FULL potential

Don't you just love those experiences in life when you do something and you instantly know that you just SUCKED?

Well I had one of those experiences this past Sunday at church, and there is a BIG reason behind it. One of my biggest passions in life is leading worship.....I LOVE it, and truly believe that God has given me a gift for leading. Here's the problem. When I don't stay connected to Christ He can't use me like He wants to in this area of my ministry. In other words, I will not reach my FULL potential in Christ.

Lately, I have been a complete slacker with my time with God, and it showed this Sunday. I was singing one of my favorite songs and COMPLETELY lost it on a high part. If you were there I'm REALLY sorry you had to sit through that! Now some will say that it was just too high for me to be singing in the first place.....and it may very well have been, but I also believe that God was trying to tell me something on Sunday. First, that I am a piece of crap without Him....Secondly, I will never fully worship Him if I'm not staying connected to Him during the week like I should.

I made a vow to God Sunday to step up to the plate and stop slacking so much. Join me in prayer that I will stay disciplined and follow through with my promise. There's nothing worse than making a promise to God and not following through with it, in fact He frowns BIG upon that!

If I love God like I say I do then my life and time with Him should show it! Does this have anything to do with you or your life???

Are you reaching your FULL potential?

so it's been a while...

I know that it has been a really long time since I've posted anything, but I have good reasons. First school got out, so I've been really busy spending time away from computers! Then I started working at my good old summer job CRC (conway rental center), and that takes up A LOT of time if we're busy that is.

Last month I turned 26, and that still sounds SOOO OLD to me!!! I love it when people ask you, "so how does it feel to be 26?". I always say, "it feels just like it did every other birthday". I don't really feel like my body is going to crap, and I still have all the energy in the world. I'm not one to let age get me down. I plan on going full speed up until I die. That's why when people ask me what I'm going to do about my tattoos when I'm an old man, I say probably get another to cover up the old ones. Then again my skin is probably going to be pretty saggy, so I prob won't care what ink blobs I have on it!

Today has been a great day so far. I woke up, fed Gray some breakfast, and then watched the little mermaid and cinderella with her and Hannah. Now as I write this I'm sitting on our screened in porch listening to the rain and watching Hannah paint something for our living room.

I think later we are going to head over to a friend of our's store and get some boiled peanuts. Saturday my parents are coming into town, mainly to see Gray, but I look forward to seeing them too! I will have to say that one of my favorite things I get to do when they visit is play some golf with Pops. I enjoy that time together with the old man. Of course I LOVE the short red head that he brings along with him ;-). I couldn't leave her out.

Since I'm trying to catch everyone up on what's been going on I guess I can't leave out the bad news. About three or four weeks ago my mother-in-law got a kitty for their new house. It was a beautiful little white kitty with big blue eyes, and they named her Nahla.....notice I said "it was". Gray absolutely LOVED the kitty. Everytime we went over to their house she just had to play with Nahla, but she just called her kitty! Poor thing ran everytime she saw Gray coming bc she knew she was about to get squeezed to death and drooled all over. Well, this is where the bad news comes in; a couple of days ago I went over to pick up Gray from my inlaw's house, all was well until we started to leave......as we were walking out the door we saw kitty run out from the garage and I didn't think anything else about it....until I heard a pop when I backed out! After I heard the pop I knew exactly what it was.....kitty was no more! I proceeded to back out to see kitty flopping around on the driveway spraying blood everywhere with each hop. I felt horrible, but was relieved that Gray wasn't paying attention. In about five seconds poor little kitty was gone. I quickly called inside and told my mother in law what had happened, she sent out Judson with a black trash bag and I buried the remains. I will say that kitty could have been renamed after the accident.....her new name could have been Hammerhead.

That's about all that's been going on in my life. Maybe now I will keep you more updated.

hello again

What up peeps. I know it's been a while since my last post, but I've just gotten a little out of routine since school's been out.

