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Inconvenience

Small inconveniences are a good opportunity to slow down and think. I’m waiting for my tire to get fixed, and it’s been a good forty-five minutes of nothing to do.

I’m reflecting on my last post and asking God to continue to tie threads of gospel truth from my head to my heart, and this is a great example of an opportunity to apply that truth.

Do I desire to redeem my time? I must understand that redemption is found at the cross if I am to truly use this time for God’s glory.

What questions do you ask yourself to apply the gospel moment by moment?

By Todd Engstrom

Although I was raised in the church and had a knowledge of God, I didn’t embrace Jesus until I heard gospel preached and lived out by some Young Life leaders. God has proven faithful and good to me since that day, even in great suffering and loss. I have learned to treasure Romans 8:28 as a wellspring of hope and truth.

God has blessed me with an amazing wife (Olivia), three sons (Micah, Hudson and Owen) and a daughter (Emmaline). Growing up in the northwest, the thought never crossed my mind that I would have four children who are native Texans. Despite landing in the south, I still watch Notre Dame games with my children every Saturday in hopes they will land at my alma mater.

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