“He who observes the wind will not sow, and he who regards the clouds will not reap.”- Ecclesiastes 11:4 Toward the end of Chapter 7 of In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day, Mark Batterson notes hat the English word “opportunity” comes from the Latin phrase ob portu. Before modern harbors were […]
“Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.”- Colossians 4:2 “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.”- Ephesians 2:10 As Chapter 7 of In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day continues, Mark Batterson contrasts life in survival […]
In Chapter 7 of In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day, Mark Batterson encourages us to think of every opportunity as a gift from God. Acting on that opportunity is our gift to God. And it doesn’t matter if those opportunities are big or small. Colossians 4:5 tells us “to make the […]
“Do not despise these small beginnings . . .”- Zechariah 4:10 (New Living Translation) “Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much.”- Matthew 25:21 As Mark Batterson begins Chapter 7 (“Grabbing Opportunity by the Mane”) of In a Pit with a Lion on a […]
“Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it till it comes to have a separate and integral interest. To regret deeply is to live afresh.”- Henry David Thoreau In Chapter 6 of In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day, author Mark Batterson observes that when […]
As Mark Batterson begins Chapter 6 (“Playing It Safe Is Risky”) of In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day, he tells the story of an MIT meteorologist named Edward Lorenz. In 1960 Edward was attempting to develop a computer program that could simulate and forecast weather conditions. Usually he used the number […]
“Give ear to my words, O Lord, consider my sighing.”- Psalm 5:1 As Chapter 5 of In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day concludes, Mark Batterson tells of the time his daughter Summer asked a question out of nowhere: “Dad, why did God create mosquitoes?” Then Summer added: “I’ve been saving that […]
In Chapter 5 of In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day, Mark Batterson observes that the longer he lives, he thinks that spiritual maturity is “less about figuring out the future and more about a moment-by-moment sensitivity to the Spirit of God.” While there’s nothing wrong with making plans and setting goals, Pastor Batterson […]
As Mark Batterson continues his discussion of uncertainty in Chapter 5 of In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day, he asserts that one of the biggest mistakes we make in our relationship with God is focusing our energies on telling God exactly what to do, how to do it, and when to […]
“Certainty is the mark of the common-sense life: gracious uncertainty is the mark of the spiritual life. To be certain of God means that we are uncertain in all our ways; we do not know what a day may bring forth. This is generally said with a sigh of sadness; it should be rather an […]
As Mark Batterson concludes Chapter 4 of In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day, he notes that all of us want every day to be a good day. But, as Pastor Batterson observes, all days were good days, we’d have no sense of what “good” means because there would be no bad days […]
“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing; the last of human freedoms- to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances.”- Viktor Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning Mark Batterson states in Chapter 4 of In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day that the most important choice we make […]