There Must Be More

Thanksgiving

Sometimes we forget about the things we were once thankful for.  Maybe those things have become burdensome.  Maybe they've just been forgotten...a new car, a new house, a new job, a new basketball, some new shoes, a new wallet...a new friend.  At some point, we desired them, but after time we have a tendancy to "move on" to bigger and better things.  Life moves fast. Being thankful for something or someone shouldn't be a one time event but a daily reality expressed not only in words but in action. 

Today would be a great day to express thanks to those relationships you've poured into and those that have poured into you.  Let me begin this day of thanks by saying, "Thank you for reading my blog.  You could be reading other things, but for some reason you take the time to read mine."

Jesse

Cause and Effect

I want more of God, and I know He wants more of me.  So...I think the ball is in my court.  What I do WITH my faith will determine what He does TO my faith. 

2 Co 12:9  But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness."

2 Co 12:10 For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities.  For when I am weak, then I am strong.

Jesse

 

Old Friends

I've recently come into contact with some old elementary school friends via "Facebook".  I've always said that the best friends were in elementary school.  Middle School or Junior High was a change in attitude and innocence for many friendships.  New people of course led to new relationships and unfortunately a distancing of other relationships.  High School was a four year click generating machine.  If you still hung out with your elementary buds then I think that was something special.  That is if you didn't have to compromise your values, ideals, or morals for them.  Let's face it...people change...relationships change...we change.

Elementary school, however, was a different kind of change.  The changes that happened in elementary school were more academic or physical than socio or economic.  We out-grew shoes and pants and not our "friends".  We stood in the lunch line together and talked with each other instead of looking away as if to find something better.  Old friends sometimes re-enter our ever changing lives, and we recall familiar relationships.  We discover that we all share moments frozen in time...things that stayed the same...things that didn't change...It's been fun reminiscing.

Jesse  

Good

I think I've gotten behind on my blog.  I'm gonna try to start up with some short thoughts for the day. 

Friends are good.  A father tossing the football around with his son in the backyard is good.  A father watching his daughter play in a soccer tourni is good.  An uncle playing Halo with his two nephews that live 4 hours away is good.  A wife entering a 10k race is good.  That was my day...and it was good.

Jesse