I looked down at the check and it was written out for something in the thousands starting with three ones ($111x). Later I was with my mom and she handed me a check from the P’s who she was friends with in the dream (who are actually people Andy and I know) to cover the medical bill. I was wheeled into a hospital on a stretcher and pulled my head up to look at medical staff wondering if they were actually going to be able to treat me because of my insurance or money or something. Posted on ApCategories Books Tags Books, Fathered By God, John Eldredge, Mens Leave a comment on Book Review: Fathered By God Priceless By Tom Davis To read more about this book and others by John check out Ransomed Heart ministries. A map of the masculine journey and in a world where what it means to be a man and where good fathers are so rare this book couldn’t be more important. The book starts off describing itself as a map. The last chapter is really a challenge, calling men out and given them the driver through which they will take this journey and that is by being intentional. Along the way each stage gets broken down in how God is trying to father us and then how the masculine heart can be wound. The next 8 chapters take us through the various stages of masculinity starting with boyhood to the cowboy to the warrior and lover next the king and finally the sage. The book is broken up into 3 parts, the first two chapters establish a foundation for why this type of book is so neeeded today in this mordern world. It wasn’t just theory anymore it was actively being applied to our daily lives, and that made it powerful. It was from these discussions that what we had just learned about became real. Every week we would gather to watch the DVD session for that week, and then sit around for a few hours discussing it. But it wasn’t just the book that had such a big impact it was the mighty men of God that took this journey with me. I say all that so that when I say that this book rates right up there with these other life changing books, you’ll have a real sense of what that statement means to me. Now don’t get me wrong, it’s not the books themselves or even the authors that change my life, but the Holy Spirit working through the book to reveal the truth. And Wild at Heart helped me navigate the tricky time when a new love was blossoming by helping me to grow as a man, secure that I had what it takes to be a lover and a good husband. Driven By Eternity helped me through a difficult time after my father’s death. It’s hard not to understate how big of an impact these two books in particular have impacted me. In recent years books like Driven by Eternity by John Bevere and Wild at Heart by John Eldredge have taken me from the brink of despair to a land full of hope and life. Especially when it comes to changing my mindset or the way I view the world around me. Posted on ApCategories Dreams Tags Bridge, Dreams Leave a comment on Dreams: Bridge Book Review: Fathered By Godīooks seem to have the most profound impact on my life. I got there around the time the sun was setting and my rental car was waiting for me right next to my hotel. Along the way I found a big floating box that I was able to climb on top of and then hop from box to box till I was able to get back up on to the bridge and from there I was able to get to the other side. In the water I started swimming intending to finish my journey. About half way across there was a big chunk of the bridge missing and so I ended up in the water. It got to the point where I was going so fast that it felt as if I had left the car behind and was just flying along. The bridge was normal at first but after a few mins it got crazy I was doing loops and going upside down and crazy fast. Ari recommended that I try the bridge next time. In this one Arielle and I were flying back and forth between what we called in the dream Columbia Florida it was like an island off the coast.
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