Randomness in the Brain

Okay, so it has been a while since the last blog.  There are LOTS of things that I have thought about over the past month plus, but just haven’t found the time or the organization of thoughts to create a blog.  Well i decided today that I would quit waiting on the thoughts in my brain to organize themselves and just throw out some of the things that have been on my mind as of late, so here goes…

1.   New Year’s resolutions in my estimation are pointless.  I quit making them a few years ago for a couple of reasons.  The first is that I could NEVER keep them for more than  a couple of weeks before beating myself up about not having the discipline to follow through.  AND THERE ARE NO TOUGHER BEAT DOWNS THAN SELF-INFLICTED ONES.  The second reason is somewhat theological…if God is a God of NEWNESS (and I believe he is), then why do we ONLY make resolutions on January 1.  Why not make resolutions day on March 17th?  You know nothing says newness like  the traditional St. Patty’s Day Resolution. So I didn’t make any resolutions.

2.  I did begin to “count points” as my wife and some of her friends began Weight Watchers after the New Year.  For me it isn’t about looking good, because truthfully, that doesn’t matter much to me anymore.  What does matter to me is being healthy and living long enough to walk my daughters down the aisle and hang out with my grandkids.  So it was time to change the approach to eating for me.  It has gone pretty well.  I have lost 5 pounds or so and am looking for about 40 more to shed this spring.  I have eaten a TON of fruit and drank enough water to fill a small swimming pool… but in the long run it is definitely worth it.
3.  It has been feast or famine for my favorite two football teams at the end of the year.  My beloved Georgia Bulldogs ended a dreadful season with an appropriately dreadful loss against Central Florida in the Liberty Bowl.  The result was a losing season for the first time in many years.  Of course that led to plenty of talk on the message boards and blog sites about the fate and abilities of Coach Mark Richt.  I like the guy a lot and think he deserves another year to try and turn it around.  For his sake, I hope he does, because there is not a better man in all of college football.  He deserves to succeed, but I along with the rest of  Bulldawg Nation don’t like losing and so the turnaround needs to come.  However, the other guys with the “G” on the helmet are having a fantastic run in the playoffs and now my Packers have found themselves in the Super Bowl.  That means for the first time in a number of years I will be as excited about the game as I am the commercials.  I found even better reasons to pull for the Packers and their quarterback Aaron Rodgers when I came across this story about his compassion for cancer patients.  INCREDIBLE quarterback and equally incredible man it seems to me.   GO PACK GO!

4.  God has really laid a burden on my heart as of late to make it a point of emphasis to the students involved in our youth ministry that faith is more than just coming to church and youth group and bible study.  True faith begins when we realize that we grow the most when we are growing personally in a relationship with Christ.  Real growth in the faith doesn’t happen at the youth group meeting, but rather happens when students since their need for Christ and allow their faith to impact each and every decision they make on a day to day basis.  The real question in my mind is how do you communicate to them that their need for Christ is as great as their need for food after not eating for a day?  That is my struggle right now.  Any suggestions are welcome.

5.  I started a new practice last Friday.  Each day from 930-1130, my cell  phone is now turned off and the office phone is as well.  No, I am not boycotting anything or trying to make a statement about the cost of phone use or anything like that.  I ran across Donald Miller’s blog last week about turning off his phone for productivity and tried it.  (read the blog here) Guess what?  IT WORKED.  I got tons accomplished in those two hours.  So the plan is each week day to do the same thing.  So if call me during those hours and I don’t answer, don’t fret, I’ll be back in the wired world a couple hours later.  Just leave me a message because, I am being productive.

That is all for now.  I hope to have some organized thoughts to put here soon.  In the meantime.  God Bless

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