Big Church!

Thanks Fusion EDGE youth team! Nekki and I got to go to service today and worship. My batteries got recharged. It was awesome to see Seth and the band again ... to see Pastor Tony live. As always, the sermon hit home - exactly what I needed to hear. Jesus walking on the water and Peter going out to meet Him - one of my favorite passages. I have heard literally over a dozen sermons on that passage - it's applications are inexhaustable. Anyways, I've missed service and was thrilled to be there again.

King Rooster Mayhem To Be Wed

The Rooster himself will be wed tomorrow. The event set at the Payne Corley House in Duluth, Ga. It's a gunslingin' affair - cowboy hats - boots - and firearms. Can't believe my boy's tieing the knot .... again. Wil is a lifelong friend from Vidalia - a town known only for onions. We have a sordid family history in which Wil ended up adopted by the Shivers.
All the brothers will be brought back together for an evening - bad things are bound to happen.

Side Notes and Random Thoughts:
1. Finished reading Heaven and Hell by Edward A. Donnelly - a must read
on a controversial (and danced around) subject.
2. Had a Sunbelt upgrade this month.
3. 5-hour energy drink + vitamins w/ niacin + herbs w/ niacin + caffeine = bad day
4. Cats are crazy
5. Income Tax = Communism Fair Tax = Capitalism
6. UGA must win

Keep on Truckin

Hard hits and great Godly gifts last month. I am amazed at how little we actually control. We may be fooled into believing that Circumstance + Response = Outcome, but if you have ANY relationship with God you know this to be untrue. Amazingly, this is a concept preached and supported by so called "Christian" success wizards - those guys that run around the world doing seminars and selling ideas. If they really do have a genuine relationship with God Almighty I have no idea how they came to this conclusion.

God never ceases to amaze me. Some days I feel I've messed up so much I'm just waiting for God to strike me down. I get the feeling that some form of punishment is inevitable. Then God graciously blesses. I am humbled.
I'm not pretending that our behavior has no ramifications. I don't mean to suggest that we have a ticket to be screwballs. But I now work in the sales field, and nothing is pushed more than this 100% accountability theory. Let me explain. I have no problem accepting the failures and knowing they could have been avoided with some proactive anticipation. It's the unearned successes I have a problem claiming credit for. In other words ... all in all God is in control. We can forecast, speculate, hindsight, organize, interpret, review, analize, etc. In the end, there is one answer - God's purpose.