Loving and Serving His Word - Daily Readings for Inspiration and Growth

Reading for January 6

Convinced in Mind

by Dave Quintana - Servants of the Word

I suppose all stories, certainly all good stories, start "in the beginning", so that's what we'll do this week—start my story "in the beginning". Like most good Catholic families, we went to church every Sunday, and like most (good?) Catholic boys I made it a point to complain about it every week. I suppose I admired people's faith (especially Gramma Q's and my mother's), but it didn't connect with me very much. It was in high school (secondary school) when I met a young (23 or so) guy from church who seemed to be really convinced regarding the truth of Christianity when faith began to come alive. I became convinced that all the things that I'd heard all my life were true, and if they were true, it seemed obvious that they should make a difference for how I lived my life. And so the journey of faith began and my life began to be transformed. Where did your journey begin? Is your faith fully alive?

I appeal to you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may prove what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. Rom 12:1-2 RSV

Daily Meds from the Q Source
by Dave Quintana, published byTabor House, 2012

Dave Quintana's daily meditations and Bible readings to stir our minds and kindle our hearts in 2013. He explores themes important to all who search to be wise men and women in the Lord, and provides a wealth of personal experience from living and ministering in Central America, Asia, Europe, and the United States. Expect to be challenged. Expect to be inspired. Expect to meet the living and loving God. 

Dave Quintana is the Presiding Elder of the Servants of the Word, a missionary brotherhood of men living single for the Lord. He currently lives in Detroit, Michigan.

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