Balderdash

Unfortunately they didn't train him how to take the gun off safe.

The Grand Canyon vs Mulch

Intersting title isn't it? It is 1:16 in the morning and I can not sleep; I have cramps. Te last time my body cramped up this bad was in 2000 when I hiked from the top of the Grand Canyon to the Colorado river. It took my step-brother and I 4 hours to get to the bottom. We fell asleep but was awaken by the park ranger telling us to keep moving. after 12 hours later we were back at the car. I had the worst cramps in every part of my body.

Yesterdy me and three other guys laid 500 bags of mulch, and I feel the same cramps. I was hurting. I never thought I would be comparing the two.

Trusting God at his promise

We should all know the story of Moses and the burning bush...right? If not read Exodus 3. God tells Moses that he would bring the Israelites to the mountain where Moses stood in front of the burning bush (Gods mountain).

What I find fascinating is that the Israelites were in slavery to the Egyptians. How was God going to bring them out of Egypt to Sinai? Due to several plagues Pharaoh let the Israelites leave Egypt. The Israelites go through a time of having to trust God. They are chased by the Egyptians through the desert, God in turn leads them through the Red Sea. They are hungry and God feeds them. They thirst God gives them water to drink. God leads the Israelites by a cloud of smoke during the day and a pillar of fire by night. The entire time the Israelites were going through the desert God was with them guiding and providing for them. He brought His people to Sinai just as He said He would!

Has God ever told you He would do something? It's pretty cool and exciting when He does. God tells Moses at Sinai He brought the Israelites out on Eagles wings, which is a neat way of putting it. A mother eagle determines when it is time for the baby bird to leave the nest (about 3 months) and begins to rough up the nest making it undesirable to remain in. The eagle tosses the baby bird out of the nest to teach it how to fly. Right before the baby hits the ground the mother swoops down and catches the baby on her wings. The process is repeated until the baby flys. God is faithful to do what He says He will do even when it seems to be impossible.

BABY'S-R-US SURVIVAL GUIDE FOR MEN

I offered to go to BABY'S-R-US with my wife and grab some gifts for a baby shower, big mistake. I noticed and experienced a few things.All the men have the same "I don't belong here" look on there face. Then the pity stare as we walk by each other. Several pregnant women shopping in the same store is WW III waiting to happen.

Here are some things I learned in about 20 minutes:

1. Never,ever make eye contact with a pregnant woman.
2. The lost look on a mans face is usually misunderstood as eavesdropping.
3. Do not stop for more than 3 minutes in one spot or you'll be accused of eavesdropping.
4. Stay as close to your wife as possible. Which is hard for me since I cant navigate through the store as quickly as she can.
5. Do not appear to not want to be there.
6. Do not use the baby rattles as a musical instrument.
7. No you cant fit in a baby's crib no matter how big it looks.
8. Do not go near the breast feeding area, you don't belong there.
9. The words,"When are you due" should never come out of your mouth, I know your trying to fit in but if your wife doesn't ask, she's not expecting!
10. Unless you are shopping for your child try to stay in the car.

Ted Haggard on Oprah

I caught the end of this interview between Oprah and Ted Haggard. I don't know all the details of Teds story. What I do know is Ted was a pastor at a New Life church in Colorado Springs. Ted had a drug fueled homosexual "experience". He later resigned from the church he founded. Ted then went on with his life as a door to door insurance salesmen among other things.

It hurt to see Ted and his family struggle through the consequences of his actions. It was also interesting to see Oprah try to pin Ted down with questions to get him to say either God doesn't accept gays, or God does accept gays the way they are. It was hard for me at first to discern if Ted was either justifying his action or forgiving himself. I think the last thing he said made a lot of sense to me," God loves all the unrighteous. If we would just seek Him, He will make the necessary changes in our lives."

How do we seek God? Well we need to know Him by the Holy Spirit through His Word. As long as we, the unrighteous, will either start or continue to seek God by His Word that would make all the difference. I saw some healing in Teds story. I'm sure some will pull justification for being unrighteous out of his story. And others will throw fire and brimstone at him, but what did Jesus do? I see a picture of forgiveness and healing.

God, I pray that you line the straight and narrow path with several telephone poles so that as soon as I begin to stray, I don't go any further than the thought.

Muscle

I went with my wife to a classic car show and auction. Although nobody would give me their car I had a great time coveting. Here is my top three muscle cars in order: First we have the 1070 GTO Judge "The Judge". If you have ever seen the movie Dazed and Confused this is the car in the opening. I could only find yellow but my favorite color on this car is red.

Second is the Road Runner. I think this car is a 1970 but I cant remember. I like the 440 six pack on these cars this Road Runner has the stroker for it's power plant.

My third favorite muscle car is the Charger. And of course in the South we know the Charger as the "General Lee".

My First Wedding Anniversary

Today is our first wedding anniversary! 1 year has gone by really fast. Carly made a comment to my Grandma today," The hard parts over now right?". The expression on her face was a good answer. Here's to many more good years!