Dodging spears

I've been reading 1 Samuel and I found something crazy.Imagine yourself dodging spears people! Yeah, I'm talking about those war fighting weapons that are tossed about from here to there. That's what David had to go through on several occasions. Every now and then Saul would be overcome by an evil spirit from the Lord ( 1 Samuel 19:9) while holding a spear in his hand. Ok...why did he have a spear in his hand in the first place? Every time this happened David would have to play the harp to calm the dude down. Talk about obedience. I think if I saw spears zipping past my head I'd be out of there! He ended up bookin anyway. David had some good people on his side though. He got out of some sticky situations. You should read this chapter. The Bible is sooo cool man! Peace out.

Weekend Shots

Let's see, what went on this weekend? Well...Friday I stayed up till about 2 or so in the morning watching the Twilight movie. I can see now why it's so hyped up. To teenagers like my daughter it's way cool! I mean what more can you ask for...vampires and a love story. And not just your regular vamps, but pretty trendsetting ones! Yep, no capes or fangs in this movie just style and looks. Vamps that teenagers go, goo-goo-ga-ga all over. Other than that it was a good movie I didn't fall asleep so that has to say something, at least for me. Saturday my awesome wife and I spent the day in San Antonio to celebrate my birthday slash anniversary. That was way cool! We took some long walks and ate some good tacos at market square among other things. Went to the Alamo and had some sno-cones. Did a little shopping and then came back to the hotel. We enjoyed our day together very much, it's always a good thing to get away for a little while. We came back in from SA in the morning just in time to make it to church. Church was awesome by the way people! Pastor Randy is doing such a great job in communicating Gods word to the church. I always leave challenged and I'm sure others do to. I'm really stoked about what God is doing with our church, big,big things! God is Good y'all! Peace out.

Celebration...

Tomorrow is my birthday and it's going to be off the hinges! My awesome wife and I are spending some time in San Antonio on Saturday. It's kind of like our anniversary and birthday celebration thingy all in one. Back in February Clarinda and Elena were out in Houston for a girls conference so we really didn't get to celebrate that weekend. So that's what we'll be doing this weekend! I can't wait really... it's always a great thing to get out with your wife even if it's just for a day or two. We'll be back on Sunday morning. Ready,ready, ready! Peace out folks.

Stuck with no instructions:'(

Have you ever bought something like hmmm.....let's say furniture and when opened didn't have the instructions in the box!! That's what happened yesterday night. We recently bought our daughter Elena some new furniture for her room and we were ready for some good ol' wood work construction, but... no construction without instructions no what I mean? Bummer cause we were ready too! After taking everything out of the box too. So for now our bedroom has an incomplete dresser up against the wall. Tell me what are the chances of that. I guess theres always a first for everything huh. Anyway, that was the conclusion of a great weekend. You want to guess what we'll be doing for Spring Break? Bring it on! Instructions or not. Peace out ya'll.

Big Text...

Yeah...I'll admit I'm a slow texter! Unlike my 14 year old daughter Elena, I tend to take my time at some thing's. Yesterday after picking her up from the bus stop I was texting a few of my student's about Firehouse. We'll, she happened to catch my brilliant texting ability's when we got home. And this is what she said....simply this... "Ga Dad, you text slow." Yeah, I do and I'm quite fine with that thank you very much. I guess I'm definitely out of that texting championship. Yep, in case you didn't know this already there are competitions on texting! Back in 2007 a 13 year girl won 25,ooo dollars at the LG National Texting Championship in New York. Yes folks, you heard me....25,ooo !!! Heres were it's crazy...she won by typing "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"(guess how long typing that was) from "Mary Popins" in just 15 seconds! So nope, you won't find me at no texting championship. I'll take the "Ga Dad you text slow" comments any day. Peace out!

Crazy Amor!

