Sometimes the chin is best...

I've learn that people have there own versions of everything and most times its the version that either one makes them look the best or makes them feel justified in their own actions... It's human nature I guess and we all do it to some degree. It really sucks when your on the other side of that and you end up having to just take it on the chin like an adult... In the end how can you not be stronger for that if you just keep the right character about you.. It just sucks.

Simple kind of man

I remember always telling Emily (my daughter) to never say the word stupid when she was like 3 and 4... One day we were in the living room and we were watching tv and I looked at the tv and I said "well thats stupid" and she looked look at me with grace in her eyes and said "daddy we're not supposed to say that word" After I apologized to her I thought to myself that whatever limits I put on her for whatever reason I was also putting them on myself... In making her a better person I was making myself a better person also.. You know I didn't grow up with a father in my life and I wish even now that I could look back onto a memory in my childhood where my father sat me down and said to me "son in this life never hurt the people you love, never cheat, never steal, share hope, don't be afraid of love, own your mistakes and never be ashamed of who you are, learn to forgive, make friends, be bold, music is life water, pain heals, trust is like an empty watchtower, know yourself, stick to your word, believe the good in people, grow wings and fly, it's ok to cry, find peace, speak your mind, follow your heart, live life like there is a tomorrow, gold is fake but the warmth of a heartbeat when your scared is priceless, never forget anyone you've ever loved, try new things, be someone's strength, find Christ, learn all you can, regrets are only because you were dishonest, and never make friends with fear. I love you son" and I would look to the sky and say I love you too dad, and any pain I felt at that moment wouldn't go away but I wouldn't be ashamed of it because my father told me it was ok to feel pain. I could forgive you because my father gave me the strength to. I could find peace because my farther gave me permission to. I could..... I guess it doesn't so much matter what I could do, when what I can do is here now, because one day when I sit Emily down and say "honey, in this life never hurt the people you love, never cheat, never steal etc..." I'll not only be making her a better person but I'll be making myself a better person too....

Whooo Girls

Nothing.s perfect

R][R - You got to love it.

ohhh.. you got to love the back and forth you have with some churches sometimes when they're considering hiring you. What I love the most is how it can cause you to look at yourself and makes you say "do I believe that or do I believe this". Like today I had the question "what good is believing in something if you never see or experience it..?" Now I'm not talking about Hope cause thats a totally different thing but I'm talking about some Churches say they believe in healing or signs and wonders and other church say they don't. Now if the church that does believe in them have never seen or experienced them why do they believe in them..? Yeah I know you can argue that we believe because of faith. But look at even faith the Biblical Definition for Faith is found in Heb 11:1 (Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.) THE EVIDENCE OF THINGS NOT SEEN... now if there is no evidence then how do people have faith..? {warning trick question}.... anyway just food for thought I guess...

Life

Life is for living, not living up tight...

R][R - Don't forget your voice

Sept 18, 1978... I love to know that the first thing that let this world know I was alive was my voice. MY VOICE, this never changing, solid, unshaken sound that is MY voice. Lord I will give you this voice hoping the cost is never to great to silence me. But if so may my voice never stop to breathe or take a break or fall upon hear deafened by the winds of adversity. Lord I pray that I never forget that this voice came from you and for that I am forever thankful. Strengthen this voice to make it past peoples praises and disappointment, my pride and faults. Don't ever forget that you too have a voice...!

Road to Renaissance

Well as some of you know I am no longer the Youth Pastor at Life Unlimited Church, so as you can imagine this mean my life is about to change. I believe Jer 29:11 with all my heart so I know this will be a change for the better. I have decided to let you guys in on the journey with me so I will be blogging during this Road to Renaissance.

Be careful because they have written rules for this life. They've even written rules for your life also. I was always that kid that had a hard time walking in that straight line down the hallway in Elementary School because I liked to look at the drawings and posters in the hallway. The teacher even told me one day to look down and focus on the silver line on the floor and make sure I'm always stepping on it and that would keep me straight. It's funny how that's most peoples advise/rules to you in this world, "keep your head down and follow someone elses road or paths to the same place that everyone is going. Even as a kid I didn't like that so I would go to the back and take my time walking as I read each drawing and laughed or wondered about them then I would catch up. I saw monkeys with cigarettes in their mouths that told me not to smoke. I saw 2nd grade drawings where the people were bigger then the houses, sun's with smiley faces, family's with dogs, millions of stars and tons of green grass. I saw a world full of color that i would have missed out on with my head down. So to this day I say "silver lines are for the clouds, give me the color in this life" cause I'm just fine on my own time.

Wishes

So last night I'm staring at the stars thinking I don't even need three wishes, just two... (Eyes closed, fingers crossed, deep breathe) I ask to go back to a day where I didn't need it said, where I didn't need a sign of loyalty or love.. Back to Hurricane waters and realizing that the world needs saving yet again threw laughter... I open my eyes and things are still the same, so wish two I wish for strong feet to keep walking... Cause all and all I see that me, myself and I yes all three have become like doubting Thomas and right before I give up and leave I see a shooting star, I think, I hope, but either way I can't afford for it not to be…. so I wish again because after all we do get three right...?

I'm back

So when did we begin to live in a world where words don't matter..? Where it's ok to lie not only to other people but to ourselves... And believing that lie comes easier and easier... It makes my heart sad, when flashy words make the world turn but it don't turn right...

Anderson Photography

Most of you know that I have loved takeing photo's for some time now. And so with that I dicided to start a photograhy company. http://aphotography.zenfolio.com/ So far its going really well I have 3 shoots lined up for next week and I'm really enjoying myself.. Thank everyone for believing I could do it.. And thanks for supporting Jennifers blog also, thats really cool of you.

This is funny in so many ways..! hahahaha

It's funny

how people change like easter Sunday

Be My Love Life

I miss when music meant something, it would touch the soul and make you think.. like a poem. I miss simple days. I miss people being in love with life, not money, statues, what other people think about them or how they look… Just life. I miss penny candies and block parties, or the first time I saw the movie “A knights tale” cause it made me think I could be better then the world told me I could be. I miss love.. Just Love..unconditional truth one person to another love was love. I miss feeling like a poet, sitting on my roof late nights dreaming of higher places were somehow the stars would shoot threw my pen onto paper and I but if only for a second fell in-love with life.. So life come and be my love and new pleasures we shall prove of golden sand and crystal brooks, dream like water falls and silver hooks

8-)