A Call From God

Before I get into this story, I have to tell a pre-story. Last Sunday was my last Sunday at The Rock Eternal. There are a ton of great people there. It was hard knowing that we probably won't see some of those people for awhile if ever. When Liz and I got home, in my head and for the past week, I started to question whether our decision was the right decision or not. Whether or not God was really telling us that this is what He wants from us. That's pretty hard to think about right now, since my wife is pregnant and finances are going to be a lot harder than they already were.

So...about two days ago today, I was at Wal-mart shopping for a few things for my pregnant wife. I was at the self check out checking out when my phone rings. No...it wasn't God. It was a Pastor from a church in Nevada. He started asking me questions about myself and I was completely taken off guard. I had no idea he was calling.

After I got off the phone with him, I started thinking about that phone call. That phone call, really meant a lot for me. The Pastor was saying that he thinks I should keep pursuing this position, which was great for me to hear because I was already questioning if what we did was right. I took that phone call as a phone call from God saying that we were doing the right thing.

I couldn't do anything else, but thank God for that encouragment. I have no idea what I'm doing with these interviews and all that good stuff, but I do know that God is behind us...

...and that's enough for me.

So true. Take it or leave it.

Mad Go-Kart Skills

So the other day I was driving Liz (my beautiful wife) to the doctor's. She has an ear infection. On the way there something crazy happened. We were driving down Ocotillio (which is a two lane road where we live) and this car pulled out right in front of us turning left into the other lane!!! Seriously, I thought we were going to die.

I slammed my breaks and it wasn't slowing us down quick enough. Literally in a manner of split seconds, I realized that we weren't going to slow down in time so I decided to fish tail it around the car. I swerved to the right, then immediatly turned my steering wheel the other direction to fish tail around this stupid car that was blocking the whole entire road now. We ended up half on the road and half on the dirt shoulder, but alive and with no accident.

Liz then said, "Wow."

Then I said to her, "That's my mad go-kart skills."

The End.

one of the greatest things ever

Matthew 5:43-48

Love for Enemies

43"You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor[h] and hate your enemy.' 44But I tell you: Love your enemies[i] and pray for those who persecute you, 45that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. 46If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? 47And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that? 48Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

So I've been reading through Matthew lately, and as I was reading through the sermon on the mount, I started to wonder why Jesus had said "He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous."

I asked my wife her opinion and I gave her mine, but I was curious to figure out what other people might think.

If you have a minute, let me know.

fear

tonight was the first night that I really felt afraid of what's in store for my future. maybe its because now I'm in charge of a family. Before it was just me and decisions like this were a little easier because it only affected me.

not any more.

the thing is...as afraid as I am, I know God has great things planned. As long as we are making decisions based on what God has put on our hearts or have said to us, we'll be great. This morning, I just preached to the 5th and 6th grade that we should be humble people. Man...is that hard. What I mean is...I could sit here and give a ton of reasons as to why I should just get a regular job with benifits and great (or just good) pay, but I know that's not what God has put on our (Liz and I) hearts. We have a calling that we can't deny.

I'm also afraid because of my lack of a degree at this point. I'm afraid that people will look at that and think less of me because I don't have it completed YET. The thing is...I didn't finish because I felt God saying that it wasn't time yet; that He wanted me elsewhere, which was Queen Creek. For that, I am completely humbled and thankful for. If He didn't put that on my heart, man...my life would be different. Probably no Liz. Probably no...lots of things. :) So if I know that it was God sending me away from school at this time, who am I to think that He isn't bigger then a degree?

I guess what sums this up is...at this point, God is taking my world apart...in a good way.

Exciting, yet scary.

A Morning To Remember

So this morning...I was on my way to my second job working at Aztec Paper Inc. and I was driving on a road in the country. So I'm driving along this road when all of the sudden, the hood of my truck flies up into my windshield and bashes my windshield in on the passenger side (well more like made a bunch of cracks like a spider-web) and blocked my site of the road! So i stuck my head out of my window so I could see the road and tried to pull over onto the shoulder, but I couldn't! I couldn't pull over because there were contruction barriers on the shoulder that were blocking it for the construction that was going on about a mile down the road. So I ended up driving with my hood up and my head out of the window for about a 1/4 mile until there was a spot where I could pull over. I ended up pulling into a drive-way and checked out the damage. My windshield was pretty much busted, my hood was dented in many different ways, and part of the plastic connecting my windshield and hood was cracked...

man...what a morning...I'm done for the day i think...