one donut hole fuller…

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It's Monday. It's a new day. It's a new week. It's fresh. Today started with what I thought was Laura leaving for work. As she walked out I nestled back in to bed for a few more minutes sleep before the last snooze alarm went into its morning routine. A few moments later, due to the fact that the bedroom is next to the driveway, I saw the red glow of brake lights fly by the window and heard the garage door come up. I thought that she must have forgotten something and would probably come in frantic and disheveled. How dare I think the worst. In fact she came home to do quite the contrary. As I heard the door open to the kitchen from the garage I looked at my phone for the time and then flipped on the lamp by the bed. I then laid there and waited. I knew for sure she would come in. In fact I fully expected her to whisk through the bedroom, grab whatever was forgotten, and head out frantically. However, she walked in calmly, walked over to the bed, and handed me a tiny … [Read more...]

HEAD IN THE CLOUDS

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i'm a dreamer. i love to think about what things can be like. i can get a vivid picture in my head and see what it looks like in reality. in church world that can be a great commodity and dangerous at the same time. it is great because vision must be cast out of looking from the clouds and seeing the big picture. however, this can be very dangerous because sometimes we can get our head stuck in the clouds and never come to the dirt and put the shovel to those dreams. the people i see doing the most good in the church are those who balance having their heads in the clouds and then parachuting down to the dirt to make them a reality. we make all sorts of excuses for staying in the clouds. we make lots of BUT statements...(might I add those are big but's- #sirmixalotreferernce) i would get in the dirt, BUT...i might get dirty. i would get in the dirt, BUT...the clouds are nice and i don't have to do anything but dream. i would get in the dirt, BUT...what if others don't … [Read more...]