Sharing the love?

Sometimes God puts you in place and in situations that make you feel like, "what the crap was that God". That was the way it was tonite, when I was doing some work at my apartment complex here in Savannah. We were supposed to be having a game night for residents where they would bring their own games and all of that dump, and over the past six months I have planned this night almost every month, and every single month that it has been planned no one has showed up until tonite. One person. One person showed up and was probably one of the most interesting characters that I have ever meet in my life. He was like a combination of Woody Allen and someone that I can't really put my finger on but I promise you that this guy was totally wired. And I loved it! This guy is one of the biggest characters that I have ever meet. First off, he brought this card game that I have never heard of and never really got the whole time that we played the game, and he said a many of curse words about every other word, and then he spent about 30 mins. Telling me his random hunting memories. I say all this to because this weekend at the Winter Retreat. My students studied about loving God and loving people. I found myself asking in all the bizarreness of this situation, Am I really going to try love and accept this person? Why is it, of course that God hits you with what He knows that you need to work on most, as always. His love. Is it really penetrating my soul? Does His love reside in me? Please God, help me love people like Steve, people who I don't understand, help me to show your love, invade God, invade.

God, God, God

Today, yesterday, and everyday I wake up and it's still there. It is still there in my heart, in my soul, and in my mind. It invades everything that I do. Every thought, every breathe, every tear, every everything. What is this all encompassing thing. It is my relationship with the ever presence GOD. The only GOD. There is only one, and He is in everything. Why He decided to join us down here in all the junk of our lives I will never know but He does and it is awesome. I wake up and He is there, I go to wal-mart and He is there, He joins me in all the amazing moments of my life and all the daily random low budget moments as well. Today God I pray that I will be fully aware of your presence in my life and enjoy every moment.

"First, God. God is the subject of life. God is the foundational for living. If we don't have sense of the primacy of God, we will never get it right, get life right, get our lives right. Not God at the margins, not God as an option; not God on the weekends. God at the center and circumference; God first and last; God, God, God."
-Eugene Peterson-

The Ringer?? Anyone...

So tonite I went to see the mediocre Johnny Knoxville Film "The Ringer" which turned out to be absolutely hilarious, and a great film. It was another example of not judging a book by it's cover. Now, granted it is no Oscar, but it is just such a funny and lite-hearted movie. The first time I ever saw the previews for this movie I was like, "Is there nothing in this world sacred!!! I mean come on now they are making a movie with mentally retarded folk in the movie, and making fun of them" Wow! Granted I did laugh at the "Special Olympics Song" (not proud of) but this was different, a whole movie making fun of the mentally challenged seemed a little harsh. But, then my brother from another mother Jake came into my office at work and told me about it and told me how the Special Olympics were actually promoting this movie, and that it portrayed them in an awesome lite-hearted way. Afterwards I was still a litte ify, but then I thought about it, and thought about out our politically correct world in which we live and deceided that it wouldn't let a movie that just blantly made fun of the mentally retarded out to wander our streets and theatres around (hopefully). So I went to see the movie and it turned out to be one of the funniest movies I have seen in a long time. I was smiling during the whole movie. You fall in love with the charcters and the movie is full of one liners that people at your work or school will love at first but eventually get tired of you saying them like Napolean and probably tell you to "Shut the crap up". But anyway's If you like a good comdey then you should go see this movie and you shouldn't be disappointed. It is so cute!! (Sorry if that phrase sounds gay but it is)

Anyho, for anyone who is taking time out of their life to read my dump I love you!

Donald Miller and Random Thoughts

If you haven't checked out any of Donald Millers work then you are truly missing out. He is great and I love his style of writing and his views on Christianity, and love. Check out Blue Like Jazz, or Through Painted Deserts, any of his works are great! I highly recommend it.

Check his words out at donaldmillerwords.com

From the heart the winner comes, and then the triumph after it.
It is either from within or from without and life doesn't really make sense sometimes, you know
The more you go for it, the more you seem like you fail
What is life
accomplishments, love, etc
what ever it is it is about Him and I hope He shows me what it is about everyday my friend
Because His heart is good, His heart is pure, and His heart is where all truth flows from
Find it Him, Find life, Find life, Find Him

All from a taste of Summer.

Sometimes life comes at you so fast one day I am single and the next day I am speaking to a new group of kids about my fiance and her family like I was tonite. It was awesome. Sometimes I can't believe I am getting ready to get married. In just a few short months I will have a woman walking around my apartment being womanly which is awesome but kind of scary at the same time. I mean it is strange to think about living your life with one person for the rest of your life which is exactly what I want but I also want to know that we are absolutely best friends. I have so much fun with Ashley. She is amazing and our connections is so awesome. I have so much fun with her. We went to Hilton Head last Saturday and it was awesome. We laughed, played, and then came back to the apartment and just hung with each other which was amazingly delightful. Anyways, it is truly amazing and is something that I really do not know what to expect until I get into it. Pray for me that God will continue to give me a great peace about spending the rest of my life with Ashley.

Tonite was an awesome nite at the living room. Kids were amazing, music was awesome, and their eyes and ears were so bright. Let their ears hear, and their eyes see what is being said, and take His words and let them penetrate their hearts, to action.