

What will I do now that I have joined the ranks of the unemployed? I may just do that. Take a trip. Get in the car and go. St. Augustine, Chattanooga, visit my sister in Kansas City, catch a Royals game, hug my friend who lost his wife, take a pontoon boat ride, do some handyman work, go to Ft. Collins and see my little sister, visit the redwoods, attend annual conference, who knows. I may lead a trip to the Holy Land, I may fill a pulpit for someone who is sick, I may do mission work.

I don’t know just yet, but I will keep you posted.
I think it will be good for my brain and soul.

If you want to reach me, my best email is jsbrink57@gmail.com

It’s a beautiful day in God’s world, be sure to see the good.

Yesterday's Announcement

Yesterday in church at Cape Coral First United Methodist Church, I made the following announcement.

Good morning.
I would like to personally make an announcement.

Over the past several months, I have had an increasingly difficult time finding the joy of life. And as a pastor, when you cannot find the joy, you cannot pass on the joy. Consequently, after much prayer and consideration, I have requested and have been granted by the Conference a leave of absence. I am sorry to disappoint you, but I need to find my smile, and you need someone that can effectively lead Cape Coral Church. My last day as your pastor is today. Again, I am very sorry, I promise to pray for you and I appreciate your love and prayers so very much.

Let me add to this, since I have already been asked: there is no moral failure, I'm not getting a divorce, and I am not sick [I don't have cancer or some such thing.]

I am desperately sorry for every person that I have disappointed. Please keep me in your prayers.

It's a beautiful day in God's world, be sure to see the good.

Once upon a time

Once upon a time, I was out of blog ideas.  It happens you know.  Preachers run out of things to say.  Bloggers don't know what to write about.

So when this happened one time a few years ago, I asked you the readers for suggestions.  Someone suggested that I share stories of my life growing up.  There were other helpful ideas.  Several of you said things like,  "Jeff, just keep reminding us to see the good."

So for today:
See the good.  See the good.  See the good.

It's a beautiful day in God's world.
Be sure, to  see the good.

Banyon Tree

I took this picture of one of the Banyon trees at the Thomas Edison Estate when I was visiting there with Tim and Kathy Christenson.  I had heard of banyon trees but I didn't know anything about them, and I had never seen one before.

Banyons are the national tree of India.  They grow and spread and can become quite large.  The largest one in existence covers almost 5 acres!!

One of the things that I think is so interesting about them, is that they drop "feeders" from their branches, that take root and become an additional trunk.  Look closely at the picture and you can see what I mean.

I love this idea.

Imagine that you could root yourself over and over by dropping something from your arm.  Every time that the storms of life came along, you could stabilize yourself just by growing new roots from your branches.

We all need more roots, especially when the wind is blowing.

It's a beautiful day in God's world, be sure to see the good.

Rejoice!!

My family tends to be a little bit private, so when my sister called me the day before thanksgiving with news, I was not surprised.  She told me that she was 1/2 way through her treatment for esophageal cancer.  I was surprised that she was sick, but not that she held that information close to her chest. That is the Brinkman way.  Private, quite, introverted at times.

So, many of you have known that Julie has been sick and I thank you for your prayers for her.  She finished her radiation and chemo around Christmas.  Yesterday  she had a PET scan and another scan and the results came back.

It's a beautiful day in God's world!!!!!

She is cancer free!!  I am crying tears of joy.  Give thanks to God with me!!!

It's a beautiful day in God's world, be sure to see the good.

My Kids

Alli, Jenny, Scott 

Of all the things in life that bring me joy, by far the biggest one of  them all, is my children.  In the movie Hook, Robin Williams regains his power as Peter Pan when he discovers his happy thought which was, "I am a dad."

I am a dad.  I AM A DAD!!!! I am smiling as I write this.  I am so fortunate to have these smart, funny, caring people in my life.  If you get the chance to meet them, you will be blessed.

It's a beautiful day in God's world, be sure to see the good.

