all the above

Well I told God I was bored and He changed that. Now it's just the waiting. Waiting for Caroline to call about the job, that I really hope I can get. It's so tempting to just go and give Peggy my two weeks notice. Though Momma always said never count your chickens before they hatch. It also hard not to get cocky and prideful. Because I really do feel that this is a road that God is leading me down. Knowing that and then having to wait for it, just makes my attitude change to "I'm gonna be bustin' out of this joint." Doing my job the the best of my abilities becomes even harder. I want to tell people at work that I am leaving, partly because I am excited about it. Though it's also partly because I want them to be jealous of me and say ooooh and aaaaah. It's so Ironic that that in about 3 weeks time I have gone from being totally against the thought of doing things like ABA therapy to being completely set on doing it and even having to fight off the temptations that surround it. All night at work yesterday i found my thoughts going places thy shouldn't. For example Stephanie was showing me how to measure for tuxedos for the the first time in the 2 years since started working there. I kept saying to myself "oh yea great timing to start showing me this stuff" and "Why do I even need to pay attention to this?" I had to correct myself many times. But i am learning i believe that this waiting period is a test for me as well. Actually I know it is. I have been reading on being a "Lady in waiting" and controlling my thoughts instead of vice-versa is one thing that I have to work on. I can be very quiet in my speech, but when it comes to my thoughts they are very out going.

I can say though that I am feeling closer and closer to God everyday and I love it. I find myself being bolder and more willing. I was talking to Julia the other day and she was telling me about someone she has tried to witness to. I said that I hurt more now that ever not just for those that aren't saved but for those that are not living out there potential in Christ.

Well, in other news i am going to be in the market for a "new to me" vehicle pretty soon. I don't want to give up the truck, but even if i was able to pay for another vehicle with out getting some money off of it i would not be able to afford the insurance of both vehicles. So therefor it would just sit in the yard. And that would jut not be fair for a great truck such as that. I think that i am gonna for for something like a Honda or small Nissan car. So that if i do get this new job when i have to drive with kids they can be safe in a back seat. plus i just need something with better gas mileage that a truck right now.

OK so that is it for at the present time.

What's my direction?

Well, much has happened over the last couple weeks. I am heavily considering starting work in ABA therapy. In fact here in about an hour I will be on my way with Nicki to go to her clients house so that I can get my feet wet and really get a feel for what I could be doing.

ABA therapy has always been something that has scared me a bunch and therefore I have stayed as far away from it as possible. Though over the passed couple weeks since I was seriously approached about it I really have taken it into consideration. I have really thought about what the job involves and I actually worked through my fear with God instead of just shrugging it off.

I had gotten way behind on my biology. Instead of taking the losers way out i faced it and got the job done! that was a first for me.

I am now "doubting my doubts and believing my beliefs"
I am facing things in my self that I have always turned ways from and said "oh
I will deal with that later. and when I say later I mean never"

I am truly excited about where I am going and what God is showing me. He truly is amazing.

"This is the bomb that I've been waiting for living for. You finally lit the fuse that's in my head"

count em 1..2..10

How many people can say they rocked out with their Mom at a A switchfoot concert???

Goodnight

Good morningblue bird

Oh so early. Oh so little sleep. today we go to the Switchfooot but not tilll after we are awake all-day in asheville. pray for us (the drama team) at the Elida house this morning. Lot's oh warfare

Oh my.....

...God?

Back to a simpler place and food.

OK.
So its not that I don't like Hunting. I actually really don't have a problem with the activity itself. It's just something I choose not to participate in. I am thankful for those that are able to do that to provide for families and there nutrition needs.

THOUGH, I do have a problem with these hunters that go out and kill animals just because they can. They have no regard for rules and regulations, and if a population were to be extinct because of their overzealous trigger finger, the only thing that would bother them would be that they didn't have anything to do on the weekend. Never mind the fact that these are beautiful creatures of God.

Now while humans are meant to "rule" over nature, we can also have respect for it.

We as humans, including myself, waste SO much.

I think I have become some what of a Hippie over the past couple of years. Of course, minus the acid trips and such. It just amazes me the things that people will do just so they don't have to slow down. Innocent creatures get tortured just so we can have mass food intakes. Grocery stores lower the prices that they pay growers for their produce. In turn the growers have to lower the quality of the food they grow in order to be able to afford to grow it. We end up with less variety and

I don't plan on becoming a Vegan or a fruitarian or a Jainist, and I don't mean anything of this in a psycho Peta way. It's just one of my issues. I just want to make people more aware of what is happening around then. So many people some with out even knowing it buy into the "ignorance is bliss" hole. Just because something CAN be done doesn't mean that it SHOULD be done.

OK this Hunting "article" completely evolved into something else but, none the less that is a piece of my mind. Which, by the way, has NOT been chemically altered.

It's a drama thing..

I came home from class this morning, ate some breakfast and was getting ready to sit down and do some biology. I walked past the counter and i see my bible laying there, and I think to myself, "Hmm, I have not read in a few days." Then just walked by. I walked by it a couple times.
Then a few minuted later I walk by it. I hear a voice in my head. You know what it said....

"Read my word"

You Are: 60% Dog, 40% Cat

You are a nice blend of cat and dog. You're playful but not too needy. And you're friendly but careful. And while you have your moody moments, you're too happy to stay upset for long.

Are You More Cat or Dog?

Punch it...

"What is more Impotant?"


"Get Over it!"


"To be a teacher you must first be a student"


"Failing is not at Option"


"Gumption: Courage and initiative"

That is a sample of the things I have to to "Post-it" myself today......
I'm coming through!

"No more shackles, No more chains, no more Bondage....I AM FREEEEEEEEE! YEA!!!"

