I'd like to eat less...and love more.
I'd like to not be as angry...and be more encouraging.
I'd like to not be so busy...and spend more time helping my son put together legos.
I'd like to not be as critical...and serve my wife more without having to let her know about it.
I'd like to not be so petty...and enjoy slow time with good friends.
I'd like to not be the same...I will be different.
More of Him...less of me in 2008!
Monday, December 31, 2007
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Christmas Morning
Only 30 minutes of set-up and one small spat with my wife later and the boys are playing their Wii. It is a lot of fun. We will all enjoy it! What else conveys the true spirit of Christmas than playing with electronics all day on Christmas?
The snow outside really is beautiful (and I really hate snow!). I really enjoy being together with family on days like these. Christ's birth didn't just bring peace but he has also brought so many blessings into my life (and yours too). I am glad to be alive today. I am glad I have my sons and my wife with me.
I am thankful for all of my friends. I am so excited about 2008. There is so much more of God's goodness to explore while we are still here on earth. I want to experience every last bit of it!
Blessings of Christmas to you and a wonderful new year ahead!
The snow outside really is beautiful (and I really hate snow!). I really enjoy being together with family on days like these. Christ's birth didn't just bring peace but he has also brought so many blessings into my life (and yours too). I am glad to be alive today. I am glad I have my sons and my wife with me.
I am thankful for all of my friends. I am so excited about 2008. There is so much more of God's goodness to explore while we are still here on earth. I want to experience every last bit of it!
Blessings of Christmas to you and a wonderful new year ahead!
Saturday, December 15, 2007
Friday, December 14, 2007
Seeing Clearly
Seeing clearly is critical. The other day as I was driving along, the ice and snow was slushy in the streets and that is when I found out that my washer fluid was empty. I made an executive decision that I would keep heading toward my destination without stopping to buy more washer fluid. Bad choice.
As I kept driving my windshield kept getting worse. I would use the wipers every once in a while hoping that the moisture would clean off with a swipe of the wiper blade...no luck. It only smeared it on thicker.
It got so bad, in a short amount of time, that I had to pull off at the nearest gas station and buy a gallon of fluid. Then I had to wait in the parking lot a few extra minutes as the smudge was cleared away with the new fluid and my wipers beat furiously over my windshield.
That is life, friend. You cannot move forward without a clear vision for where you are headed. At least that is what the Scriptures say.
Proverbs 29:18, "Where there is no vision, the people perish..." (KJV)
It can kill a person to drive with the windshield unclear. In fact, there was a recent case here in Des Moines where a young man left his home early one morning and wanting to save time, he didn't take the time to scrape the ice off his windshield, he ended up hitting a 13 year old girl on her way to school. Thankfully, she wasn't killed, but she ended up with broken legs and ribs.
All because one person, in a hurry, thought that he could get to where he was going without seeing clearly. A lesson for us all.
You can not get to where God is wanting to take you in life without clearly having His vision for your life before you. A church cannot become the church God is calling it to be without a clear picture of where it is He is wanting them to go.
In 2008, we find our clarity. You need to fill up your tanks with the fluid of His Word (Ephesians 5:18) and you need to do what it is He is asking you to do. We have aspired as a congregation to INFLUENCE lost people for the sake of Jesus Christ and to CONNECT with other believers in Christ within our church (more than a casual Sunday morning hello) and to DEVOTE ourselves to becoming more like the image of His Son by studying His written Word and finally to HELP wherever we see a need that we know we can fulfill because our gifts from God are for that very purpose!
We make these more than words in a newsletter in 2008, we make them reality! We WILL be the church God is calling us to be. It starts with you.
As I kept driving my windshield kept getting worse. I would use the wipers every once in a while hoping that the moisture would clean off with a swipe of the wiper blade...no luck. It only smeared it on thicker.
It got so bad, in a short amount of time, that I had to pull off at the nearest gas station and buy a gallon of fluid. Then I had to wait in the parking lot a few extra minutes as the smudge was cleared away with the new fluid and my wipers beat furiously over my windshield.
That is life, friend. You cannot move forward without a clear vision for where you are headed. At least that is what the Scriptures say.
Proverbs 29:18, "Where there is no vision, the people perish..." (KJV)
It can kill a person to drive with the windshield unclear. In fact, there was a recent case here in Des Moines where a young man left his home early one morning and wanting to save time, he didn't take the time to scrape the ice off his windshield, he ended up hitting a 13 year old girl on her way to school. Thankfully, she wasn't killed, but she ended up with broken legs and ribs.
All because one person, in a hurry, thought that he could get to where he was going without seeing clearly. A lesson for us all.
You can not get to where God is wanting to take you in life without clearly having His vision for your life before you. A church cannot become the church God is calling it to be without a clear picture of where it is He is wanting them to go.
In 2008, we find our clarity. You need to fill up your tanks with the fluid of His Word (Ephesians 5:18) and you need to do what it is He is asking you to do. We have aspired as a congregation to INFLUENCE lost people for the sake of Jesus Christ and to CONNECT with other believers in Christ within our church (more than a casual Sunday morning hello) and to DEVOTE ourselves to becoming more like the image of His Son by studying His written Word and finally to HELP wherever we see a need that we know we can fulfill because our gifts from God are for that very purpose!
We make these more than words in a newsletter in 2008, we make them reality! We WILL be the church God is calling us to be. It starts with you.
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Christmas Video Production
Here is our latest video production for the Christmas Season...Merry Christmas!
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