sorry….
To the ones who read… I must apologize for the failure. I said I would keep you up-to-date on the weight lose.
Well here is the up date.
I have not lost any weight, this past week or so… I took a break from working out for the last week. To allow the body to heal. But in this i also took a break from how i ate.
I am sorry… this weight will start up again on the 22nd (monday).
I will keep you up to date.
until till next time…
I LOVE HER!!!!
To many times in our lives we think it is about the who’s who, what’s what or the how’s how… You get it… you know, the Bee’s knees or the cat’s meow…
It seemed this way for myself as I grew. Seeing the older sibling excel at all (or so it seemed). But enough about him let us talk about her… the girl in the picture. So beautiful in the pink-ish shirt…
These days, the picture portrays, is a hint to what was only to come.
What was to come, you may ask. LOVE… A LOVE That was so undeserved. I never knew that the women in the picture would love a man who failed time and time again. I don’t mean the failing of grades (which happened) or the failure of the soccer game or even the failure to brush my teeth that day, but the failure to God… She saw such discussed but she decided to LOVE…
The girl, or i should say WOMAN… Spoke to me, looked at me and decided (he may have chest hair) but I love him. How could this be???? Thoughts running and racing left then right… Man I might sweat.
Look at her… the picture so interesting… She is in the light and I in the shadow… Truth is spoken in this picture. A love and beauty that radiates off of her and covers me. How undeserving I am.
As you may notice… no ring on that finger of hers… later that would come. That man, with the chest hair (me), decided to grow a pair and say “hey… want to take a walk” (manly… right?) The thing was she said YES… and the story only begun…
To my love, my lily, my world… When she is gone for minutes, hours, or days… my world is much like the broken clock… She is the battery to my car… the cheese to my mac… the apple of my eye… she is the who’s who, the what’s what and the how’s how… You get it… she is the Bee’s knees and the cat’s meow… She is My WIFE!!!!
until next time…
To many times…
To many times we find ourselves sitting in the muck of us…
You might wonder why these words arise so rough…
But the thing that is so true…
is our willingness to serve the leftovers…
Over and Over we do…
When will our call guide us…
GOD’s Voice is louder is than ours…
Stand and Listen…
ALLOW IT TO MOVE YOU!!!!
until next time…
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SEX is not the greatest thing on earth…
A while back on VH1 there was the show called “Sex Rehab with Dr. Drew”. In this show you get to see in the lives of people that are completely consumed by sex… They can not even get out of bed to go to the store because they are so enthralled. Anyway I was on F.B. today and saw on Mark Driscoll is on Dr. Drew’s radio show called Love Line.
In this radio show there was a woman that called in and said she wants so be in Porn… This is insane… She sees this glamor world that is portrayed as amazing and wonderful. Why would a woman want to expose herself to such use?!? Not only this she is married… WHAT!?!? I do not get it.
Mark Driscoll says something great to her… “Let us say you are older and you have a 26 year old daughter. She comes up to you and tells you ‘mom, I have put much thought into my decision and I think I want to be in porn…’ Of course you wont want that..” But the woman just didnt really get the picture.
Let me beak it down for you… SEX is not the greatest thing on earth… Our world we live in is pornified completely… From jokes, to superheroens, to vampires, commercials, tv, movies, magazines, to ads, even to our minds… We have gone away from what true love is.
The best part of my relationship with my wife has nothing to do with Sex (dont get me wrong I like sex with my wife). I know many people will disagree and I could care less. The best part of my relationship with my wife is this… We love each other. We counter each other. Where I struggle she is strong and where she struggles I am strong. We really try to strive to build each other up… It is this constant growth process. That is what I love about my relationship with my wife. I am to love her Like Christ Loves the church… He died for it. We as men are to be completely sacrificial for our wives. It is not the 50/50 it is 100/0… We are to give all no matter if they give none. Till death do us part.
until next time…
Shedding the pounds…
A week ago I told you that I would keep you all up to date on the weight… It has been a struggle but I am so thankful that i am putting my body and mind through the torture of what seems depravity (that of food and what I am use to). This week I really tried hard to pay attention to the calories that were inhailed.
It seems so often that we in-hail the food we partake in. It is like a vacuum cleaner sucking up the dirt of the house. I had no idea at the amount of calories I have been consuming. For instance, did you know that 8 tortilla chips equals one serving, which comes out to 140 calories… That is insane. We as a culture should take the time to think about what we eat and how it might effect our bodies. I can already tell you I feel like I have more energy and seem a little more aware (not that I was ever not thinking but I think you get the drift.)
Drum roll please… Starting weight of Feburary 1st was 200 lbs (drum roll continues)… This weeks starting weigth (Feburary 8th) 196 lbs… grand total of 4 lbs lost and gone… *fireworks and cheering all across the interweb…
until next time…
American Football has nothing on Rugby…
until next time. Remember when???
