As we near the end of 2011, I want to encourage y’all to rent or buy a DVD called “Gifted Hands-The Ben Carson Story”

You can find it at Lifeway Christian Stores or probably Netflix it. Having had neurosurgery myself as a baby, I personally have a great respect for and thank God for men like Ben Carson, and my pediatric neurosurgeon, Mark S O’Brien, whom God uses on a daily basis to touch and repair and give a dose of hope to little lives. Go out and buy or rent this today. It is produced by Sony Pictures and has Cuba Gooding, Jr. in it, and man what an awesome true story! You will not be disappointed!

I can’t say enough how inspiring that man’s story was for Sarah and I! On so many different fronts.

1. Life is so much about choices. Thank God that we can freely make those choices to not let society put us in their little socio-economic box. We can choose to believe God’s vision for our lives and live life outside the box!

2. We are not necessarily who our past says we are. We are not necessarily who people say we are. We are God’s creation. We were made by Him for a purpose! We shouldn’t let people or our past dictate our purpose, but let the Word of Christ dictate our purpose and dwell in us richly! MOVE THIS YEAR INTO HIS DREAM FOR YOUR LIFE!!!!!

Happy 2012 to all!