Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Am I old?

Ok...so back when I was a kid......
Man is this kid adorable or what!?

Man you know you are getting old when you start saying things like that to high school students. As some of you may know I am a High School Art Teacher and the JV Wrestling coach for Mason High School. http://scnc.mason.k12.mi.us/

That is exactly what I said to some of my kids at school today...man did it make me feel old. Another thing is when they think that the eighties and nineties were eons ago! I show my age when I start jamming to Def leopard or some DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince...HAHAHA! The kids get a laugh out of it. But hey...it is me! Actually I think my students think it is "cool" to be so down to earth with them...be a real person.

But back to me feeling old....it is intriguing to me that I think I am somewhere between the ages of 15-18 years old, but in reality I am the ripe old age of 26. Now that might not seem that old, but some days when I get home I feel like I am 90. I am sore and whipped from wrestling those young pups. What is worse is that I can't let them know it...cuz then they would rag on me :o) Even so, man am I sore!

Hey if anyone is interested in watching me coach...we are wrestling Lakewood at MSU (Jenison Fieldhouse) on Wednesday Dec. 8 at 9:30 PM...Admission is free! http://www.masonwrestling.com/dual.htm

Something different

I was wondering today about relationships. What God thinks about my relationships with other people. Sometimes I feel pretty good about my interactions with other people...other times I don't! I know Jesus wants us to love our neighbors...that was his #1 commandment. But what does that look like? Everyday God puts an image of himself in our lives....they are the other people around us...

That made me think...

So if the other people around us are images of God...why do I sometimes treat other people like garbage? I am Christian....so therefore I know the role God wants me to play...I know the example I should be setting...why do I have such a hard time then doing it on a consistant basis?

The reason...
I could say..."Well I am not perfect"...but I feel that is a cop out! I think the real reason is that I am selfish...and lazy. I don't want to put myself out there....so I hide behind my computer telling my feelings to no one...or everyone...depends how you look at it. I want to be part of the bride of Christ...beautiful and radiant...not bruised and battered. Just some food for thought.

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Do I pray right?

Ok so a friend and I were talking, and we dicussed how we prayed. We both noticed that we tend to say things like: "Lord please give me the strength, Lord allow me to love like you want me to, Lord please give me wisdom, etc." Is there something wrong with those kind of prayers?

If God is our ROCK, our SALVATION, our EVERYTHING...then maybe there is an issue. We both noticed that those prayers don't put the emphasis on God but on ourselves...(i.e. Lord give "ME")...in otherwords Lord I can do it if only....where is the reliance on God?

How then should I pray? Maybe it should be something more like this..."Lord be my strength, Lord be my love, Lord be my wisdom or Lord let my wisdom be in you, etc." I know it may be a symmantic issue, but we decided that the way we pray can reveal our unconcious heart. Who we want in control...God or us. Lord BE!...not only Lord Be in my life....BUT.....Lord Be my life!

Die to ourselves to live for God and let him be in charge! Shouldn't we show God that in the way we pray too!?

The Big Game

Sorry State fans, but it was the BIG HOUSE! Actually MSU should've won that game. Sometimes it just pays to be lucky...just ask TJ Duckett! :o)