past weekend

working out is so hard to continue to do. It is even harder to not fall lazily back into your old way of eating and living. I desire to continue to shred the weight and continue losing but at times it is really hard. pray for me because I am looking at a wall but I do not know how to maneuver over or around it. Had a good time this weekend with friends eating out, Genghis Grill, and pa rousing around, at rangers/astros game Saturday, and visiting friends in old town of sherman. Loved every second of every second. even got to eat at an old time fav restaurant, Tin Star. love you

my 8's

8 things I am looking forward to
1. Centrifuge Youth Camp
2. Going out to dinner with Sarah and Matt and Erin and Marcus on Friday.
3. Visiting some friends on Memorial Day
4. Tomorrow (Thursday) my day off
5. weighing in at 199 (soon hopefully)
6. My surprise trip from Sarah
7. editing a video here in a little bit
8. Matt Dugan updating his blog

8 things I did yesterday
1. ate breakfast
2. made a video for church
3. watched the Lakers Game
4. went to dinner at Jaliscos
5. went walking/running for an hour
6. found out a friend is also going to the Astros game on Saturday
7. encouraged Sarah as she recovers
8. went grocery shopping

8 things I wish I could do
1. skydive
2. buy anything I wanted
3. see students leading other students to a faith in Jesus Christ
4. buy a new phone
5. play golf once a week
6. Eat whatever I want and still loose weight
7. fly to a different city once a month
8. be a more inspiring leader

8 shows I watch
1. ESPN
2. The Bounty Hunter
3. The Biggest Loser
4. Survivor
5. The Hills
6. The Fantasy Factor
7. House Hunters
8. Diners Drive-ins and Dives

8 people I tag
Sarah
Michelle
Eric
Matt
Erin
Kenya
David
Bobby Bones

Busyness

Busyness and Apathy are definately of the devil. I believe that was the first thing the devil set out to create as the biggest distraction to God. God is so great and so good and so loving and so big and so awesome, but if we pay no attention to Him because we are so busy or lazy, either extreme, then we completely miss Him. Tonight some of the youth and I were watching "How Great is our God" tour teaching series by Loulie Giglio. He illustrated how big other stars and galaxies of stars are than the planet Earth, and how our God has created these large stars and planets, but can hold all created things in the palm of His hand. I am awed that God, the creator of the universe and all galaxies everwhere, desires for me to spend time with Him. I know I should. I know I want to, but do I consistently spend time with my Lord, NO. Why, you might wonder, because of either busyness or apathy. Either I busy myself with insignificant things in this world that matter to little or nothing or I am apathetic about my spiritual life and seem to do nothing. If God is so great then why don't I worship Him with every second of my life? With everything I say, with everything I do, with every place I go, with everything I look at, with everything I write? All I can say to that is I DUNNO! I was walking today by myself around the neighborhood and began thinking about this. I started saying to God, "I know you are real and that you are apart of my life but sometimes I need to hear from you. God I need to hear from you." Then I get to church and watch this video with the students and think to myself, "how foolish are you!" God has created a world of amazing things that demonstrate who He is and how great He is and I do not even take time to observe them. I do not even take time to listen to God talk to me through His creation. This morning in sunday morning study our topic was worship. We learned how we have fooled ourself into believing that worship takes place in a church building. The truth is worship does take place in a sanctuary but as 1 Corinthians 6:19&20 states, "your body is the temple of God...therefore honor God with your body." Worship takes places with you wherever you are. If that's at a church building, a mall, at a restaurant, or at a bar. God is worship when we worship Him, but unfortunately we usually become one of two previous mentioned states of being and skip on doing what we were created to do. My desire is to work on this, to be conscious of this and maybe I feeling of closeness to God will be different.