Example to prove previous post: "Here's to great friends."
Last night, Mike Smith texts me to say he's playing in a sponsored tournament at Eagle Pointe tomorrow and has an opening. Sweet.
So, we show up this morning to VIP treatment: Free...breakfast, drinks, snacks, round of golf, goody bag with golf balls etc., and a bbq lunch. I really enjoyed playing with Mike and meeting the people he works with.
Oh, (I almost forgot :), there were a few drawings after the tournament for giveaways. Yep, I won an Odyssey SRT Putter. Super Sweet!
Awesome day. Thanks Mike.
[BTW - The last time Mike and I went to a sponsored, company event, it was to shoot hoops at the Toyota center with former Rocket Steve Novak. Sweet. There was also a giveaway... Mike won an NBA basketball signed by all of the Rockets. Super Sweet!]
Many times PRIDE is a negative, dangerous thing. The overestimation of self to the neglect of others or even God. Certainly we would never advocate that. But sometimes we can use a healthy sense of personal pride to our advantage.
I've read a few posts lately about people having bad weeks, feeling down, or just worn out. I sympathize with the potholes they hit in the road of life. They have, fortunately, received good advice from friends, like: go on vacation, count your blessings, or spend time with people you love. These are great, but how about also using a personal sense of pride to your advantage?
My situations are my own, and the product of my choices: I may get overwhemed with work on occasion, but I chose to preach. I may experience friction in my home from time to time, but I married Sommer and had two kids. The list of jobs at home get daunting, but I signed the mortgage. Finances may get tight, but I bought the Toyota or swiped that Discover Card.
Instead of letting it all get us down, how about a personal pride outlook: "I made this bed. I will lie it in. I will not cry in it. It is my bed. I'm rolling up in the covers and relaxing." "While my situations may not all be formed by my decisions, I am v.p. of architecture (under God)" "To lose faith in my situation, is to lose faith in my choices, my direction, the purpose for my life, and myself. And... (here's where pride may help)... I refuse to do that."
Just some rambling thoughts for a new post. Sorry.
Do you earn frequent flyer miles with that Discover Card?! On a serious note...great post! Why do I always feel like you are preaching or "posting" directly at ME :)
Of course the first step in this process is to realize and be responsible for your own choices. That is something I have found MANY are unwilling to do. We live in a "blame it on soemone else" society. Unfortunately that attitude creeps its way into our churches and Christian homes. Everything is so much simpler when we all have the attitude you wrote about. At least then we can move FORWARD and learn from our choices, whether it be good or bad.
Yes thank you for the good message Sunday Morning. I thought for a second there you were oign to lead that [song|Were You There]. It looked to me like you were thinking about it...but decided not to...I woulda done it.
I appreciate your thoughts. Certainly made me think about the situations I'm in. While I don't have control over all of them, I *can* control how I respond to them, how I deal with them. Your post inspired my post for today - thanks.
She actually said it on her own before I got the camera out. Of course, I go get the camera and she just stares at me, so I had to help her so she would know what I wanted her to say ;) It still counts!
Um, shouldn't you have been working on your sermon before Thursday? hehehe. Just kidding. Glad my rambling thoughts helped out enough to give you an idea. :) Do y'all post sermons online or anything?
Sommer and Hannah were conversing over dinner a couple nights ago about something that happened when Han was a baby. Luke chimed in with: "where was I?" Sommer said, "you weren't born yet." To which he questioned, "I was dead?" Sommer compassionately replied, "No sweetie, you were just in mommy's tummy." Luke looked over to me and said, "yeah, I was dead."
Better keep this quiet. I can see Obama's twist on the "Joe the Plumber" ad: "In Texas, even 'Luke, the Toddler' understands that life doesn't begin until birth." That man is ridiculous.
LOL. Toddlers can't really grasp the whole "in mommy's tummy" thing. The other day Ronin was looking at a picture of me while I was pregnant and Lee and his mom were in the picture too. He said "There's Mommy, there's Daddy, and there's Nana!" and I said "Yeah, that's right. And do you know who's in Mommy's tummy? Baby Slade!" and he said "What's he doing in your tummy? Did you eat him?"
Florida/Alabama for SEC Championship is set. Winner of that game plays for the National Championship I think. Tech has a tough one against Oklahoma. If they lose, I'm not sure which team plays Missouri in the Big 12 championship--probably Tech, but I'm not sure. It's much cleaner if Tech just wins out and plays the SEC champ.
You're absolutely right - my sis and mom *are* great! :) And you need to quit lurking and commenting on everyone else's page and post an update yourself! :)
My family and I went to the Broadway Church in La Porte tonight. We had a great meal at the Baker's home. The group in La Porte has about 50 folks and it was really nice getting to know them. I was able to go last night and meet them and hear Bill Collett preach. He did a nice job.
Tonight, I was allowed to preach to them and they were very kind. There were about 8 or 9 preachers in the audience, which I thought was going to make me very nervous... but actually brought a surprising sense of comfort. I was glad for that.
Anyway, just wanted to say how edifying it is to see faithful, smiling (Glenn Barnhart), Christians in our area doing what they can to hold up the Truth and project Hope in a community; just as we're thankful to have at Eastside.
Yes, we will be there tonight. Trent is working days but he will get home just in time to change and make it. We will talk to Jim, more than likely, Trent has gotten to know him pretty well.