St. Mary's Hospital

I have posted about this before, but some things in life bear repeating. In fact, we learn by repetition, and this is something worth learning.

I was at St. Mary's hospital some years ago. I was waiting for the elevator. My mind was filled with worry and concern about some random thing that was going on in my life. Then my eyes fell to a framed letter that was hanging on the wall nearby. Evidently one of the hospital administrators had written to Mother Teresa - and surprise - she wrote back!

Dated March 10, 1986

Dear Mr. Coen,
Thank you very much for your letter and good wishes. Thank God for God. For using our nothingness to show his love. He calls me, he calls you – each of us to be his sign of love to each other. This is a great privilege that he shares with us.

I shall pray that you may learn to love him much and share this love with those around you, your loved ones, first, then your neighbors and every person that you meet.
God bless you

Mother M. Teresa

Reading that letter changed my day and gave me something to think about. I have never forgotten the moment or the concept that to love others is a great privilege to which God calls us. Today the letter has been moved to a different area of the hospital. If you go in the east door at St Mary's, take an immediate right and go up the elevator to the second floor. Nearby, hanging on a wall is the letter, still delivering it's timeless message.

It is a great privilege, the great privilege that we have, you and I, to go about, here and there, sharing God's love.  That is what Christ followers are supposed to do and it is indeed an honor and a privilege to do so.

It's a beautiful day in God's world, be sure to see the good.

Birds

I took this picture off of Lakewood Drive last fall.  I was driving by the church that lost it's steeple a few years ago and I notice a very large flock of birds in the trees.  I pulled into the parking lot to just watch them for a while.

They seemed to be blackbirds or some type of dark bird.  The trees were sagging under the load of so many of them.  Then one would take flight, and the entire sky would be filled with the dance of the birds swooping as one, up and down, around and back..... back into the trees again.

I watched them for 15 minutes.  It was incredible.  Creation gives a wonderful testimony of the amazingness of God, and it is available for all of us to witness.  If we but stop and look.

It's a beautiful day in God's world, be sure to see the good.

old photo

So I found this old picture some years ago.  It is me in 1974 getting ready to go to a 1950's theme dance.   Sunglasses, hair slicked back, t-shirt with a pack of cigarettes rolled up in the sleeve, and penny loafers.  Cool!!  I am posing in front of my 1963 Ford Galaxie 500.  Ohh I have some great stories about that car.

I got my first ticket in that car, on I-5 near Barstow, California.  I was going 105 in a 55.  When the officer asked me why I was going 105, I told him that evidently 105 was all the faster that the car would go.

Anyway, this picture takes my 59 year old body back to a time when I was young.  And at this moment I am thinking of the lyrics of the song We are Young by the group Fun.

We are young.  we are young. 
So we set the world on fire.
We can grow brighter than the sun.
We are young, we are young.

Oh how much fun it was to be young, and how delightful to remember it all from time to time.  I wish I still had that car..... I bought it for $100 and sold it for $150. Who knows what it would be worth today.  But the memories are priceless.

It's a beautiful day in God's world, be sure to see the good.

funny

I take pictures and keep them in my phone to blog about later.  This past week I went through every picture in my phone and found some photos that I do not believe I have shared with you.  Forgive me if I am wrong.

One day, some years ago, Tyler the cat was watching TV.  I found this situation hysterical.  And from time to time we need to smile.  Every time I see this picture it just cracks me up.

It's a beautiful day in God's world, be sure to see the good.

false ideas

Our brains are full of false ideas.  Many people are too prideful to challenge their own thinking.  But great minds are constantly evaluating, taking a moral inventory, and trading unhealthy ideas for healthy.

Here are some typical ideas that we stubbornly hold in our hearts and minds, but they are wrong and need to leave:

• you cannot be forgiven
• you have committed the unpardonable sin
• God is mad at you
• it is all the other person's fault
• my happiness depends  on others
• my happiness depends on circumstances
• I have all the truth
• I know who is going to heaven and hell
• I am right, they are wrong
• I am not getting a fair shake in life

What is in your mind that may need to finally move on?

