Today I’m wearing PINK to help raise awareness for cancer. It’s a day that brings back lots of emotion. Ask anyone if they know someone who has had cancer or has died from cancer and they’ll share a painful story with you.
My mom was promoted to heaven after a battle with cancer. My grandmother has had breast cancer twice and beat it twice.
So today I wear PINK. I’ve never wore pink before and to be honest I felt a little awkward at first. I am supportive of cancer research and making people aware of the need for funding but just haven’t gone PINK.
To tell you the truth, I’m really liking my PINK shirt.
I guess you could say I’m going PINK for what I’m passionate about.
Today’s Walk-Away: What are you so passionate about that you need to make others aware of it? Take some time today and think/pray about what need in your life you need to go PINK for then do it. It may feel awkward at first but your passion should outweigh your pride – right?
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Trust
Trust
\trəst\ trēowe – faithful, assured reliance on the character, ability, strength, or truth of someone or something b: one in which confidence is placed
I think a lot of people really struggle with the concept of trust.
· I see kids at the pool struggle to trust their dad to catch them as they prepare to jump in.
· I watch couples struggle to trust each other when one of them says, “I have to work late tonight, don’t bother staying up for me.”
· I hear employees complain that they struggle to trust their boss who told them, their job is secure.
With all this struggling to trust I wonder how many of us really believe that we can trust a living God?
There’s this verse I’ve read too many times to count that talks about, ‘trusting in the Lord with all my heart.’
To me that means no matter what circumstance I find myself in, I’m able to have the confidence that God is working his will out in my life for my improvement.
For me, the biggest struggle I have with trust, is why wouldn’t everyone want to place their confidence in a God who’s never let anyone down?
\trəst\ trēowe – faithful, assured reliance on the character, ability, strength, or truth of someone or something b: one in which confidence is placed
I think a lot of people really struggle with the concept of trust.
· I see kids at the pool struggle to trust their dad to catch them as they prepare to jump in.
· I watch couples struggle to trust each other when one of them says, “I have to work late tonight, don’t bother staying up for me.”
· I hear employees complain that they struggle to trust their boss who told them, their job is secure.
With all this struggling to trust I wonder how many of us really believe that we can trust a living God?
There’s this verse I’ve read too many times to count that talks about, ‘trusting in the Lord with all my heart.’
To me that means no matter what circumstance I find myself in, I’m able to have the confidence that God is working his will out in my life for my improvement.
For me, the biggest struggle I have with trust, is why wouldn’t everyone want to place their confidence in a God who’s never let anyone down?
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Moving to Facebook
My blog update has been moved to Facebook.
We'll see if that helps me stay current...if not I'll come back
Andy
We'll see if that helps me stay current...if not I'll come back
Andy
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Fantasy Christian
Each week millions of people play Fantasy Football.
Fantasy football is a game in which participants (called "owners") are arranged into a league.
The person who creates the league is called the commissioner, and that person invites other owners into his/her league. Each team drafts or acquires a team of real-life players and then scores points based on those players' peformance on-the-field.
It's a fun way to compete with your friends to see who can predict who'll peform the best when it counts.
What's interesting is that each week a player is given a "projection," or a best guess of to how many points they'll score against their opponent. Some weeks the projection is right on and other weeks the player performs poorly.
The weekly projection got me thinking about my life (and other Christians) and I wonder what projection I'd be given.
Each week we are called to imitate Christ and do our best against our opponent.
I realize we can't do it on our own but our works are a measure of our committment to Christ.
The saddest reality for me is that my Fantasy Football league is just for fun but in real life there are no Fantasy Christians - this game counts.
Today's Walkaway: How are you playing the game? If I were to project how well you'd do next week in your walk with Christ would you score big or be a bust?
Fantasy football is a game in which participants (called "owners") are arranged into a league.
The person who creates the league is called the commissioner, and that person invites other owners into his/her league. Each team drafts or acquires a team of real-life players and then scores points based on those players' peformance on-the-field.
It's a fun way to compete with your friends to see who can predict who'll peform the best when it counts.
What's interesting is that each week a player is given a "projection," or a best guess of to how many points they'll score against their opponent. Some weeks the projection is right on and other weeks the player performs poorly.
The weekly projection got me thinking about my life (and other Christians) and I wonder what projection I'd be given.
Each week we are called to imitate Christ and do our best against our opponent.