• It was a great weekend. Man...why do they have to go by so fast? I started reading a book by Francis Chan called "Crazy Love." Let me ask you this... how many times in our lives do we really forget who God is? I mean really think about that for awhile...we know that He is the creator of all the universe and that He' all knowing and all powerful in everything He does, but do we really know that? If so how do we know? What things in our life confirm that? These are a lot of questions to think about aren't they. I was reading the first chapter of this and I was constantly looking up in wonder. Why? Because I was looking at my own life and asking myself these very same questions. I forget that I'm just little 'ol me being used by BIG 'OL HIM!(God) I'm nothing compared to His glory and majesty! He doesn't need to use me, but He does. Just as Francis say's in his book...God is holy, God is eternal, God is all knowing, God is all-powerful and lastly God is fair and just. But can we explain these beautiful attributes about how we know who God is in our own lives? Let me share with you some thing's out of this book Crazy Love, and there the very thing's I've mention already. Here are some thing's from his book that Francis Chan communicates regarding these attributes. Thing's that hit ME like a ton of bricks.

• God is holy-"To say that God is holy is to say that He is set apart , distinct from us. And because His set apart-ness, there is no way we can ever fathom all of who He is."
• God is eternal-" Each of us had a beginning; everything in existence began on a particular day, at a specific time. Everything, that is, but God. He always has been, since before there was an earth, a universe, or even angels. God exists outside of time, and since we are within time, there is no way we will ever totally grasp that concept."
• God is all knowing-" It is sobering to realize that this is the same God who is holy and eternal, the Maker of the billions of galaxies and thousands of tree species in the rain forest. This is the God who takes the time to know all the little details about each of us. He does not have to know us well, but He chooses to."
• God is all powerful- "Colassians 1:16 tells us that everything was created for God: "For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him." Don't we live instead as though God is created for us, to do our bidding, to bless us, and to take care of our loved ones? Psalm 115:3 reveals, "Our God is in heaven; he does whatever pleases him." Yet we keep on questioning Him: "Why did you make me with this body, instead of that one?" "Why are so many people dying of starvation?" "Why are there so many planets with nothing living on them?" "Why is my family so messed up?" Why don't you make yourself more obvious to people who need you?" The answer to each of these questions is simply this: because He's God. He has more of a right to ask us why so many people are starving. As much as we want God to explain himself to us, His creation, we are in no place to demand that He give an account to us."

God is just and fair-It takes a lot for us to comprehend God's total hatred for sin. We make excuses like, "Yes, I am prideful at times, but everyone struggles with pride." However, God say's in Proverbs 8:13, "I hate pride and arrogance." You and I are not allowed to tell Him how much He can hate it. He can hate and punish it severely as His justice demands.

That's a lot of stuff I know! But it had me thinking fore sure. I know it may sound like man...well WHAT can I do then? I believe the purpose of this book is not to show us what were not doing, even though it's easy to take it that way, but to remind us of what we should be doing! God wants to totally invade our lives. Let's not forget that and let Him. What a wonderful God He is! Peace out ya'll.

Crazy Standup

Ah, man tonight we had some friends come over and together we laughed our butts off! I bought the new DVD by Tim Hawkins"I'm No Rockstar", and boy it was all that people said it was. Seriously, you should go buy it like right now! This guy is twisted with his comedy and the awesome part of it is... it's all clean and fun. He does these insane crazy full blown concert bits that are just nut's dude! You just need to go out and get it. Peace out!

The Weekend Run Down

It was a great weekend for me and my family. Friday after work we just chilled at the house. It was Saturday that was looong and awesome at the same time! Elena our daughter had her dance competition at Akins High School from 9am till about 9pm or so. Man...were we tired! The awesome part of though was they won several trophy's in different dance category's. For the first time in school history at Miller Junior High they were presented the Grand Champion Trophy! The BIG 5 footer. Along with several others as well. It was a total team effort and all that hard work paid off at the end. Elena is one of the officers and out of the three dances they took to the tournament, they came home with 2 first place trophies. What an exciting time for all of them. It's Elena's last year in Junior High so what a way to finish with her dance team. Were so proud of her! After it was all said and done as you can imagine we were ready to take it to the house. Wheew! That was Saturday. Sunday was church in the morning. I was challenged big time! God revealed somethings to me that made alot of sense folks. God is good ya'll, I'm telling you. Zach our worship intern is bringing it! God bless him for his loyalty and obedience. Playing for an audience of one! That 'bout wrap it up people. Peace out!