Maybe To Focused.........

Its late Sat Night, and I cant sleep. My mind keeps going and going, constantly thinking. As I lay in bed, I start thinking about Setup for church in the morning. 

Every detail about it, 

How things are unloaded from the trailer?  - In what order does the setup need to be in?  - What channels am I going to put vocals, Guitar, Headset on?  - Do I try and go ALL wireless tomorrow?  - Lighting, How many scenes to set up?  - What color lighting for what part of the service?  - How can I make setup and tear down easier?  - How can I make it smoother?  

and hundreds more. 

I need to find a way to calm my mind, slow it down.

Any Suggestions?

Perfect Moments

Ever just have one of those moments, were you think, “This is perfect” usually its in hindsight that you realize these moments have past, rarely do you think that when you’re actually “IN” the moment. Growing up in the suburbs of southeastern VA, you don’t get to see many stars. Mainly because of the all the lights from the nearby cities, But on nights like tonight, when theirs not a cloud in sight, the temp drops below 14 degrees and the cold wraps itself around your bones. You can see them, clear and beautiful, they give a sense of steadiness and peace to my world. Being Hyper active I’m always moving, always running, even when I’m sitting still my mind moves a millions miles a minute, thinking, calculating and reacting. But Oh the stars tonight, when I looked at them I felt at peace, and the world fell silent but for the transformer and street lights, the sound of the wind blowing thru the trees. The cold frozen grass crunching beneath my feet as I walked. It was perfect in everyway. God’s beauty shining thru

AMEN

GOD is SO SO SO GOOD

So for those of you who don't know, I have been with Christ's Fellowship (a church plant in downtown Portsmouth, VA) for a little over a year now. It started as a house church, a group of believers gathering together to worship. 

I've never been one of those people that's like, "God is amazing and he doing amazing things in our church", but the fact of the matter is God IS doing amazing things. 

The first time I attended CF, we were meeting in house and there were about  15 people. Now we meet in the Effingham YMCA, and attendance ranged form 45 to 80 people on a Sunday. Well today, we got an ENORMOUS gift to the church. God is just blessing us right and left. I am very very excited to see what he does in the future with this church.

Please Pray for Christ's Fellowship, Pray for the City of Portsmouth.

Jesus and Loneliness....

For the last month or so, I've been fighting a strong feeling of loneliness. It shows its ugly head usually when I'm by myself and doing some deep thinking. On one of these occasions I had a thought.

Could Jesus get Lonely?

Was Jesus ever lonely?

As I was working these questions over I thought about Jesus' life. 

Jesus took human form, We know he could feel pain, we know he could feel joy and sorrow. 

So YES, I think Jesus could feel lonely.

Now, Was he ever lonely? 

After Jesus was baptized, he was lead into the "wilderness" by the Spirit. We don't know much about what went on except that he was "tempted" by satan. 

But In the book of Mark it also says "He was with the wild animals, and the angels attended him."

Why did the angels, "attend" him?

Was he lonely by himself?

Maybe, I'm not sure.

Was he lonely that night in the Garden, when all his friends were falling asleep when he needed them most? 

Maybe.

If you have any thought on this please comment. 

I would really love to hear some thoughts on this. 

Thanks  

GEEK ALERT BE PREPARED

MAC WORLD 2009

Steve Jobs didn't give the Keynote address this year at MACWORLD 2009 Expo,  it really wasn't that eventful. Only new hardware that was announced was the new 17 inch MacBook Pro. But they did announce lowering the cost of songs on iTunes, as well as making the transition to DRM free music, but what I was happy about was the fact that I can now download music straight to my iPhone over the 3G network, and I don't have to be tied to a WiFi network. 

So all in all wasn't that great of an Expo.

I've come across a few things lately that I want to share, 

THIS PICTURE IS NOT REAL! (I WISH IT WAS)

I WOULD LOVE IT IF THIS WERE REAL!!!

ALSO FOR MY T-SHIRT DESIGN FRIENDS THAT HAVE NOT SEE THIS YET.

HERE ARE 10 DESIGNS INSPIRED BY MAC/APPLE

Lennon Back From The Dead!!!

I've been following the foundation for sometime now.  Basically they want to give every child in the world a laptop, giving them a better chance for a future. I love this idea, and will support it in the future. Despite what they might think American children have opportunities thrown at them right and left, programs to help inner city and less fortunate kids. Free money, support from places all over the world. We've become so greedy we expect everything to be given to us. My father grew up in Portsmouth VA, his grandfather, father and mother all worked for the Norfolk Navel Shipyard, My uncle, and cousins all worked or work at the shipyard. Dad worked there for 40 years, all of them doing the best they could to make their way in this world with what they had. Earning everything they were given and giving everything they could to there families. Sometimes I forget that. We live in an amazing time, maybe every generation thinks that about the time they live in. Information in an instant at our fingertips. Vehicles and transportation to take us to the ends of the earth and back. And yet I feel like relationships are being lost, stolen by texts, Instant Messages, Email. I'm not sure were this post is going, its kinda took a left turn right in the middle there. 

Currently I'm reading the Book of Mark (ironic) and "No More Christian Nice Guy" by Paul Coughlin.

Both are great. 

What Are You Reading???

Money Back Guarantee!!!

I thought this was funny, saw it on a pack of boxers. 

"FLY WILL NOT GAP"

 "MONEY BACK GUARANTEE"