It's a beautiful day in God's world, be sure to see the good.

Demello Stories

My favorite book is Walking on Water by Anthony deMello. In the last 10 years, I have purchased and given away over 100 copies of this book. Over the next few weeks I may be sharing some of my favorite deMello stories. First let me tell you a bit about him.

DeMello was a Catholic Priest, born in India among the poor, the Buddhists, the Muslims and all- born in a very eclectic society. While Christianity in the West is very rational and very cerebral, in many other parts of the world, the faith has a much more reflective side. Meditation and contemplation are a lost art for many American Christians. Reading a bit of deMello will help one regain the mystical/experiential side of our faith.

He also has some wonderful stories about life. Here is one of them.

“a young woman was experiencing divine revelations. Each week, more and more people came to pray with her and seek her guidance. The bishop became worried at the reports of these “unauthorized” revelations. So, he called the young woman in to require proof that her visions were authentic. “The next time, you see the Lord in a vision, “ said the bishop, ask Him to tell you my sins which are known to Him alone. That’s the only proof I will accept.”

A month later the woman returned. “Did you put the question to the Lord?” asked the bishop “What did He say?”

The woman replied, the Lord said, “Tell the bishop I have forgotten his sins.”


Think about that story for a while.
As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us. Ps 103:12

It's a beautiful day in God's world, be sure to see the good.

Glasses and the Bible

What kind of glasses you wear will say oodles about what you find in the Bible.

If you read the Bible believing that God is mad at you, then you can find that.
If you read the Bible believing that God is love, then you can find that.
Americans tend to read the Bible and look for God's promises to keep blessing us.  [as if American needs more blessings]
People that live in third world countries read the Bible and focus on how the humble are lifted.

This is why discussion around various verses is so helpful.  This is why commentaries can be helpful.  There are other understandings of what you are reading.  Are you reading it in ways that only please you or are you allowing the other, possibly more challenging messages to reach you?

A good example of how we misinterpret scripture is what we do with Phil 4:13 which says, "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." We pull this verse out of context and insist that God can make us victorious and we can do anything or get anything in this life. Unfortunately, this is not at all what Paul was meaning. Let's look at the context of that verse......

Phillipians 4:12-13 I know how to get along with humble means, and I also know how to live in prosperity; in any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering need. 13 I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.

What Paul is saying is that he has been in some really hard spots and some great spots, but he can manage them all because Christ gives him strength.  It is not a verse about getting more, it is a verse about being content no matter how much you have.

How are you reading the Bible? What glasses are you wearing? Take care that your glasses don't focus on your own comfort when they should be sending you out into God's world.

It's a beautiful day in God's world, be sure to see the good.

Glasses

Lions Den man posted on Jan 2 about his glasses.  I would like to say more about this important topic today.

We put on our glasses every day.  It is the way that we see the world, the lenses though wich we perceive everything.  If your glasses tell you that you will be mistreated today, you will probably find that.  If your glasses tell you that life is good, you are more apt to find that.  If you believe in a big Devil, then you will find him all day [good luck with that.]  If you believe that this is our Father's world, then you will see him in all things.

The sad part to me about our glasses, our perspectives, is when we don't recognize what our's is.  Some don't even understand that they wear glasses that color how they see the world.  I think even those who are aware, can miss important truths, because we are stuck on our own limited perspective.

Be willing from time to time to take your glasses off and see the world thru the view of another.

It's a beautiful day in God's world, be sure to see the good, and sometimes in order to see the good, we need to see the world as others see it, or even as God sees it.

Take off your glasses.

Misnomer

A misnomer is an inaccurate name, label or designation.  We use them all the time.   One of my favorites, and I love to use it, is the phrase "missional church."  To use this type of talk all the time  would have us saying things like:

• the in shape athlete
• the educated teacher
• the wise philosopher
• the preaching pastor
• the hairy dog
• the hot jalapeno

You get the idea.  If a dog isn't hairy, is it a dog?  If a teacher is not educated, how can they teach?  Yes, I know that there are hairless dogs, but you get the idea.