I realize we can't do it on our own but our works are a measure of our committment to Christ.
The saddest reality for me is that my Fantasy Football league is just for fun but in real life there are no Fantasy Christians - this game counts.
Today's Walkaway: How are you playing the game? If I were to project how well you'd do next week in your walk with Christ would you score big or be a bust?
Thursday, October 9, 2008
True Worship
Big thought for the day - intimacy = reproduction
I heard Ed Young Jr. say yesterday that "true intimacy in worship will result in spiritual reproduction."
That's an amazing line.
Too often we say we are worshipping God BUT our churches, our Christ-like influence is not growing.
There are no spiritual babies.
Paul (writer of much of the New Testament) says in Col. 2 - that they (devoted followers of Christ) be "spiritually mature in Christ."
I trust that when I'm spiritually mature in Christ, I'll be growing in my committment to Christ. And if my committment to Christ is growing I'll have true intimacy with Him. And I pray that as a result of my intimacy with Christ I'll see spiritual reproduction.
Today's Walkaway: How is your intimacy level?
Intimacy is both the ability and the choice to be close, loving, and vulnerable. Intimacy requires identity development.
Take some time today and choose to remember "Who you are," "Whose you are," and "What you're called to do."
That's intimacy!
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Brooklyn's #10
My daughter, Brooklyn turned 10 over the weekend.
Wow - 10 years.
We invited 10 of her friends to go rock climbing and had an amazing birthday party for her. Beth and I wanted to make her day special.
Fast forward through the day to bedtime as we are saying our good-night's, Brooklyn told us she had an amazing day.
To hear her talk and see her grin caused me to feel such joy. I find it such an honor to be a parent.
One of the highlights of life is simply to spend time with my children. I think that often times LOVE is spelled TIME.
Happy Birthday Brooklyn
Wow - 10 years.
We invited 10 of her friends to go rock climbing and had an amazing birthday party for her. Beth and I wanted to make her day special.
Fast forward through the day to bedtime as we are saying our good-night's, Brooklyn told us she had an amazing day.
To hear her talk and see her grin caused me to feel such joy. I find it such an honor to be a parent.
One of the highlights of life is simply to spend time with my children. I think that often times LOVE is spelled TIME.
Happy Birthday Brooklyn
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
your decisions cost you...
I've always heard that your decisions determine your destiny. That is, what you do will ultimately determine the direction and outcome of your life.
I always thought it'd be interesting to see what a dumb decision would financially cost. I mean if we could quantify the value of a mistake what would it be.
Well, I came across this article that answers the question. Super Bowl star Plaxico Burresswas suspended for one game by the New York Giants. He made a mistake (we all have, I'm not picking on him) and it cost him. The exact details - Burress will lose two paychecks under the suspension. He will not be with the team during the bye week and won't be allowed to practice with the team next week. His base salary under the new contract is $2 million. His suspension will cost him $235,294.
Say that outloud - $235,294! Maybe one more time - $235,294.
Even if you are making $2 million a year that's still a lot of cheddar.
Today's Walkaway: This football players mistake cost him a lot of money. We are able to see exactly what it cost. He'll pay the fine and live to play another down. But what about you and me?
When we make a mistake/sin, we can't just write a check and restore a relationship or say "I'm sorry" and repair a reputation.
Our decisions really do cost us...how much...I'm not sure...but remember that our decisions really do determine our destiny.
I always thought it'd be interesting to see what a dumb decision would financially cost. I mean if we could quantify the value of a mistake what would it be.
Well, I came across this article that answers the question. Super Bowl star Plaxico Burresswas suspended for one game by the New York Giants. He made a mistake (we all have, I'm not picking on him) and it cost him. The exact details - Burress will lose two paychecks under the suspension. He will not be with the team during the bye week and won't be allowed to practice with the team next week. His base salary under the new contract is $2 million. His suspension will cost him $235,294.
Say that outloud - $235,294! Maybe one more time - $235,294.
Even if you are making $2 million a year that's still a lot of cheddar.
Today's Walkaway: This football players mistake cost him a lot of money. We are able to see exactly what it cost. He'll pay the fine and live to play another down. But what about you and me?
When we make a mistake/sin, we can't just write a check and restore a relationship or say "I'm sorry" and repair a reputation.
Our decisions really do cost us...how much...I'm not sure...but remember that our decisions really do determine our destiny.
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