Really looking forward to my new series starting this Sunday. My favorite OT character is Joseph. His story mirrors ours in so many ways and most importantly we can learn so much about Jesus through Joseph as a foreshadow of what was to become in the life of our Lord.
Mad props to Jesse Anderson for his design skills. Video bumper to come later in the week!
You ever find yourself in the tenuous middle? That place where what you’re dreaming of is not yet and where you’ve been seems more blissful than it actually was.
The tenuous middle is training camp. You’re on the team but you haven’t played a game in a very long time. It’s where you’re broken. Torn down. Stripped. Humbled.
It’s where you ask, “Was this dream really from God in the first place?”
It was.
“At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up.” – Galatians 6:9a
Yesterday I concluded our series on marriage called The Vow with a Marriage Manifesto that I wrote. We created bookmarks and printed it on the backside with The Vow graphic on the front.
Here’s the Marriage Manifesto:
Marriage isn’t for the faint of heart; it’s full contact…the original extreme sport!
Ladies, the romantic you married will go into hibernation only to emerge and sweep you off your tired feet. That’s when it really counts! Forgive him…he doesn’t understand you. He never will. But he loves you in all your mystery. Let him know everyday that he’s still the most capable human being you’ve ever known.
Men, the pressures of life will weigh your spontaneous bride down. But if you hang in there sexy returns with a level of class only time can perfect. Treasure her. She’s worth it. Show her how much you care. Be the only voice that causes her heart to skip.
The fights about money, sex and not enough of either will seem silly when there’s bigger fears that come lurking. Through the ups and downs life brings…hang in there…growing old with the one you face every trial of life with is what refines two into one.
Create memories this week. Touch. Listen. Date. Tease. Cherish. Love. Do this week what you will have wished you would have done when your 87 and “today” is in the rearview mirror.
We have about 300-400 extra bookmarks. If you’d like them, let me know.
I came across this video by Francis Chan on Jason Curlee’s site. Love it!
The Big Red Tractor from Jacob Lewis on Vimeo.
BTW: Francis will be at Calibrate NW this November.
I’m not sure if this is true of all introverts but I process internally. When I say something or voice a decision it’s usually been processed for sometime and I’m announceing it to the world.
Others that I know process externally. It’s like they need to hear their voice in order to come to a decision. Admittedly I talk to myself sometimes too but never in front of someone else!
Put the two together and it makes for some very confusing collaboration. Learning how each person processes and appreciating the others way has hugely helped.
Do you talk to yourself in order to make decisions? When you say something are you hearing for the first time or have you been saying it to yourself, inside your head, for sometime?