Back to the missional church.
There is no such thing as a missional church.  The church is missional, or it is not the church.  A friend has a missions statement that is something like "we are the serving church."  I love it, but isn't this the essence of church?  Take mission out of the church, take serving out of the church and we are a country club.

The church may be the only organization on the planet that exists not for it's members, but for the benefit of others.

Missional church?   Oh yes.  The church is missional or it is not the church.  Christians are missional or they are..............  well let's just say that we can easily make Christianity about us.  Jesus was on a mission.  His followers should be too.

Who can you touch for Jesus today?  Someone needs your kindness.

It's a beautiful day in God's world, be sure to see the good.

Love pt. 4

Coming to a sermon near you, probably during Lent.

Love pt. 4

Throughout the Bible we are taught three things:
1.  loving God is the first commandment
2.  loving your neighbor is the second.
3.  these trump all other commandments.

This is not a passing reference, but a theme that runs through the Old Testament, into the Gospels and the writings of Paul.

Deut. 6:4-5
Lev. 19:18
Mt. 22:35-40
Mk. 12:28-31
Lk. 10:25-28
Ro. 13:8-10

If you love God and love others, the entire law is fulfilled.  There is nothing more to be said.  Live a life of love, and you do fulfill the other commandments.  We humans set up all kinds of proofs that we are good Christians:

• say your prayers.
• go to church.
• give 10%
• be in mission
• share your faith

Friends, we can do all of that, without love.  I have seen it and so have you.  Heck, we probably have done it out of obligation.  While those are all good things, they are not the sign, not the mark of the Christian.  Love is the mark, love is the sign.

Love God, Love others.  Everything else hangs on that.

It's a beautiful day in God's world, be sure to see the good.

Love pt. 3

Coming soon to a sermon near you......

Love part 3.

When we choose not to love, our heart is filled with something else-- Darkness, envy, hatred, rejection, sin, and general yuck.  To live a life without love is to live a life of hatred and death.  It is to live a life of hell on earth.

If your life is filled with darkness and difficulty, try filling it up with something else.  Light always dispels darkness.  Love always conquers fear.  Do you want more of God in your life?  Then love. Love yourself and love others.

God is love.  Plain and simple.  Let God heal you from the dark parts of your life.  Love will overcome.  Stay the course.  No matter what.  No matter what others say or do, choose to love.

It's a beautiful day in God's world, be sure to see the good.

Love pt. 2

Coming to a sermon somewhere soon.....

Love or don't. There is no in between. It is a choice that we make every day. To love is to do what God does, it is to be what God is. If we do not love, we do not know God.

7 Dear friends, let’s love each other, because love is from God, and everyone who loves is born from God and knows God. 8 The person who doesn’t love does not know God, because God is love. 

 1 Jn 4:8

If we do not love, we do not know God. So I suggest that we get over ourselves and just choose to love.

Love, and nothing else, is the mark of the Christian.

It's a beautiful day in God's world, be sure to see the good.

Love pt. 1

Coming soon to a sermon.....

Love part one.

34 “I give you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, so you also must love each other. 35 This is how everyone will know that you are my disciples, when you love each other.” John 13:34-35

Spoken at the last supper, these are among Jesus' last words. You must love. This is how people will know that you are my disciples.

It is the litmus test for Christianity, and there is no other. Give 10%, great. Never miss church, great. Wear crosses and Christian t-shirts, great. But the only thing that counts is this- do we love.

Love is the mark of the Christian.

It is a beautiful day in God's world, be sure to see the good.

a choice

I was talking with a new friend the other day. They said something that intrigued me. She said this, "each of us must decide every day, on every issue, whether life is a battle or a banquet."

The word banquet is found 32 times in scripture, the word feast, 94. There are lots of banquets in the Kingdom.

