Stinkin’ Cowboys

Why are they perpetually good and we perpetually not as good?

Is it me or are their players typically arrogant and lacking class? (with the exception of Emmit and Troy).

Anyway, I just finished watching them play the Packers and I was hoping that the Packers would take them down.  But, alas, they have failed.  Favre got hurt, Rodgers had a great game…but I wonder what a sidelined Favre does to the Packers psyche.  So, Favreless, they made a couple runs, but it became obvious very quickly that they were not going to beat those stinkin’ Cowboys. 

At least I can try my hardest to train my son up in the way he should go - as a lifetime Cowboy hater. 

Forgiveness

CS Lewis - “we all agree that forgiveness is a beautiful thing, until we have to practice it.”

Anne Borrowdale - “forgiveness, then, is not some pious hope, but something gritty, rough-edged, an act of will, a recognition of pain, a genuine gift.”

Miroslav Volf - “my thought was pulled in two different directions by the blood of the innocent crying out to God and by the blood of God’s Lamb offered for the guilty.  How does one remain loyal both to the demand of the oppressed for justice and to the gift of forgiveness that the Crucified offered to the perpetrators?”

I’ve been studying Philemon in preparation for a sermon I’m giving soon.  The type of forgiveness that God requires is far beyond what I could have thought or imagined.  In Philemon I’m seeing for the first time that now that I am in Christ, I’m called to forgive with an intensity that I doubt I’m able to muster.  Lord help us.

Be Thankful

I’m remembering two dear friends today.  One was a little girl who went home long before any of us would have liked and one was a man who went home long before any of us would have liked.  Nicole’s birthday is today and she had a smile that could catch your eye from across the room.  She had TONS of energy and she was such a great witness to the power of Jesus in a person’s life.  I’m more thankful than words can give justice to for having known her.

Tom lit up the room every Tuesday morning at the 7am call to prayer.  He prayed with a passion and fervor that would be difficult to find in someone else.  He never hesitated to share about Jesus and he had a genuine love and passion for souls.  I’m so thankful to have been able to call him my friend.

Nicole’s battle was with cancer and Tom’s with HIV.  I long for their company, but know I can’t receive it this side of heaven.  But I wait with great anticipation for a day when I can play beat the sheep with Nicole and walk to the coffee shop with Tom.  When I see their smiles again and am challenged by their faith again.  How God’s heart must be blessed with these two so close to Him.  Thank you Lord. Thank you.

Dream Job

Just got of my buddy Scott’s website - http://www.driftingonthefly.com/index.html.  He’s a fishing guide in Alaska, check out the site and his blog - pretty sweet.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wow…

So I’m working in Panera today and I can’t help but overhear this conversation between two men at the table beside me:

Man 1: “If you want to make money, if you want to be successful - you need a pre-nump.”

Man 2: “Yeah, you’re right.  Really if you want to make money, don’t get married.”

Man 1: “Yep, wait till you’re 40 or 50 to get married and then get a pre-nump.”

Man 2: “That’s what I told my son, he’s in his early twenty’s and I told him, don’t get married.  Now is the time to make money.  you want to succeed in life?  Don’t get married until you’re in your 30’s or later and have success.  you’ll never be successful if you get married now.  Now’s the time to make money.”

Man 1: “That’s right.  And when you do get married…get a pre-nump!  My wife doesn’t have the ability to see the big picture.  She doesn’t understand that we might not be together someday.  But that’s why you need a pre-nump.”

 

Wow.  I know a lot of people have money on their brains.  I know a lot of young men feel pressure to succeed and make money.  But what in the world has happened to us when we have conversations like these?  Does marriage still mean much of anything?  Or is it more like “going steady” for a while?  These guys are more worried about loosing their potential fortune than they are finding the woman of their dreams and raising a family and growing old together.  money, money, money.  I guess that’s just what its all about.  sheesh…