Beard Vow!

I have made a vow that I will not shave my beard until the birth of my 3rd Child that is due approx. March 19th 2011. At the completion of this vow my beard will be around 7.5 months old. This Beard will grow as organically and freely as it wishes. However, I will trim my mustache sparingly in order that the hair from my stache doesn't grow half way down my throat!

Suppression invites Depression

One of the worst things we can do as humans is to suppress our passion and dreams to pursue greatness. If you want to live a depressed, discouraged life then resort to just pleasing everyone else. The reality is there are plenty of excuses to lose the craving we once posessed; Im stuck in a career I can't get out of, My marriage is failing, My kids aren't inspired by my life, etc.. But listen to me, excuses will not heal the heart of a broken dreamer. You're a pioneer, visionary, revolutionary, so you only have one option; Stand tall, regain your composure and return to what screams in your soul to be uncaged!

Returning Soon

To all of my millions of blog followers out there(hahaha) I will be returning to the blog scene next week!!!! It's been a relaxing sabbatical from the blog world...

JUST THINKING......

As I sit here anxiously anticipating a package to arrive via courier service, I ask myself why I don't get this sense of urgency for the return of Jesus? Is it that I don't genuinely believe He is returning to redeem His followers, or is it that my life is so focused on the temporal that I could care less when He returns? This may be something we all need to work out???

WE CAN'T LIVE APPREHENSIVELY

Pursuing Jesus requires instinctive and intuitive actions and reactions. We don't have time to be apprehensive when it comes to chasing Jesus dreams, nor does God want us to hesitate when he has called us to encounter the unknown. The reality is we are taught our whole lives to be careful and cautious in making decisions that may have a major impact on our lives. Jesus gave no time for logical thinking when he called people to uncomfortably engage his teaching and embrace his lifestyle.
We should trust our instinctive and intuitive jabs relying that the Spirit's logic trumps our finite reasoning any time. Let's not allow the uncharted and unexamined exclude us from the destination God may have for the illogical pursuers...

LISTEN TO THE STORY BEHIND THIS AWESOME SONG!!!!!

Yes Massa...

Don't read the Gospels if you love money!!!! Seriously, because you will Americanize those passages that command you to give it all away in order to truly follow Jesus. I would rather you not read them at all, than hear you give your version of being a good steward of God's money and all that stupid donkey crap!!!! One of America's leading Christian financial Advisers instructs us to put 15% in to retirement, and 10% in to God's kingdom. Listen to me, there is a problem if we're putting more money in to our retirement than we are giving to God's kingdom. But Jesus, " We're just trying to be good stewards." There is a problem if we are storing up more money in savings, than we are giving to those who need. Oh yeah, Jesus actually says, "Store" up your treasures on heaven and earth. There is a problem if we spend more time pondering our next financial move, than we do falling in love with Jesus.

Don't read Francis Chan's book, " Crazy Love" unless you want to make a change in your life.