I am confused at why people hurt because of life choices? Why is it that one mistake can mess up an entire family and the lives of 5 beautiful people? Why? Is it because the lives of people become so drenched in the world of sin that life becomes clouded and confused?  I am bummed that when this happens I am unable to fix the problem for people that really deserve help! Sometimes life just is a mess of houie that just does not make since!

I am so upset that my bud is facing this challenge in his life and I can’t fix it! I am a fixer and for one of the few times in life my hands are tied. My friend has been there for me, listen to me whine( yea I do whine at times) and let me be a shoulder to lean on when I was at my wits end! We have been friends for many years and now I am totally at the end of my rope! God I Pray That You Intercede! I am convinced that this is a teaching time for my friend and a time that will make him a better dad, boulder in his faith and more secure in his relationships! God place a protective hedge around the family and keep them safe!

I am convinced that God is in control and all will be OK as long as we put our faith in HIM!

Peace out

Well on this day of the week that many hearts are blessed with roses that show their affection I remember my first February 14 that “I was in LOVE!” I was 15 years old and a sophomore when I met the woman of my dreams and life was perfect. She was my dream girl, perfect in every way. So with sweetheart’s day coming up I saved all my money and bought her a bracelet that showed how I felt. It took me a long time to save up the $20 but she was worth it, we were to be together forever! I went to my hookup, the local flea market and I made my purchase from ”Hippy” the dude with all the cool stuff.

 I remember the day I gave her the custom made hemp bracelet with the silver heart that read “you are the one for me”. This was a great day and I was in love. I am not sure if it was the bracelet, or the heart or just me but I did not receive the response I expected. My feelings were not the same as the girl of my dreams and I was floored. Sometimes, I learned, life is not as fair as you hope it will be and love in the 10th grade is pain full. Why is this? Could it be because we are not sure of what love is to be when we are 14 years old, or are our expectations limited by a clouded view of the subject?

 This week I am able to spend the 14th day of February with the blessing of my life, my wife. She puts up with all my junk, my desire to see the world and my attitude on bad days. My wife is the best friend I have ever had or will have. She is the BOMB! She is a gift sent by God as a blessing and a source of encouragement; she is the wind beneath my wings!

Peace out

Well I am amazed at the blessing of God and the grace that he pours on those , like me, who are so unworthy ! I am excited in the fact that all I am is the result of His master plan for my life and even in my downfalls I am still receiving his gift of forgiveness. It seems to me that as we, the believers of Christ, go through life our eyes would be open more and our ears more alert to hear His voice. Why are we not listening?

In the past few days I have listened for the voice of the Father and longed for the nudge of His spirit! I am seeking His insight into the path of a Godly Pastor. I am surrounded by others who have excepted the call but for some reason have went on their own journey. If we who are called except this position shouldn’t we be willing to listen to the one who called us in the first place? Serving the Lord in a leadership role is not always the easiest road to travel. In the role of Sheppard there are times that your flock just wants to go another way or the head sheep has a different way of seeing things. It makes things rough.

If the flock, the church, is to be all that they are to be for the Kingdom of God then the flock, the church, needs to follow the Sheppard, the pastor to the place that God is leading them. It is a biblical calling to be Sheppard of a flock and the flock to follow the Sheppard. To many religious people have forgotten this process, there is one Sheppard of the flock and God has him in this place. I am greatfull for a God who looks past our shortcomings and sees our heart to serve Him.

Peace out

Each week this is a question asked by many people, Sunday is here, now what? I ask myself this same question but the difference is , I have an answer, Jesus! If we are called by His name Sunday is our day to celebrate and party. Dr Tony Cambello wrote a book’ The Kingdom of God is a Party! I am convinced that this is true and each day that we live should be a party too.

How you ever met a sour face believer that is so excited about his or he salvation that they always frown? This drives me nuts! If you do not know Jesus you have a reason to be sad, but with Jesus you should be filled with Joy! So get over it and party! Worship in the pressence of the Father is a time to be filled with peace, joy, and love not frustration competion and lies. Church is not a building but a body of believers united to serve a living God that has forgiven their sins.

Today is a day to experience the love of Christ and not the fear of the devil. Today is a day to put aside the carnal world and to jump in the world filled with Jesus! Today is a dfay to follow Jesus and not the devil. Today is the day to confess your sins, except Jesus and move forward for the kingdom.

Peace out

Today is a different day, snow on the ground, ice on the walkway and it is raining! what a day to stay home and read a good book, like inside for dummies! I love dowm time sometimes as long as i have something to do. Do you ever sit and watch old westerns on the tube? It is a way to kill a day. I am convinced that the tube is the key to unlocking the brains of many couch patatoes if someone would develop a remote for brain control.

life is crazy in the lives of crazy people!

It is more than I can handle, all the stuff that runs into my head each day is overpowering the small area of storage between my ears. I am bombarded with more and more new information that forces my ears to hurt! Stop please before I pop! When will we ever reach the point that all is done and I can stop attaining new knowledge, when I die!

See I can ramble on and on with no chance of finding an answer on my own or I can get on my knees and bow before God seeking HIS answers and HIS truth! See the problem is that we try to figure out all the big stuff of life without having all the needed tools. The main source for the truth is simple, the BIBLE! This is a simple answer that many overlook but those who rely on the knowledge of the Savior know where the answers are. Because those who know the answers have asked the questions God has provided answers.

