OPINIONS!

Opinions. Opinions are like 'bungholes', everybody has one. I think that the Cardinals are better than the Cubs. The Packers are better than the Bears. The Blackhawks are better than the Redwings. These are just a few of my opinions, and I'm sure some of you may have different ones. You know what? I don't care if your opinion differs from mine. If we all had the same opinions on everything,how boring would that be? Just because you believe different than me doesn't mean I hate you. I am not going to go and start a fight with you. Not going to burn down your house, or vandalize your car. I respect your opinion, and we can agree to disagree. I don't what happened to make everybody get all offended if you had a differing view from theirs. If I don't like a certain thing, all of a sudden I am a racist. Or a hypocrite. Why can't we just all understand that not everyone is going to agree with you, and I'm alright with that. And that's just my opinion.

Feeling Thankful.

As we prepare to enter Thanksgiving week, I am remembering everything that I am and have been thankful for. First of all I want to thank God for the gift of life. To be able to live and breathe everyday,to be able to open my eyes and get out of bed every morning is something that I don't take for granted. I am thankful for the family that I was born into. I love them all to death. I couldn't imagine having a better Mom. My childhood was awesome to say the least. You'll never see me go on one of those talk shows trashing my parents or my upbringing. I wish more kids could have had a childhood like I had. I am thankful that I was spanked when I did something wrong. To show me that there are consequences for my actions. Helped make me a more responsible adult. Thanks Mom! Thankful that we never went hungry. Always had food on the table. Thankful that we ate together every night as a family. It might have been 8:00 or later, but Mom made sure that we all ate together. That is something that I still maintain to this day. Thankful that I had clothes to wear everyday. Thankful that we were finally able to find a size 13 shoe long before they were common place. For the cars that I drove and were provided to me. To be able to go to school and get an education. To get a strong work ethic. Again, thanks Mom! For a job that I go to everyday to help support my family. Thankful for a roof over our heads. The house that The Lord provides for us to live in. I am so thankful for my wife and daughter who faithfully serve The Lord! (Joshua 24:15) Thankful for my ever loving wife, who loves my despite my flaws. Who supports me and my ministry unconditionally. Who makes this house a home. A daughter who never got into trouble. Always received excellent grades in school, and is now in college. Thankful that I married into an amazing family who accepts me the way that I am. This post could go on forever and ever with everything that I have ever been thankful for. I think that you get the idea. To sum it up, I am thankful for my faith, family and friends, and everything that goes along with all of that. Most of all, I want to thank God for loving me unconditionally. For my salvation. For pulling me up out of the muck and mire that I was sinking in. Thank You Jesus!

Iron Sharpens Iron

Iron sharpens iron. Proverbs 27:17(NLT)17 As iron sharpens iron,so a friend sharpens a friend. I have heard this a hundred times. I have experienced it many times as well. But nothing like I have the last few months at work. I work with a woman who is a fellow Christian. She and I share what God has been doing to us and through us, almost daily. Our stories are incredible and almost identical. It's like God is confirming we are right were we should be. Well this morning it dawned on me. Like it never has before. I realized that we talk all day at work about our faith in Jesus and how we are supposed to spread the Gospel around to other people. To show the love of Jesus outside our workplace. This morning I realized that we both had stories that had happened over the weekend and then over the last two days we have been sharing them with each other. Bam, Iron sharpening iron! We are building each other up, to go out into our little world and share the Gospel of Jesus. He fills us up, so we can go out and empty ourselves to someone else. Then come back and fill up again, and repeat. I love how God is using us, both at work and outside of work. I thank God everyday for having this friend at work to talk with and to sharpen each other.