To J.R.G.

Thanks for phoning. It was really good to hear your voice.

R.I.P.i.P.o.d.

I can't believe my iPod's gone

It's dead, dead, DEAD. It won't turn on

For weeks the iPod battery

Had not been working good for me.

So now, without, I now can see

The iPod is a big part of me

And my collection of music

Without, I am, it makes me sick

And awfuller still the truth is this

"I MUST REPLACE" and soon forthwith

80 gig classic in black or white

So I can listen both day and night

Or maybe I should by the "Touch"

"Would I use the wi-fi?", not that much

My dillemna is a real decision

And in my heart I feel derision

Do you think? Is it a Maybe?

That I don't need an iPod you see.

Nah.. put that thought out' my head

I world without earbuds, I fear and dread

So off to Craigslist to find a deal

And no eating out a costly meal.

Save my dollars for such a time later

To get a new mp3 player.

A Little Thankfulness

Here's a little truth I'm living out today. Thanks to my girls who make life way more awesomer!!

Proverbs 18:22 - He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the LORD.

Psalm 127:3-5 - Don't you see that children are God's best gift? The fruit of the womb his generous legacy? Like a warrior's fistful of arrows are the children of a vigorous youth. Oh, how blessed are you parents, with your quivers full of children! Your enemies don't stand a chance against you; you'll sweep them right off your doorstep.

I've Been Thinking About Sex

I know, what a cheap (effective) way to get more traffic back to my blog....

But seriously, I HAVE been thinking about sex. It's a physical thing right? Man & woman, physical "relations".

How does it end up being so much more than that?

In it's essence, it's a physical need finding physical fulfillment, but in actuality, it becomes a spiritual act binding and bonding 2 people together (who are hopefully prepared for such binding and bonding). And it's been going on for a long time (see the second chapter of the Bible, verse 24)

I'm not going to get into it much more than that because the point that has impacted me is how a physical act becomes a spiritual act. Someone temporal, has done something eternal.

Let me draw a parallel:
I've just returned from our yearly pastor's conference. I have reconnected with a lot of freinds that I haven't seen for a year. I've been able to share a meal with some really special people. I feel encouraged in ministry and mission for the first time in a good long while. And then my mind drifted to the sex thing (just wait, it will make sense). Here is another physical act that becomes a spiritual act. The physical presence of these people in my life has ignited a spiritual hunger and passion that lifts me.

This encourages me. That what I can do in my everyday life can have eternal siginificance. Because there are times that you feel like it doesn't. God is always working, it's our responsibility to "get into the bed" so to speak.