Quicky Collaboration

I typed a short funny this morning and then an old Friend (Thanks Chris Day) added to it... here's what we came up with.



Coffee, your aroma is intoxicating. You fill my mucus-filled cavities will sniffs of heaven. You waft into the orifices of my head like the songs of George Michael (also very addicting). You set up camp in my nose and wait for me enjoy your decadence. Surely splenda and creamer will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of stars and bucks forever amen!

Talking is one thing...

It's so much easier to talk about something, than to actually do it. Straight out of the talk about Love being the hard things... my whole family is confronted with the chance to REALLY love...

Hope we don't screw it up!

HIT IN THE FACE!

This post title to me is funny because I've literally been hit in the face and figuratively/spiritually been hit in the face today.

Let me explain...

LITERALLY (it's easier to start here)
I play basketball a few times a week with some friends, and from time to time I end up on a mismatch. Today was that day, and not in my favor. I was guarding Bob today... Bob's a big guy! Well, to keep the story short... at one point today, I went for the ball only to be met by some extremity of Bob's. I felt like I was punched... seriously, the last time I felt that... I was being hit by another guy in the boys bathroom in High School. It's hours later, and I can still feel it.

FIGURATIVELY/SPIRITUALLY
This was not much different honestly. I still feel it, and it still hurts. I like Podcasts... A LOT! And I have made it a habit to listen to them while I workout. I like to change my music too much to listen to music while I workout. So, today I'm listening to Andy Stanley... a series they did at North Point called "It Came From Within". The whole series has been eye opening, but this one was a HIT IN THE FACE!

He was talking about Greed, and honestly no one wants to call themselves greedy. Although as Americans... WE ARE A GREEDY NATION! So, anyways Andy makes a statement, which actually isn't his statement... it's God's from Matthew, he said this:

"If you're eyes are generous... you will be generous. If you're eyes are envious... you will be envious."

OUCH! WHO JUST PUNCHED ME IN THE FACE?

So many times I find myself looking at STUFF and thinking: "Why can't I have a cool car", "I want a basketball goal", "I want a plasma tv, blackberry, new macbook" stuff I don't really dwell on, but check this. I also get letters from kids who are going to China to help people see God in a more clear light, and the first thing I do is say "Well, I'll pray for you" giving isn't even an option for me.

My eyes and subsequently my heart... are not generous! Yet, I'm trying to raise two boys to be generous men. So, letter on my table from random student... you arrived at THE right time.

Finding Purpose

I've been trying to do this blogging thing for about 2 years now, and I get a good head of steam only to run out of coal. All failures aside... I'm going at it again.

I really want my boys in future years to be able to read this, and know what was happening in my heart... I want my wife to be able to read this now, and know things that I SUCK at communicating.

I'm submitting to the fact that life doesn't suck... I SUCK!

But even I can find healing