I would really appreciate it if you could check out this
short church planting promo video for +Restored Church.
We are looking to network with anyone we can and would really appreciate it if
you could also pass this along to anyone who might be interested in networking
with us. Thanks!
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Todays Question: Life Comparison
Each and everyone of us do compare ourselves to someone each day. Maybe not the whole us but an aspect of ourselves weather we realize it or not. I think we do so in order for us to improve things about our selves. So my question for you today is:
2. Who do you sometimes compare yourself to and why?
2. Who do you sometimes compare yourself to and why?
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Extraordinary things are happening right now?
We all get so caught up in our own lives that we forget that there are others that share our little planet and that there are so many extraordinary things going on at this very minute. So I thought I would jot down 40 things that I know are happening right now that are awesome. After you read this, get up, get out and do something extraordinary, right now:
- A soldier of sorts is diligently fighting the fight so you don’t have to.
- Someone who suffered from a severe injury last year is back on their feet.
- A small group of people are building something that will soon make the impossible possible.
- Somewhere on Earth a double rainbow is stretched from one end of the horizon to the other.
- One of the next Billboard-chart-topping musical artists is patiently rehearsing in her garage.
- A piece of literature is being written that will eventually change your perspective on life.
- Young children all over the world are singing and dancing before they even realize there is anything that isn't music.
- A friend is helping a friend rise above thoughts of suicide.
- Someone is thinking what you’re thinking, but hasn't said anything yet either.
- Two people in your hometown are falling in love.
- Somewhere someone is admiring a breathtaking sunrise, and somewhere else a surreal sunset.
- People of various religious backgrounds are in temples, churches, mosques and other places of worship praying, wholeheartedly, for world peace.
- Someone who has struggled with their weight for the last several years is standing on a scale and smiling.
- Hundreds of cute elderly couples are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary.
- A baby girl just took her first few steps without falling.
- Two best friends are laughing so hard they aren't even making any noise.
- A future world leader is in grade school at recess.
- Someone is in the process of sincerely forgiving a seemingly unforgivable act.
- There’s a kid studying hard somewhere who aspires to get to where you are in life.
- A firefighter is running into a burning building to rescue a perfect stranger.
- Someone in your vicinity genuinely wants to be your friend.
- A young mom is lying in a hospital bed and holding her newborn baby twins for the very first time.
- Someone is taking a shower and singing happily at the top of their lungs.
- There is someone out there who smiles when they think of a specific moment they once shared with you.
- An alcoholic just celebrated one full year of sobriety.
- Volunteers in major cities all over the world are working at homeless shelters caring for those who are less fortunate than themselves.
- A young man is pulled over on the side of the road helping a young woman change a flat tire.
- A high school athlete just broke her own personal record.
- Two teenagers just received their very first kiss ever from each other.
- A husband and wife who were drowning in debt five years ago proudly hold a balance of zero on their credit cards.
- Someone is hugging a friend who desperately needs it.
- A new small business owner just wrapped up his first profitable year working for himself.
- A grandfather is holding his granddaughter’s hand and they’re both smiling from ear to ear.
- Someone just placed their spare change in the charity collection cup at the grocery store.
- A small group of friends are sitting around a table sharing funny stories and cheerfully reminiscing about the good old days.
- A breast cancer patient just found out her cancer is in complete remission.
- Someone out there is missing you and looking forward to your next visit.
- Honest people are working for various government entities to help protect your basic human rights and civil liberties.
- An emergency room surgeon is in the middle of saving his patient’s life.
- Someone is holding the door open for the person behind them.
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Moments of my Life
The moments of my life
Are of you!
The moments in your room with you parents in the next
The moments in my jeep kissing you and the moments in the stands just holding you
These are the moments of my life!
The moment when I spoke to you before I went off to the Marines and before you went off to get married!
These are the moments of my life!
The moment when I called you and hung up because I knew not what to say!
These are the moments of my life!
The moment that I asked you to marry me and the look in your eyes! The closeness that I felt with you!
These are the moments in my life!