Yesterday was Father's Day usually a great day for me.....and it was up until I had to see my wife off to Cali until Wednesday! I really love that gal and miss her to death already. Life's just not the same without Mommy in the house, which reminds me I would NEVER want to be a single dad!

Don't get me wrong I LOVE my little girl, but I would never get anything done if I had to watch her 24/7 by myself. For instance right now I really need to cut the grass, but I can't.

Today I had to go to a teacher's academy......it was SOOOOO exciting. Even worse I have to keep going for the rest of the week! Although it is helping me adjust to next year in the classroom, so I should be thankful.

Hannah's coming back Wednesday night, so I'm going to do my best to surprise her with a clean house. I'm pretty sure that she won't read my blog before then, but if you do baby, SURPRISE!

tough times

Don't you just hate those times in your life when you have to try and fight off the tears? Well, today was one of those days for me.

Today was my second to last day at my job. In august I will be teaching at a new school, and in a totally different subject area. I will be going from teaching PE to teaching the 4th grade!

Anyways, at lunch today we had our "end of the year luncheon/celebration". During this celebration I had to sit up in front of everyone in a chair while my principal read a bio about me written by my wife. It was VERY tough sitting there and not crying my eyes out in front of everyone.

You might not understand this, but to me those ladies, and gentlemen (can't forget you Ron and Woodrow!) are like my family. Most of them I would consider my second moms and sisters. So, it was very hard for me to keep it together sitting up there listening to my principal say my goodbyes for me.

I was very glad that my wife included a couple of my blog posts in that bio letter, bc there is NO way I could have said that in front of everyone. I didn't say much during the lunch, not bc I don't care, but bc I literally would have broken down like a baby.

Today was one of the hardest days of my life, and I'm sure that tomorrow will replace it being the last day. If you are reading this and you have worked with me for the past three and a half years please know that I LOVE YOU to death, and I'm VERY thankful to have been a part of your life. I will pray for you all daily, and hope that you do the same for me.

today

Today was a great day. I played 18 holes, ate lunch, and then played another 18! It was perfect weather for some golf. Although, I will have to say that the best part of the day was not the golf....it's going to be when my wife gets home from her weekend girls retreat. I missed her SO much!

Edible Arrangements

Edible Arrangements are the freakin BOMB! Look it up if you've never heard of them.

I received one of these as a gift from one of the parents at my school. I will have to say that it's probably one of the nicest gifts I've ever gotten from a parent. I LOVE fruit and I LOVE chocolate....what a great combination!

There's a wedding shower here at school this afternoon, which means more junk food! It's REALLY hard not to eat junk when you are a teacher.....it's always around!!!!!! Moderation is key ;-)

I told my buddy yesterday that I think all my football and other sports' days are catching up to me. I was getting out of my truck yesterday and all of the sudden my hip just starts hurting, and then after a while my dang ankle starts killing me. I know I'm only 25 years old, but all that abuse on the body can only be good for so long!

The Day so far...

Thoughts on my day:

-The Trestle has great doughnut holes!
-You can always make teachers happy by getting them doughnuts.
-I really enjoy sitting in my office with the lights off.
-Sometimes there is nothing that sounds better than complete silence.
-Having a great week with my 21 devotion.
-God is teaching me A LOT this week....it's amazing what He will tell you when you take the time to actually listen!
-If you don't have a journal you need to get one..........even if you think it's not manly.
-I almost cried this morning watching my kids graduation video.
-I will miss my school SO much!
-Had several prayers answered this week!!!!!!!
-praying for a new friend to come to church this Sunday.
-gotta call this friend to come put gutters up on my house.
-hate thinking about my wife leaving me this weekend for a girls retreat, but will enjoy the time with Gray.
-looking forward to playing in a golf tourny this afternoon!
-about to go pay some bills before heading home.
-I LOVE my church.....even if a lot don't!
-I'm out