McDonalds ruined my life (this one’s for guys only. Seriously.

Realy. No girls allowed!

I heard something funny yesterday. It could be offensive so be careful if you read past this sentence…

I heard someone refer to masterbation as McDonalds. What???

Without an explanation of why you would call it that, I put this together in my mind:
Eating at McDonalds feels good in the moment. But afterwards, you are going to feel some level of crappyness. Plus if you keep eating McDonalds all the time, it’s going to ruin your life…

Thanks for reading : )

Remember, you’re not going to be able to stop going to McDonalds by yourself. You really must reach out for help.

Paths of the Sea

What is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him?… You (meaning God) have made him (humanity) ruler over the works of your hands; you put everything under his feet: all flocks and herds, and the beasts of the field, the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the sea.
Psalm 8:4, 6-8

One of the greatest scientific discoveries of all time was made by a man who not only beleived the Bible but followed its insights. In 1839, while recovering from an injury, naval commander Matthew Maury was read to him from the Bible by his wife. When she read to him the above scripture, be began to think. “How can the seas have paths?” Then he began thinking that if he ever got back to the sea, he would do research on the paths of the sea. Two years later, Maury went back to the navy and was put in charge of their depot of charts and instruments. In this post, he launched an investigation of the ocean currents, which kept him busy for the next twenty years and won him the title “Pathfinder of the Seas.”

Maury believed the Bible was true. Most importantly of all, the Bible is spiritually true. It will show you how to receive eternal life, how to know that you have become God’s child and that your sins are forgiven. Life ceases to be a riddle when you gain God’s perspective, and that is the secret of the Bible. GO READ!

Wasted Time or Invested Time?

I’ve always been poor at time management. But it comes from giving in to what my flesh wants. Those desires are always the easiest to do, so they require little effort. Play a video game. Work on the computer. Play a video game…. How about taking 15 minutes from the hackin & slashin, and talk to Jesus. I know you’ve heard it a million times, but the truth is, our time here is short!

Like this big -> . <- yeah. tiny isn’t it?

God, help me to long for you every day. I realize how important it is to take time to hang with you. I must make time to pray more. I know that it’s a tool you have given to us. When we pray, you move. I must trust that when I pray, you listen because what is important to me is important to you. Thank you so much for just loving me and being my friend. You are more than deserving of my time. I will invest in you because you have already invested in me. Thanks

Happy Birthday to me!

Yesterday (being only 40 minutes into July 31st) was my birthday. I have now walked the earth for 23 years. I’m nearing that quarter century mark. Time is short on earth; I really need to concentrate on what is important; what is eternal. But the one lesson I learned this weekend was this: just because it’s your birthday, your one “special day” of the year, it doesn’t give you the right to stop being humble and be selfish. Well, I actually tried to be good this year cause I remember being that way last year when Naomi had a surprise party for me at the beach. But I think I did well until this past evening. You see, I received the board game “Risk” as a present from my mom-in-law and sis-in-law. Now it’s not just any Risk board game… it’s the mack-daddy of all Risk games. It is “Risk 2210″. It’s set in the future and has a much deeper, expanded gameplay to it. Well, some family friends of ours came over that night who just so happened to love the game as much as I. Needless to say we played for about 4 hours. The selfish part was this: Naomi does not like the game at all. So it was myself, our family friends Chris and Travis, and Karen (mom-in-law). Which left Naomi all to herself for 4 hours. Yeah, we didn’t really end untill 11:30pm. I should have called the game off at least at 10. But I chose the selfish way.

Philippians 2:3 says:
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves.

There’s no excuse for putting myself first. Even on my own birthday.

the One I follow

Puling up in the turn lane on Gunn to turn onto Linebaugh can be a little of a wait. As it was this morning. I crept up the lane ever so patiently but I was distracted by many things in these few moments. Mostly in my mind but also changing a CD and trying to find some trash on my floor to wipe some snot onto (gross!). But amongst this I noticed that the woman behind me could tell I was distracted and not keeping my eyes where they need to be (I’m not positive on that, but that was my conclusion to my observation). There are two lanes to choose from on Linebaugh. I chose the far right as did she. But as soon as she could, she got over into the left. She probably didn’t feel too comfortable behind me. I wasn’t being a good leader.

This made me think about what it means to be a good leader. I know that I want to be like the One I follow and I should be the example of my Leader to others who might follow me.