Humans like to turn things into a battle. Jesus talked over and over again about banquets. Banquets where everyone is invited, where the broken are healed, where the outcasts are welcomed in, where all sit together at the Master's table.

How about you? Do you project that life is a battle, or a banquet?

It's a beautiful day in God's world, be sure to see the good.

Eddie the Eagle

I saw the ads way back for the movie, Eddie the Eagle.  I thought it looked dorky.  I finally watched the movie and it is a bit dorky, but there is a good message in it, which is summed up in this quote,

"Doing your best is the only option, even if it results in failure."

No one wants to fail, but if you are going to fail, you might as well fail while giving it your very best.

It's a beautiful day in God's world, be sure to see the good.

we don't have to demonize others

I read this post by Richard Rohr a week ago and I thought the ideas were worth sharing. Here is some of what he wrote:

Changing the Game
Monday, December 26, 2016

Today I encourage you to read the account of the death of Stephen (Acts 7:58-60).....Jesus and Stephen state their truth, forgive their enemies, fully let go, and are released into a transformed state that we call “resurrection.”

Both Jesus and Stephen are victims of the “sacred violence” that has been foundational to culture from the very beginning of human consciousness, starting with Cain and Abel. ..... all groups and ideologies are formed by an unconscious scapegoat mechanism..... we have to find a way out of this default pattern. Jesus replaces the de facto operating story line of “redemptive violence” with a new story line of redemptive suffering. There is the Gospel in one sentence! Unfortunately, only a minority of Christians got the point after Jesus and Stephen...... The church was supposed to be a “called out people’’ (ekklesia) who no longer believed the lie, which John the Baptist calls “the sin of the world” (John 1:29), using the singular word for sin. Ignorant hating, excluding, and killing is the universal sin of the world to this day.

Bailie calls the revolution of tenderness, which was released into common consciousness at the death of Jesus, “the virus of the Gospel.” In every age, denomination, and culture, only a few understood the message. By grace and conversion, they realized that they could no longer project their inner violence outward, either creating victims or playing the victim themselves for their own empowerment. They see the only way to be victim in a generative and healing way is as Jesus did, by forgiving and releasing his crucifiers and himself.

The Gospel demands a great deal of us. It calls us to a perennially unpopular and unselfish path.... When you can no longer play the game of judging, labeling, and punishing others, you will quickly become the outsider at most every cocktail party you attend. But Jesus has taught us how to hold the pain of the world until it transforms and resurrects us. This dangerous virus is what Jesus calls “the hidden leaven” inside the Gospel (Matthew 13:33, Luke 13:20), the resurrecting power that will keep the world from its ordinary path toward self-destruction.

My commentary...... It is easy for us to demonize those who are "against" us.  They voted for the other candidate, they rooted for the other team, they did not like our hat {Go Dog Go} for whatever reason, we wish to set them aside and shun them.  Jesus teaches us something different.  There are no enemies.  We are to love all.  There are no demons in the room.  People with differences yes, but there are no demons in the room.  When we stop needing to see people as "against us" we can begin to see them as God sees them, and when we can do that, all the world changes.

It's a beautiful day in God's world, be sure to see the good.

justified

The other day I made a comment about a situation while wearing glasses that fit me well. My son, who often wears a different pair of glasses, called me out on what I said. He was justified in doing so. I appreciate when that happens to be honest. I used to defend myself and foolishly argue until I felt my position was understood (I win)....Bad idea…. I don’t go down that road anymore. Truth is truth. I cannot grow until I let Truth be my guide.

Peace,

Lion’s Den Man

a new day

So by the time this post is made available it will be January 2^nd in New Zealand. That is where my niece is living. I wonder what, if anything, she changed or made different on her first day of 2017. I doubt she did anything different to be honest. Not that she has it all figured out. I am sure she wants some things to change but my guess is, knowing her, it didn’t take a day/change over to a new year to make that happen. She is one of those people that sees every day as an opportunity.

Each day is a gift, each day is special and each day we can say yes to change.

Happy New Year.

Peace,

Lion’s Den Man