It has been right at 13 years since i had spoken to them. While growing up from the ages of 7-11 i had this group of friends that i was always hanging out with. Two sisters and one brother. But my family and I moved… it was hard… but I made new friends, moved, made new friends, moved and so on.
The other day I decided to look up these long lost friends… the interweb prevailed (trumpets blaring)!!! It brought warmness to my heart. A great friendship rekindled. Remember that people effect us and help us form who we are.
Jesus replied: ” ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
If our relationship with God is nto right then our relationship with others will not be either and vise verse. Take the time and rekindle or make a new friend.
until next time…
In 24 days…
In 24 days Ill be 24… It is wild to think that I am going to be in my mid-twenties. For some it may seem old and others a young whipper-snapper (yes i just used that term) . One time when I was 21 years old I was coaching a 7 year old soccer camp. The kids cracked me up, they looked at me with my beard and said “man you must be 50 years old”… they were serious. Anyways, I hope by the time I turn 24 I will lose 10-15 lbs. This is a struggle for me… I enjoy food so much. I have no problem eating plenty of food, but at the same time I really enjoy working out. I have been trying to do P90X… when I say try… i mean it is super hard. But i have an amazing encourager (my wife) to get me through those rigorous workouts. I will try to keep you all up to date on my weight loss progress for the next 3 weeks.
Starting weight: 200lbs
until next time….
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Suprise
To many times we think that not much can surprise us… Well this weekend my wife and I were able to surprise her family. Were we live we ended up getting 8 inches of snow, in this part of the country that is the equivalent of an avalanche falling from the sky. But anyway, I work in a profession that doesn’t hardly let me off on Sundays (I am a youth minister). My wife (we will call her “E”) had checked her school schedule early Friday morning and found out all her classes had been canceled. The thing that got me was there had not been a drop of snow. Fridays are my usual days off, so I was thinking this will be a great day to just hang out with E. We were able to play Mario on the Wii, some cards, and Phase 10 Dice (E beat me). Well, we had found out that her family was driving to STL for a short trip. We wanted to go up there so bad to see them, but we kept hearing of this massive storm that was to come threw. Finally, about 11 am on Friday it started to snow and kept snowing until 3 am Saturday morning. Everything was shut down (roads, stores, school ect. ect.). I received a call that morning from the pastor deciding to cancel services for Sunday. I was blown away. I couldnt believe it. As the Saturday progressed we decided to watch a movie. I fell a sleep (no surpirse) and so did E. It was about 3:30 pm and I awoke with the notion to check the roads on-line (if you didnt know, your state has a website that will tell you the condition of the roads). So we check out to see what was said… they were clear!!! We decide right then and there to make a trip to STL. We drove and as this drive continued we were debating about what to do, should we call? We decided not to. When we arrived at E’s grandmas her uncle was pulling out of the drive to head home. We stopped him and he called E’s mom (we will call her “L”) to tell her she needed to come out and talk to him. When L opened the door we walked up… L was so shocked, her mouth dropped to the grown and tears almost fell.
I tell you this story to encourage you to surprise the ones you love this month of February. Do not do the same old thing. Be creative and show love that speaks more than words on a card or flowers in a vase… Say love in a new way.
until next time…
I just saw “To Save a Life”
I know many people have “Christian” movies. To tell you the truth, a majority of them are lame. Nothing against most of them but they all seem to fall short in some form or fashion. The Acting and the Filmography fall short of the old school “B” movies. Do not get me wrong many of these movies have very well intended messages, much like “Christian” t-shirts… they may look neat but the message falls short.
Now in the movie “To Save a Life” you have a popular high school kid, who has everything going for him… so it seems. A tragic event at the School changes everything. In this movie we see teens struggle with being accepted, popularity, being the loser, cutting, parties, prestige, a dad having an affair, pregnancy and so much more. I highly recommended this movie. The acting is up there with the average Hollywood film (which for Christian based moves is Oscar award winning) and the filmography is quality. This a movie that does not just speak to Middle School and High school age kid… it covers all ages. Even if you do not like Christians or the movies that may come from them… but if you do enjoy a good movie then take the time and see this film. You may understand what it means to save a life.
until next time…
The World spins and you’re not the center! (An outlook on the self-centered)
In a world that gives everything on a silver platter, it focuses on us. We sit in our recliners, with our computers ( that are endowed with wireless internet), osculating heaters, tv’s with satellite, cell phones that do everything from calenders to having application that can run the power point presentation and we think the world owes us something. How strange it is that we have this narcissistic mind set.
