Leftovers

Day 1

I, for one, hate leftovers. for the most part. there are the occasional kinds of leftovers i will eat. but most likely if it's a couple days old, i'm not eating it.

i've been reading Crazy Love by Francis Chan recently and just finished a chapter that talked about giving God our leftovers. what i thought was interesting (and thought of for the first time) was that God has the same feelings about leftovers as we do...he doesn't want 'em. how can something not be good enough for us, but somehow good enough for a Holy God who gives us His best and demands the same of us? simple, i know, but still profound. i can't fill my life with all of these "things of God" and then give Him what's left, which is usually very little. he wants my best. and He deserves nothing less.

The 30 Day Challenge

ok. it's been almost 5 months since i posted on this blog. however, in an attempt to kind of be accountable to myself, i am challenging myself to a 30 day period of daily posts on what God is teaching me. since i know no one reads this, this really is something of a self accountability tool. if you have stumbled upon my musings, welcome. i encourage you to check back daily looking for the current day's post. if there isn't one to be found, i give anyone the authority to email me and ask "What's up?" for today's post, i will be writing later this afternoon when i get home. i would say check back about 5 pm for the first real post.

is there anyone out there who happens to still click their way onto my blog?

are you serious?

so the battery in the Pathfinder was dead. i was stranded at school with no one around to jump me off. but what do my longing eyes see? a car coming! a student at my high school was coming to baseball practice. i signal him over and ask him for some help. he agrees and pulls up next to my car. i ask him to pop the hood and he complies. what happens next was one of those "are you serious?" moments. he gets out of the car after popping the hood. he proceeds to put his hand under the hood and pull. he had, however, forgotten about this new contraption under the hood called a latch that keeps a popped hood from flying open if driving down the road. after about 30 seconds of watching in amazement, i walked over and helped the poor lad. once the hood was open, he proceeded to tell me he had NO IDEA how to jump off a car and that i was on my own. lucky i learned when i was 12 how to jump start a car.

just out of curiousity, when did you learn how to jump start a car, if ever? this poor senior in high school had somehow missed this vital information.

the monthly blog post.

i know, i know. i said i was going to be blogging again more consistently, and here it is, one month from my last post. so shoot me. things have been busier (is that even a word?) than normal trying to finish up school before spring break. 2 days. you cannot imagine the anticipation of these 2 days to be over. Karen and i will be on a plane this saturday headed out to NV for a fun-filled week in Vegas. we're also going to see the Grand Canyon, which i've heard is little more exciting than a large hole in th ground. (if you've been there, help me out and give me some of your thoughts.) however, i am looking forward to seeing that large hole in the ground being the artsy type that i am. i am already thinking of the pictures i can take. i think what i am most excited about is the chance i will have to sleep in more that 1 day out of the week. when it comes to vacations, i'm easy to please. give me a comfy bed and a relaxed agenda and i'm content. i'd much rather do nothing on vacation than have 1,000,000 things to do while we're there. hopefully there will be some cool pictures to post upon my return.

What are/were your plans for spring break, if you are fortunate enough to have it?

Mississippi Times

i spent the weekend in Quitman, Mississippi playing at a Disciple Now. it was quite amazing. it reminded me of what students are capable of. i've kinda let myslef get into a rut playing at FUZE. it's almost become like work. this trip to Mississippi, although exhausting, has re-energized me in my passion for leading students in worship. i can also thank the "blizzard" that allowed me to stay home on Monday and recover from the weekend for my re-energization. i totally just made that word up.

thank you, First Baptist, Quitman, MS for having us come play for you, and rocking OUR faces off with your heart for worship. i look forward to returning very, very soon.

back for real this time.

so i wrote a long time ago that i was going to come back and post on this blog. well, nobody's perfect. so this is really a post to more-or-less say that i am still alive and will be (for real) posting here periodically. if you read this, leave a comment so i know who out there is reading and how few there are.

peace.