I love you more every day and these moments and the ones yet made are why!
Are of you!
The moments in your room with you parents in the next
The moments in my jeep kissing you and the moments in the stands just holding you
These are the moments of my life!
The moment when I spoke to you before I went off to the Marines and before you went off to get married!
These are the moments of my life!
The moment when I called you and hung up because I knew not what to say!
These are the moments of my life!
The moment that I asked you to marry me and the look in your eyes! The closeness that I felt with you!
These are the moments in my life!
I love you more every day and these moments and the ones yet made are why!
Monday, November 7, 2011
Six Mistakes of Man:
1. The delusion that individual advancement is made by
crushing others.
2. The tendency to worry about things that cannot be
corrected.
3. Insisting that a thing is impossible because we cannot
accomplish it.
4. Refusing to set aside trivial preferences.
5. Neglecting development and refinement of the mind and not
acquiring the habit of reading and studying.
6. Attempting to compel other persons to believe and live as
we do.
-Cicero, 106 BC-43 BC
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Taking a moment
Been a busy morning helping with the house work. We are taking a break and I just made me a cup of peppermint tea and sitting out back smoking a cigar. I always start thinking when I sit back here. So what am I thinking?
I am thinking about the story of our lives. From childhood until now. I am thinking about how we all as individuals start equally.
Then from that point on its a matter of how we each respond to our environments and our moments. We make the decisions, no one else. I just wonder what the world would be like if we all realized that and that we really are no different. We need and want the same things in the end. Love, respect, peace, security and the list goes on. Think what it would be like....
I am thinking about the story of our lives. From childhood until now. I am thinking about how we all as individuals start equally.
Then from that point on its a matter of how we each respond to our environments and our moments. We make the decisions, no one else. I just wonder what the world would be like if we all realized that and that we really are no different. We need and want the same things in the end. Love, respect, peace, security and the list goes on. Think what it would be like....
Friday, November 4, 2011
Peace
What exactly makes for peace and why should we pursue
it. It's such a simple word. Peace is not simply the absence of conflict,
whether it be personal or international.
Peace is not simply tolerance of others, regardless of their beliefs,
behavior, or attitudes. In order to have
peace on a grand scale, it is necessary to have peace on a personal level. Peace cannot be found in wealth. It cannot be found in power. It cannot be found in pleasure. Our world is filled with miserable people who
have tried to find peace in all of these things. True peace comes from our Creator. However, we must seek it out. Again, the world is filled with miserable
Christians who thought that their Christian label would bring peace. We are not promised wealth. We are not promised power. We are not promised a life filled with
pleasure. We are promised that the God,
who created us and sent His Son to die on a cross for our sins, will give us
peace in the midst of our surroundings.
Regardless of our position in life and the circumstances we find
ourselves in, if we can look to God Almighty and truly say, "It Is Well
With My Soul", then we have found peace.
May you and yours find peace.
Enjoy
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Ten Rules for Being Human
1. You will
receive a body. You may like it or hate it, but it's yours to keep for the
entire period.
2. You will
learn lessons. You are enrolled in a full-time informal school called,
"life."
3. There
are no mistakes, only lessons. Growth is a process of trial, error, and
experimentation. The "failed" experiments are as much a part of the
process as the experiments that ultimately "work."
4. Lessons
are repeated until they are learned. A lesson will be presented to you in
various forms until you have learned it. When you have learned it, you can go
on to the next lesson.
5. Learning
lessons does not end. There's no part of life that doesn't contain its lessons.
If you're alive, that means there are still lessons to be learned.
6.
"There" is no better a place than "here." When your
"there" has become a "here", you will simply obtain another
"there" that will again look better than "here."
7. Other
people are merely mirrors of you. You cannot love or hate something about
another person unless it reflects to you something you love or hate about
yourself.
8. What you
make of your life is up to you. You have all the tools and resources you need.
What you do with them is up to you. The choice is yours.
9. Your
answers lie within you. The answers to life's questions lie within you. All you
need to do is look, listen, and trust.
10. You will
forget all this.
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