Jesus Is Just Alright With Me

I have been thinking and praying about this for a while...

As a follower of Christ, I should feel completely satisfied and completely whole in my day to day life. The life and gospel of Jesus Christ is enough to provide all of the life and satisfaction that I need. For the most part I feel complete through Christ. My intimate relationship with Him has changed my life for the better and continues to shape my heart into the way God originally intended it to be. But as a human of the flesh and of this world, I battle with feelings of emptiness and discontent. As a broken and sinful man , I long for and often choose things to satisfy me other than Jesus and the satisfaction that he brings. When I long for worldly things, I am basically saying that Christ is not sufficient and I need something else. Jesus died and paid for my sin, so I wouldn't have to, he lived a perfect life and called me to something bigger than myself, what more do I need?

It has been a constant prayer for me that I would trust in God's will and plan, that I would trust where He has me and that He is maturing me into a man of contentment. That I will fill any emptiness in my life with the life giving spirit and words of Jesus. That He will forgive me when, as a broken man, I choose myself over Him and fill my emptiness with sinful things that ultimately bring death. I pray that I can continue to serve, labor and love for His kingdom and strive to know Him more day to day.

Through prayer and study, I have learned that it is essential for my health to believe and know that Jesus is just alright with me.

Superdrag Lives!!

Douglas Porter and I went to see Superdrag in Knoxville, TN this past weekend. They are one of our favorite bands and we have seen them at least 10-15 times over the past 10 years. When the original members got back together for a 10 show tour, we thought, "Well, one more time can't hurt us". So off we went to their hometown. The road trip was one to remember with great food, great music, even better conversation & laughter and the changing of the leaves in the NC & TN mountains. oh, and the show was PURE ROCK!!!. It was nice to cruise the open road with an old friend in his silver VW beetle, which by the way was the most comfortable car I have ever ridden in. It is a true blessing from God that in this ever changing world in which we live and after these last 10 years, true friendship still remains. For that I am truely thankful. So, until next time Dee, until next time.

Round Two:Chi-town Streets

Second round of pics from my trip to Chicago.

Round One:Astronaut vs. Lumberjack

First round of pics from my trip to Chicago. I went to see my buddy Henry, aka Astronaut. Enjoy.

The Official Beast is Slain!!!!

Hello all,

As you may have noticed, it's been a long time since my last blog entry. Why so long?, you may ask. Well, I have spent the last two plus months wearing my freelance video editor hat while working on a massive DVD series on electrical safety. It was about 25 to 30 hours of power lines and grounded this or that and hard hat signs and rules 350 2A1b&c through footnote 9 etc... That being said, this project was officially a BEAST!!! A gargantuan sloth like creature with the body of a beast like creature and the head of a sloth like creature with a beast head.

It was a great job and a true blessing. I learned a lot about computers and video editing and I am grateful to God for providing for my needs.

As of today, I am done, so here I am.

There is so much to talk about, I don't even know where to start, so I won't.

I am going on a much needed vacation to the beach with my family and then to Chicago to see an old friend. He is actually younger than me, it's just that I have known him for a while. When I get back, my brain will be willing and able to download it's thoughts to this blog.

Until then......

Seth & Graham made a commercial, yaaayy!!!

Oswald

Oswald Chambers continues to lay down the word of God for us to read.

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