40 Days of Praise: Day 4

for the millions and millions from all around the world come faithfully and read this blog and cling to its every word i apologize for forgetting yesterdays blog... in leiu of what will hopefully be happening this weekend, todays note of praise goes out for my children...

although i don't get to see them as often as i would like to i am still very thankful for them... i am also very thankful that i have boys as well... no offence ladies, but female drama hurts my head... it astounds me how everytime i see the kids the become more and more like little men... seeing their personalities in certain situations just simply makes me laugh... for what little bits of time i get to see them they bring huge joy to me... it will be a beautiful day someday when i can have them for some guy time on my own and be the father that i want to be... that is not a shot or complaint for the current circumstance, but just anticipating the bigger things that are to come... to take what God has taught me and deposit that into my sons; that is what life is all about i am sure... i know there are going to be tough times, but to be able to invest in these little lives that God has blessed me with is a huge honor that i do not take lightly... praise you God for my little boys... what a gift...

40 Days of Praise: Day 3

i am thankful and praise God for my young adult bible study group that meets every monday night... things are beginning to open up a bit and it is getting really good... monday night is quickly becoming one of my highlights of the week... we are studying how to naturally reach out and love those around us... thank you kim for hosting... thank you stephanie for "not" being the leader... i love this time... it is very unique that a group of people can get together, give each other a hard time, laugh a lot, get serious about learning how to love and then talk about whatever til 1:00 in the morning... God has truly blessed me with an amazing group of friends who i feel like i can call... obviously there are some who i am more willing to give intel to than others, but overall this is an amazing group... i feel like i am gushing now, but i really do love this time... Praise You Lord!!!

40 Days of Praise: Day 2

Today all that i can think of to say that i am thankful and praise God for is my brain... Now don't get me wrong, that is not a conceited thing at all... In fact, i would be the first to tell you that i am NOT a book smart person... What i mean by saying that i am thankful for my brain is that i am thankful for the head knowledge that God has given me about who He is... Lately as i have been facing trials i have to admit that i have not felt God near and the "facts" that have been placed in my noggin' from God's Word, or from people or what have you, have been what have kept me from doing something dumb...

I find that lately though since this is something that keeps me somewhat sane, that this is where the battle is really raging... As i pray for people, the flesh rises up and the thoughts that come are really off the wall and not me at all... This has been happening as i have been recieving His Word as well... So hear is my plea to those few who may read this... In Romans it tells us to be transformed by the renewing of our minds... How do we do that... I seriously need a clean slate in my brain... Any thoughts/resources/etc???

blessings,

40 Days of Praise: Day 1

this is a concept that i have seen in a few other blogs through some friends blogs and i was inspired but knew that i was too undisciplined to do it so i left it with them... now i think it is time for me to step up and do this as an act of praise to my all sufficient God... i will not lie... things have been tough lately and i haven't always reacted in the most graceful manner, but God is still working on me and in me and i can see some areas of breakthrough...

some will be serious and some will be random and i may not be able to do this 40 days in a row, but my goal is to do it mon-fri for the next 8 weeks... life will happen and i am sure that i am painting a target on me for the enemy to come at, but it is great to know that greater is He that is in me than he who attacks me...

so here is day #1 of my 40 days of praise...

i thank God for humour... i realize that a lot of times i take life and myself too seriously but i am thankful for humour and the ability to laugh... not too long ago it was tough to laugh and i felt my joy was all but gone... then God tells me to move back home and little did i know who the Lord had for me to hang out with back home... laughter abounds amongst those who are near to me and for that i am thankful... it is great to experience the silliness in life again and not feel like i am a little kid or less of an adult... God has reminded me that amongst the garbage in life and amongst the responsibilities there can stil be laughter... sweet...

Steep learning curve...

so here is my thought for the day... is life just one big learning curve??? i compare that to my current job... i love my job right now, but it seems that almost everyday i learn something new about me, my job and how i handle certain situations... i am either learning about autism, my reactions, my shortcomings, spiritual truth or any other thing you can imagine... these lessons come through insightful co-workers, teasing co-workers, my student, my sleeping habits and many other circumstances... the fact of the matter is that i feel that this job is so much bigger than me and all i can do is just try to keep up and make it through today... if that happens then today is a sucess...

so now i wonder if that is what life is??? is life just a series of learning curves??? bad times and good times... they all show us who we are, how we handle things and what we have inside of us... sometimes i get so bent out of shape because things do not go my way as if life is supposed to cator to my every desire... i wonder if all this is just for me to continually learn about stuff... i think that life might be easier to handle if i could have that perspective... if i could wake up each morning focussed on God, ready to learn whatever life was going to teach me today could i more easily put things in the place where they belong and not be consumed by the crap??? would things slide off of my back more easily if i could see each day as a learning curve rather than things that will hold me down for the rest of my days??? just a thought... anywho, add comments if ya want to be serious... if not, i will ponder alone...


and now because i am a man of my word: Today's shout out!!! Tassy is the recipient of my shout out not to be confused with a shout at... someone else may or have got that already... i have to admit that the last time i think i spoke with Cassidy i left with a satisfied cooling sensation and it was good... i could have been the the tornado that she made me or the envigorating conversation... i can't decide... either way, tassy makes me laugh out loud and she is very good at words and stuff... like you know... i can't wait to read the book "Deep Ravines"... anywho tassy, thanks for making me laugh and i can't wait to chat again and perhaps have another creamy icey delightful treat...

p.s.-> stop listening to emo... it rots your teeth...