What are your questions! Why does the church exist? What is the church? Where do I fit in, or do I fit at all? Many of today’s non-churched culture ask these questions but have a difficult time finding answers or people that will even try. I am convinced that many of these “curious bobs” are going around with a lot of solid questions but are afraid to ask! WHY? Why, because there are those who judge others because of clothes, or lifestyles, or tattoos, or even earrings in places other than ears.

If Jesus were alive today would he have a tattoo or a pierced nose? I do not know but I am sure that he would love those who do!

Peace out

It is almost spring and I am so stoked! As the winter months are slipping away and the spring time air is just around the corner I am pumped at the beginning of new life, the green of the trees and life again. Winter has such a sad feeling to it, dark and glum, but with spring there is life.

My favorite time of the year is the first time the trees begin to bud and the birds start to sing. I get excited to think about it, but I also get sad at the way that things used to be.

Question? When we die are we dead? This is a question that many run through their mind but few are finding the answer. I believe that when I die my body has completed the task of housing my spirit and the real me, the spirit that lives inside me goes to heaven to hang with Jesus. This is a simple but a biblical way to look at death. We as children of God have two choices that will effect eternity, except Jesus and hang with him forever in heaven, or, reject Jesus and spend eternity in hell separated from all that is good forever.  Too many people are trying to justify their belief system by inventing “stuff” to have faith in. For me I choose, and I hope you do too, to believe in the one that Gives life, GOD!

There are all kinds of religions, but only one living God. There are all kinds of gods, but only one living God!

Peace out

I was listening to a writer today that said when he begins a new piece he wait for the paper to speak to him. I thought this was a little weird then i hear the keyboard speak to me! SCAREY!

see when we are looking for inspired words many times we are listening to the wrong source. as I write or type the rain is falling at a high rate of drops, it is pouring! This storm reminds me of life and how we are soaked by stuff. When are we to stop worrying about the storms of life and just begin to stay dry from the drops? i am aware that i sound weird but when people become overcome by the small picture it is hard to see the rainbow just beyond the clouds!

I spoke with a pastor today that shared a frustration, his church is water logged and refusing to get in from the storm. Let me explain. For 10 years the church has grown and God has been blessed. But they are at a block in the road, those who want to move on are frustrated with those who are stuck in the past. Many hear God, and see God but those with blinders on to his plan are “stuck in the mud!” If the church is to reach the new level that God has for him, the mud has to be cleared.

Church is an amazing place. People are amazing creatures. Both get stuck easy and both sometimes refuse to listen to the VOCE of God!

Have you ever heard of a wishing well? This is a well that you throw a coin in and make a wish, hoping the wish will come true. This is a wise tell like do not step on a crack on the sidewalk or you will brake your momma’s back. Crazy isn’t it? All of these are fables or stories that are told to you as a child that many grow up to believe. These fables are the stories that help form the childhood of many people, but without merit. Why?

I grew up in a small town in East Tennessee on a farm. Life was good and my childhood was somewhat normal. All the time I was growing up we would invite friends from town to come to the farm and steal(not really) watermelons from a fictions neighbor’s field. The reason we did this was to scare the dickens out of the townies, it was a blast. See growing up in the 60’s and the 70’s summers were kind of boring and without any major things happing, but grabbin watermelons in the dead of a hot summer night just made things a little more livelier.  See the fun was listening to young adults, ages 16-21, yell like a 3 year old running from a spanking. The element of surprise just has an encouraging effect in the lives of this age group.

Many look at their life serving God with the same type of fear. The fear of the unknown just makes some scream like a 3 year old. I do not understand, but I know it is a mess. See when you and I are faced with a battle we must win instead of running from the problem, we must run towards the source of our victory, Jesus. If we put our trust in God there is nothing we cannot overcome. We battle uncontrollable issues that tie our hands but not our hearts.

If you are faced with a problem let God be in control. Place your trust and your faith in the one that gives life. This is a simple task that leads to forgiveness in HIM.

Peace out

I have been sitting and wondering why the past memories are so life changing, why when we go to safe places in our past there is a comfortable feeling of bliss?

When you and I remember the past we many times just remember the good stuff. We think of college and remember the first day on campus but not the first encounter with the student loan office because our grants did not get in on time. We remember moving into the dorms, but, try to forget our first college roommate; I wonder what happen to ET? Then we have the thought of all the food, too bad the horror of the café still lingers in my mind! My point is that we all have places of a safe nature that protect us from the horror and the reality of growing into adult hood. Freedom from our parents, our own credit card, and life as a single adult! WOW!

See I remember those days and the joy that filled my heart. Not just the excitement of having a roof over my head and three meals a day, but the fact that in some small way, I belonged! I belonged to a group of people that did not care about my past they just wanted to be part of my future and belong to my present. Days hanging at the student center, walking by the river and swimming at the lake made college seem like a different place in time. Life was simple then: God was in this place

So as I sit with key board at hand I am grateful for the friendships and prayers, I am thankful for the families that took me in and made me apart of their family. I am overwhelmed at the grace that was provided and the prayers that were shared on my behalf. I am blessed by those who put up with my junk and still called me your friend. Thank you for being Jesus in my life!

Peace out