Another poem

So I wrote this during my lunch at work. Obviously I don't have a wife or any planned and for that matter no kids, but it fit with the poem so there it is. Enjoy!


On My Knees


The future is certain,
Especially mine.
I know what will happen,
I see it in my mind.

My job and my wife
My kids, my whole life

Its all laid out
Where, when, how.
There is no doubt
It all begins now.

The choices and decisions,
placed before with precision.

Whats this? A twist!
Everything spinning,
I slam my fist.
How? When I was winning?

My carefully planned decisions
Destroyed with a precision

I'm sorry God for my pride
Everything I planned
I'm sorry I lied
On my knees you help me land

My job and my wife
My kids, my whole life
I lay them at your feet, my Christ

continuation

there are no dead ends
only turning teaching places
one road leads to
another day to play

says one to his
friends that aren't there
doors open and close
controlled not by me
but by one who lives
truly lives beyond what i

imagine a world
that makes friends believe
that dead ends are dead
and closed doors are closed
for good leaving no way

out to the outside now
rain and wind
mud and cold
flying around the field
with old friends new

friends who support
and help show the way
along with him who lives
to open doors

My List

here's a few things i'd like for christmas:

new sandals to replace these:





a red wings jersey:

not new because they are really expensive, but they could probably be found used somewhere in michigan.

a bilingual bible:

preferably portable, NIV for english. same or RV for spanish

a few nice shirts:

sunday mornings, evening stuff

Thanks :)

Don't we all?

so its a little hard to read but the important part is the last panel where rat says "I really really miss bill watterson"

I do to rat

also a scary report : http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20081022/hl_hsn/scientistserasespecificmemoriesinmice

On Sharing Faith

So I did not end up writing yesterday because I was doing more productive things. Like going to Starbucks at River and Campbell with Colton to do our bible study. In our nav study we're studying Jesus and what he said on different topics. This week was Jesus on faith sharing. We did the first section which took 5 different stories and said to look at what Jesus said and did. They were Nicodemus, Zaccheus, The Woman at the well, in the pharisee's house, and the lawyer. It was good time really. One of the really challenging yet encouraging parts was Luke 4:38. Its right toward the end of the Jesus' encounter with the woman at the well. He's talking to the disciples and he says, "I sent you to reap what you have not worked for. Others have done the hard work, and you have reaped the benefits of their labor." I read this and saw it two ways. The first is that we can not obviously, take any credit for someone who believes after we talk to them. The second is that we cannot be discouraged just because we don't personally see the results. We may be the second part of twenty people that influence a person on a path to Jesus. We may help plant the seed that someone else will water and someone entirely different will harvest. (For more on this analogy see 1 Corinthians 3:1-9) So its challenging because we may never see the results of our labor here on earth but encouraging because we may see the results when we are presented before God.

So keep on working. Keep on sharing. Keep on discipling because God is there with you.

Jealousy

So I bet you all thought I was going to have some profound thought on jealousy...well I don't. I'm just jealous of my sisters who are currently in Michigan visiting David, Adrienne, and Bentley. I want to go :(

Oh well I'll meet him sometime soon...

Have a great week everyone. I'll post something more interesting on Wednesday i think. Maybe tomorrow cause I have a good portion of the afternoon free.

Spare thoughts

So I'm back in the library with some time to spare. Time to reflect on how out of shape I am. Last weekend I hurt my foot running barefoot and today my calf is sore from jumping at a concert on saturday. Of course it didn't help any that I played soccer on it yesterday. Right now especially I can hardly do anything without getting tired. Partly because I'm kinda sick right now and partly because I'm actually trying to get in shape. We'll see how I do this week.

So I'm not sure how many off you know that we got a new manager for my starbucks. Her name's Annette and she worked with both Steven and David and told me to say hi so: hello from Annette. She's really done some great work at the store in the past few weeks that have made working there a lot easier. I'm really looking forward to these holiday's at my store.

Speaking of holiday's... what's the plan? Ideas anyone on how we the kids are going to do things for christmas?

Have a wonderful week.