Fear

Everyone has them. Fears. The fear of death. The fear of life. The fear of the economy and everything in between. One of my fears is to have none at all. To be numb. To not feel any emotion. If I ev er get to a point where I cannot not cry, that would really put fear in me. I know Jesus said fear not. And, I am working on those abstract things that can cause fear. But, just like the original disciples of Christ I still call from the bottom of this boat called life and scream out loud, JESUS!!!!!! HELP!!!!! Because if I am to numb to cry out, I would die in this boat. Just a thought.........
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Lessons from a sisteen year old

My oldest son will be 16 in about two weeks. We just bought him his first truck. I was talking to him last night and it was evident that he was purely focused on one thing, driving. He understands that with that comes certain responsibilities and freedoms. A tension that should not exist but does. I have learned several things from him over the course of the last few days. First, he is focused - that in itself is a lesson. See what you want and go for it. Secondly, he he listening better. I am sure that is do to being this close of actually driving the tuck! and most of all, he is expecting. His expectations will no doubt be brought down by the current gas prices, yet I have learned that expectation is the ingredient that everything else is fertilized with. Just a Thought............

Sum Sum Summer Time!!!!!!

Well it is about to arrive! The summer of 2008. Water parks, vacations, picnics, cold creeks (or at least in the country where I live) sun burns, float trips, youth camps and the list goes on. This year my family and I will be taking our first vacation in several years (shame on us). I plan on using this time to rest and recharge. Its a Biblical principal. Its called Sabbath. I don't want to continue to "get all I can and can all I get". I want to chill. I want to not have to be creative. I just want to have fun with my family, get alone with God, reflect and just get what I like to call "stupid silly". Its the summer time - and I am gonna chill! Just A Thought.........

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Think

Its Friday. The rain is pouring out of the sky. The ground is already saturated from a month of hard rains in April. As the rain falls it one can watch as the water just pours off of the ground. I watch as the ground will not receive the rain. Then I think, hmmm... The ground must be able to absorb the water before it can receive any more. Life, in a since, is the same way. We are spoiled. We have more than enough, (well, at least in our western culture we do). We cannot appreciate something fresh because we don't take time to absorb that which God has given to us at a previous season. So, as I look out of the window and watch the rain, I tell myself, enjoy the moment. Take life all the way in as it comes (good and bad). Tomorrow will be Saturday, i wonder if it will rain again? Just a thought........