Wiki Wiki

I could literally spend hours getting lost in the Wikipedia Links.....

It is starting to become a new favorite hobby.....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Happy Birthday

10...9...8...7...6...5...4...3...2...1....MOM is 51!!!

smiles and sighs

I felt myself mature today.

Today it was easy.

I hold no preconceived ideas that tomorrow will bring the same.

But that is tomorrow.

I will celebrate today.

I keep the ends out for the TIE that binds.....

I learned how to tie a tie today.
CHECK THIS

Can I get a woot woot!

just thoughs....

Love between a man and a woman is not just gazing into each other eyes. It is both looking forward together at the same goal.

people have so many expectations for all this passion and excitement that is supposed to saturate a marriage. then when it's not there it is said that you have fallen out of love. This is all been said before I just find it sad that there more people divorcing in the past few years than actually getting married. I don't mean sad in a sarcastic joking way I really mean it is heart-breaking.

"Make no mistake....

It's not revenge he's after...its a reckoning....."

Saints are not going to the superbowl... :(

Night

Till when?

Marriage: Trusting God for the Right Partner

Last week, my wife and I celebrated our 29^th wedding anniversary.

Just four days later, I had the privilege of giving my daughter, Christine,
away in marriage. It was a lovely ceremony and we couldn't have
wished for a finer young man than her husband, Jonathan Kimball.
I ask your prayers for them as they begin a new family unto the glory
of God.

Every parent desires to see their child happily and successfully
married. As I contemplated the large number of single people who
read ShortNotes, I couldn't help but have the same desire for you.
Thus, I have included a few random thoughts about marriage that
I hope will be stimulating and edifying to you.

� Marriage is a God-ordained institution. He created it and He knows
how it is to operate if it is to be successful. But in our day, the
world is trying to co-opt marriage by creating a whole new set
of definitions and standards by which marriage is to operate.
And the world's way is NOT working. Stick with God's way!
Don't let the world defile you with it's ways which are contrary
to God's way.

� If you want to know God's plan for marriage, study what the
Bible says about it. Begin with the very first marriage - Adam
and Eve (found in Genesis 3). Ephesians 5 is a good New
Testament reference to marriage. Find an on-line Bible where
you can look up every reference to "husband" and "wife." This
will take a little bit of work, but it sure beats reading some
magazine article in Redbook about how to have a happy marriage!

� Next to coming to Jesus, marriage is the most significant decision
you will ever make. Don't enter into it lightly! Seek God's will
concerning your potential mate. Pray for God's guidance about your
marriage plans. Study the Bible concerning marriage. And seek
advice from parents and godly counselors about your readiness
for marriage and your compatibility with your potential spouse. In
getting advice, don't simply look for someone to confirm your
desires, but seek honest input with a sincere willingness to follow
their advice even if it is difficult.

� Understand that marriage is about a lot more than "love." Love is
certainly a significant part of the equation, but marriage is about
two people committing their lives to one another until they die
with the objective of starting a family, uniting for a common
purpose and sharpening one another in the Lord.

� In my youth, I did not feel I should "seek a wife." Over and over
again in Scripture, we are told to "seek the Lord." As I sought the
Lord, He brought the right person into my life. I sought the Lord
and I found Him, as we as I found the wife the Lord had for me.
This is a venture of faith as it is very difficult for us to trust God to
meet this most intimate of needs in our lives. But, He will if we
trust Him! Personally, I think an often overlooked key to a happy
and successful marriage is to find the spouse GOD wants us to
have rather than simply find the spouse I want. I did not marry
a woman I could live with - I married a woman I could not live
without!

� Now is the time to prepare yourself for marriage: spiritually, emotionally,
financially, relationally, etc. People prepared for marriage tend to
bring the qualities to a marriage that make it successful. People
unprepared tend to be disappointed and encounter overwhelming
problems once married.

� Focus on becoming a mature man or woman of God and He will
lead a similarly mature man or woman of God into your life. Many
young people are on the hunt for the perfect mate. Let me encourage
you to focus on becoming the perfect mate. People tend to match
with someone of equal maturity. In other words, if you are a "five" --
spiritually, emotionally, socially, etc. you are not likely to marry
a "ten," even though you may dream about doing so! If you want
to marry a "ten," get serious with God about you becoming a "ten"!
If you are content to be a spiritual "five," get used to the idea of
marrying a "five." Better yet, repent of your contentment with your
spiritual lukewarmness and seek the Lord until you begin to
seriously grow in Christ!!!

I have plenty of additional advice, but I'll call it quits for now. If I have
sparked your interest and you want to hear more of my thoughts on
preparing for marriage, let me encourage you to order my two messages titled:

Trusting God for the Right Partner and
Gaining God's View of Marriage.

Let me warn you that these messages are not for the faint of heart.

I gave these two talks to a group of hungry disciples about 12 years
ago and I didn't mince words. You'll find these messages to be very
enlightening, very edifying and very challenging.

Heads or tails?

Check this.......

I'm at work and sunshine calls me to the front. I finish up what I am doing real quick and head up there. When I get up there, there is an older woman standing there with jumper cables. She had left had left her lights on and Sunshine asks me if I could help her jump-off her car!

Do you know how good if felt to be on the other side of that coin for once?!

HAHA

Night

Holding thy breath...........

All you talented secular artists need to get saved and sing about God. Then we could really have some more awesome music.

.......

Sometimes, I really do feel sorry for celebrities like Britney Spears because the media can't sit down and shut-up about their personal lives. Yes I said shut-up, because it make me mad.
It just makes me so mad sometimes that people can tear down others so much with out even batting an eye lash. It seems as though nothing is sacred anymore.

I am not saying that I agree with all the things that we see celebreties doing these day, but COME ON PEOPLE! Nobody deserves the things that are said about them.