Maybe the best advice I ever received in my entire life was this simple 3 step process:

• Find people who are filled with the love of Jesus and who reflect his nature and who follow him closely.
• Surround yourself with those people.
• Go and serve God with those people. (And also, just do normal life with those people.)

Last night I had dinner with a group of Christian family members and then afterwards, we went to a fundraising event for the Hope for the Homeless Foundation.

The only thing better than serving God is serving God with people you love.

We had such a great time.

I think maybe God was smiling down on us while we were together.

Kurt Cameron Bennett best known for his book Love Like Jesus. After attending church and studying the Bible for most of his adult life, he was challenged by a pastor to study Jesus. That led to an obsessive seven-year deep dive. After pouring over Jesus’ every interaction with another human being, he realized he was doing a much better job of studying Jesus’ words than he was following Jesus’ words and example. The honest and fearless revelations of Bennett’s own moral failures affirm he wrote Love Like Jesus for himself as much as for others. He currently lives in Hillsboro, Oregon, just a few miles from his son Gabe, daughter (-in-law) Charise, and grandson Andrew. He has another son Nate and daughter (-in-law) Anastasia who live in Sammamish, Washington. His blog, God Running is a place for anyone who wants to (or even anyone who wants to want to) love Jesus more deeply, follow Jesus more closely, and love people the way Jesus wants us to.

Image via CityTeam Portland (a Hope for the Homeless grant recipient)