We walk around expecting our cell phones to get perfect reception every second. Everything is digital now, or at least it seems this way. It was only 15 years ago that people had the cell phones that were large and had green screens. This was the time when antennas had a purpose. I remember when people would walk with cell phones in the air because they received no service. People would be in the most interesting positions, you would see them standing on top a car with the phone raised high just to get the right signal. Standing by they car, so they thought, would give them great reception. How crazy is this. It really has not been that long ago.
Fast food has been around for decades now, I bet that is strange for some to think. Lets take the words “fast food” and break these two words down. First we have the word “fast” which means hurried, quick, hasty, rapid and even swift1. Then we have the word “food” which is anything that can be consumed for nourishment of the body2. Think about the idea of fast food. No one cares who you are. The people who are placing the order has no process of taking care of the food that is coming out to you. They push a touch screen computer that they hope will send the correct message to the back, for those to put your meal together (notice there is no verbal communication). If you have realized it or not they have name tags (the people working). Do we really care about their names? Most likely not. But let’s get back to these two words “fast food”. If we take the two definitions and put them together you get; hurried, quick, hasty, rapidly prepared food that is for the nourishment of the body. None of this shows a minuscule once of care. Even the environment of a fast food restaurant is sorely focused on who can we get in, order food and leave within ten minutes or so.
In these restaurant of fast food we find coloring of none inviting per portions. There are seats that look deceivingly comfortable with there fluffy backs made of plastics. Everyone is welcome, but for how long? We will get your food to you in 30 seconds or less. But wait if it goes beyond such a time, I am peeved. Come on people, you just received a full course meal of a hamburger, fries and milkshake in a minute and a half; which would normally take you thirty to forty minutes to conjure up at home. Take the time now and watch this video.
What did you think. Wild isn’t it? Wireless on an airplane. I was speaking with my pastor the other day and we were talking about how much things have changed. He is in his mid-fifties mind you. He was telling me a story of a young girl that is apart of our church. The young girl was wanting to use the phone. He pointed to the phone that was in the hall. This girls has to be around nine or ten at the time. He tells her to go ahead and use that phone. She has the phone receiver in her, springy cord going to the phone box and she just stares. The pastor then ask what is wrong. She told him she had no idea how the phone even worked. It was a rotary phone. You know the ones that you must turn with your finger to dial out. All she has ever known is a touch tone phone. I heard of another story that this man had an old Macintosh computer that was manufactured back in the 80s. One of the ones that had the off-white almost tan covering with a thick green glass monitor screen, yeah you know. This man brought it out for a sermon and a young boy ask if it was a toaster. What!? A toaster. He chuckled in amazement of the child’s sincere ignorance of the old computer.
Order your own food
I was sitting at lunch with a friend the other day, we decided to go to a buffet. Think about the idea of a buffet… you have a plethora of food waiting for you to waist away on. Usually the food has been sitting there for hours, or so it seems. We got to talking about youth and college age students. He was the director at the local denomination organization that was put on campus for students to go and attend if they so please. We got to discussing at how a junior in high school is starting to look no different that a sophomore in college. Not meaning physically they look different, because there is a difference between a sixteen and nineteen year old but their mentality toward life. For instance, if the students are ask to be involved in a activity it is almost stressful for them to be there. Collins, this is the director I am eating with, was telling me that he has some great dynamic people that are invovled in the ministry that is on campus. Most of these individuals are of the ages of eighteen to twenty. He was telling of one in particular that was willing to include and meet new people. Which is great but when ask to do something more he became extremely lethargic toward the idea. Eventually the task appointed for him never became completed. Collins could not understand, he was telling me it is much like when you are younger living at home and you go to a fast food restaurant. You would look to your parents and say I would like the number one with no pickle. Then they would order it for you. As you grew up your parents would eventually tell you to order your own food.
Collins was seeing that the ones coming up had no sense of worth or value and could not do much for themselves. It reminds of the is one time I was traveling all over the Midwest teaching soccer and the word of God. It is a great organization called Sports Crusaders that I was going threw. This was a summer long internship/ mission work. We would go each week to a new town and stay with people that were willing to open their homes for us to lay our heads. Well there was this one time that one of the students that I was teaching actually stayed in the same house as me and my teammates. This usually did not occur, the student was visiting grandma and grandpa for the week. Any way one night the hostess fixed this amazing roast, potatoes, green beans, gravy, in other words the works. Smelled great. While we were waiting I hear the hostess ask her grandson, the student, what he wanted and he replied with “chicken nuggets”! My jaw dropped. Growing up if mom fixed dead cat we were having dead cat ,just so you know we did not have cat, but if we were that is what we would of eaten. The student was able to have what he wanted.
1http://thesaurus.reference.com/browse/fast
2http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/food
(I know when you come to the end it is not finished… This is a book I am trying to work on, I hope you enjoyed the small excerpt for now. I will let you know when more comes.)
I know I am ugly… during halloween I opened the door and the kids gave me candy
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