I figgerd it out

On one of my last posts, I asked the question "why isn't this God's will when everything is so right?" Well I think that I have the answer. Ok I lied, I got nothing. It seems that my planning out of my life is important and necessary for growth and learning, but just for that. God's planning of my life is the thing that directly impacts my future. I can plan on going to a church and serving as a youth pastor and take all of the necessary steps, but all that it will accomplish is experience in my "what to do or not to do" area of my brain. My planning is very helpful and needed, but if it is not THE PLAN, then it will only take me so far. So, either way it was good.

Home alone

Hey guys, wife is gone, home alone, anyone for a party? Seriously, though I never thought that being married and then being apart for a few days would be so lonley. So I have been working with Matt McCarnan and that has been grand. But working is a bit different then being with the wife. I rented a movie, and a video game to keep me company, but they only amused me for so long. This is what it means to be old!!!!!!!!!!!

Once in a blue moon

This all seems wierd. I think I have been here before. Yeah, I was here last February. I vaguely remember. Almost like it was a dream.
I would like to first of all say a big thank you to all of my friends who make fun of me because I do not blog. That was the encouragement that I needed. So now the time has come to re-cap my life since February.
Just kidding.
But I will make this short and sweet because I am supposed to be working. God has been teaching me all sorts of things. From being newly married, I have realize how selfish I am. Plus since I am now staying in Watertown for a little bit longer my plans have changed quite a bit. For those of you who don't know, I had a church looking at me for their youth pastor position in Michigan. They were very interested in me for over a month. I went back for the second visit and had a great time. But they wanted to look elsewhere. So now I am back to square one. Here is a question for thought. I thought that this was going to be God's will for my life. I was excited about the opportunity, I had a passion for these teens, but why would all of that be there if it wasn't God's will? Everything seemed clear and set in place where it should be and then the rug is taken out from under my feet. What is the deal? Well I am gonna think on that one for a bit.
It has been a year since my brother died. Life is not the same still, but I cherish it all the more.
Miss ya bro.

Hmm...

Okay, this NOT Bobby Endyk updating this blog, because he never does. He refuses to. I think it is a laziness issue. Let us just say that someone he knows figured out how to hack into his blog and update it for him. So now all of you that check it semi-often in the hopes that something new will be posted might be happy once in a while!

Unbelievable...

Free Ipod

http://ipods.freepay.com/?r=26025354, go here and help me get an ipod for free! You need to complete one offer, but some of them are free and will take like 5 minutes to do. It really works too. I have witnessed it and why would I lie about this. OK thanks to every one who helps.

Here we go again

Ok, since I have had countless numbers of people ask me ever so nicely to update my blog, and since I do not want to work on my paper that I need to get started on, I thought I would take the time to do so. The last posting was in December sometime so this could be a long one. Well Christmas was a good time to spend with family and friends. Have you ever eaten so much and gotten so full that all of your favorite foods make ya wanna hurl? Yeah I haven't but I heard that it is frustrating and nauseating. Anyways we had received a turkey fryer for Christmas and we fried 2 ten pound birds. Oh my goodness, that is a lot of food. Then the desserts and stuffing, and my favorite word in the english dictionary, LEFTOVERS! We still have probably 5 pounds of turkey left.
I have been pretty busy with work. One day I worked for almost 19 hours. Yeah it was miserable. But this past week has been pretty fun. My fiancee (aka Valerie) came up for 4 days and one of my best friends (aka Bob Jones student) and his girlfriend (aka girl Bobbi) hung out with us all week. We had fun. What else can I say. Except that we did not get arrested.
But it is now almost time to get into the swing of things. Papers, work, school, and stuff. And the people rejoiced!
But one thing that has been on my mind is the fact that when I have a chance to be selfish I have taken that chance. Whether that means sleeping in or staying up late rather than diving into the Word even for just a moment, it always seems to tempt me when I have time on my hands to be selfish. When I am in the routine and schedule of life, I find it easier to fellowship with Christ when I have no time to do so. That is just one of those things that drive me nuts about vacations. If I have "free" time I use it for "me" time.
Well I am off for now and I promise that I will write soon.

Have you ever wondered. . .

Have you ever wondered where time has gone? It seemed that just yesterday I was stuffing my face with all sorts of food; I didn't care about what else was going on in life because I was happy getting fatter. Wait. . . .time does fly. Man, being a senior and having senioritis (c'mon you all know about this to some extent or another, just another excuse not to do homework) is really fun. There is just something about knowing that you have homework and not doing it that gives you a thrill. Maybe it is just the excitement of that last minute cram, or the adventure of not knowing what in the world you are writing as you turn this paper in. To me that is where the real excitement is at!! Then you find yourself working on your blog knowing that you have to read a book and write 5 pages on it by monday. Ok got go.

Some pictures say a thousand words, this one needs none. 

Thankful

There was a time not too long ago in my life where I felt very unthankful for things that had happened. My world, which seemed to be spinning so fast at the time, came to a standstill. I had lost a brother and a friend. I remember sitting in the car with my best friend and trying to comprehend all that had just happend. How can I be thankful for such an event?
But little did I know how God was going to use that day in my life. Have you ever wondered why we are supposed to count it all joy when we fall into various trials? Because God is working out His perfect plan in us to make us complete. Without these trials we are shallow; we are lacking this steadfastness that we need. We are hollow shells; we are incomplete vessels. I am not complete. . . . . yet! God is not finished with me yet, and to make me complete, lacking nothing, God will work out his plan!
So I have plenty to be thankful for. First of all I have finally started this stupid blog. This might be the only posting in it for a while. Second I am thankful for relationships. I am thankful for love that is better than life. If all that I had was my relationship with Christ, I would need to be eternally grateful. But, God has given me a wonderful fiancee and the coolest friends ever. My family has been important especially lately in my life.
I am thankful that my brother is spending thanksgiving with the One who is the ultimate lover of his soul. Mike is thankful I am sure too.