daniel fast...daniel fast...daniel fast!

this has been a very busy 2008 so far and lent came very fast. faster than anticipated. angela and i remembered partaking in the daniel fast last year and decided to do it again this year. i wasn't sure if i was ready but "ready or not, here we go".

its been about a week now and i am just starting to get that healthy energized feely. thursday through saturday of last week was the worst. i have developed an addiction to coffee over the years and if you know me at all i was usually never without it. i'm not going to lie i was grumpy, cranky, tired, lazy, useless,...... and the list goes on. but this made me realize that coffee was just a temporary fix to my start in the morning. i don't need coffee to help wake me up and i don't need sugar rushes to get me through the tiresome afternoons that endlessly drag on.

today i feel great. i have my energy back and i am starting to feel the positive effects of eating healthier than i was. just like this fast i want my spiritual life to reflect a healthy growing body. never eating what it shouldn't and never settling to eat unhealthy foods because it seems like the only option at the time. i want to hold out for what God has for me and give into those quick-fixes. my spiritual life should only feed on what is good and right in the Lord's eyes.

and with His strength, i know this is possible.

eureka!

i’ve done it. or i should say, God spoke to me. with all the numbers on my brain, months of soul searching and patients and obedience to God the light finally turned on.

i’m going to become a math teacher.

not just any math teacher. not one of those “i’m going to make everyone love math” teachers. no. i am going to become a teacher of good students of life, math will be the byproduct.
it’s not really about loving math so much that drives me to teach it or to even be surrounded by it every day of my life, but the desire to see young and old students alike come to an understanding that widening their range of knowledge can be rewarding. i am going to use math as a catalyst for this underlying agenda. the deeper issue here is how can we become a good student of life and most importantly a good student of God? the desire to learn in general seems to be the best place to start. i hope to inspire students of all ages to learn no matter what the subject is and how difficult it may seem. weather talking about quantum physics or about the alphabet there is always something to be learned and until the passion is turned towards learning nothing will ever be learned.

taking matters into your own hands

i've always wanted some gps equipment but it's always so expensive. i guess there is no real demanding reason for me to get it, but the desire for expensive toys. that wasn't the case for Chris Rowland owner of a woodworking tool shop that's been broken into five different times.

Rowland had placed GPS devices in some of the packaging... "The police obviously don't have resources to do this for me, so I decided I was going to catch the guy," Rowland said. Burton (the man who stole the tools), 46, also is wanted on burglary charges in Tennessee.

http://www.theindychannel.com/news/14195732/detail.html#

this is either a wake-up call to the indianapolis police or just a "way-to-go Rowland". my take on this, i want some gps toys.

wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

has it really been five months since my last blog...? that's a long time. well, i can't say that i'm back for good but i think that taking a summer break was good for me. blogging is like journaling and journaling isn't my favorite thing to do, but blogging online makes it more fun. anyways, i'm back now. i just need to get people back to my site to read it, lol.

hocking hills

here is a link to hocking hills: (http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/Parks/parks/hocking.htm).
again i encourage those who don't get outside much to take a day trip or to even brave the great outdoors and go camping. if you don't like to camp they have plenty of cabins available to rent.

the great out doors

crossroads community church is doing a very cool series right now. "iLife" is the name of it and its all about finding God in your ipod. a very cool and new way to think about God in the world today. pastor glenn (my father-in-law, or better yet 'dad') is doing an amazing job connecting with each and every person who comes to visit our church.

for those of you who read my blog and don't attend crossroads please try and join us this coming sunday or the next or the next!!! it doesn't matter when just join us.

this last sunday was "iRest". it was all about how God designed us to rest so that we may be revived and strengthened to start another week proclaiming His name. all through the message i kept thinking of the camping trip angela and i took last friday. though it was very cold and wet i seem to find peace in the great outdoors.

i encourage those who want to find rest and peace with God to go outside. put down the remote, put down the video game controller, put down whatever you are doing and go outside.

lazy?

wow!!! has it really been almost a month since my last blog entry. i guess i'm not as gung-ho about blogging as i thought. or i'm just being lazy. no matter. journaling and blogging has never been that important to me but none-the-less i will continue with this blog site and simply have fun with it.