Blogging again

Haven’t blogged in a while, going to try to start p90x monday and blog about how it goes.  Prabibly end up like all my other bloging and get board with it.

Writing a book

I’m going to start putting some thoughts together and maybe but them into a book.  I’ve been thinking alot about the short comings of my guitar playing ability and my  Christian life.  I really enjoy both but see places where I don’t do a good job.  Some times I’ll be talking about playing guitar and one of my friends ask me how long I’ve been playing and my response is always “about 10 years but I’m not very good”  It’s true I have been playing for about 10 years, and I’m not very good, mainly because I don’t spend the time practicing to be a good guitarist.  The comparison to my Christian life is I’ve been a what I would call a dedicated Christ follower for around 10 years, and really about the same person I was 10 years ago, and just like my guitar playing if I want things to change time spent “practicing” is what it takes.

Pesticide for my Organic Garden

Went out tonight and bought the cheapest box of box wine I could find, $8.25 for 5 liters at the class 6.  I read online that wine made a good pesticide so since my tomato plants look like they are getting there leaves eaten by something I thought I’d give it a shot.  I’ll follow up soon to tell how it’s going.

I’m such a lazy runner

I try to be a good runner but I’m not very good at it.  I’ll go a month or so and run regularly then stop for months, so let’s give it another try.  Going to get back on a running schedule and try to get back to running a 10K

Worm farmin’ update

The worm farmin’ went well, I took all my worms and that great dirt and put it in the corner of my back yard garden I still compost there and it is working pretty good.  I think when it gets closer to winter I’ll bring the worms back inside or maybe get some more.  But I think I’ll but a professional worm bin this year cause I couldn’t seam to get the air flow right in my home made one, but I would still rate the project as a success.

Worm Farmin’ update

Well yesterday the worms came in the mail, I thought 2000 worms would of came in a bigger box but we’ll see how it goes. Made the container, put the worms in and gave them a little bread to get them started so we’ll se how it goes. If what I’ve read is true my four pounds of worms should be able to eat there weight in kitchen scraps every day, and reproduce about once a month, to we’ll see.

our earthship

Kate (my wife) and I have decided to build an Earthship in Missouri. We want to get started in the next year or so, if you don’t know what Earthships are google them or do a YouTube search they have some cool videos. We have the land to build it, it’s a beautiful ridge on my family farm in Missouri.

beware of the cartoon Leprechaun

my wife and take the responsibility of raising healthy children very important, raising them spiritually, emotionally, and physically healthy.  now were not perfect, we make mistakes 90% or more my mistakes.  but we try to set a good example with the things we eat and what we get our kids to eat.  we try not to get that worthless sugar filled nutrition less cereals(not mentioning any names cause i don’t want to be sued) and the kids do pretty good with it.

we’ll kate called me at work the other day with a funny story about jewell our 6 year old daughter.  seams jewell was watching tv and saw something that she thought was pretty cool, she came down to kate and told here that marshmallow cereal had 12 vitamins and that was all that jewell needed to be convinced that that marshmallow cereal was god for you.

well i thought that it was a funny story and have told it to lots of people this week and got a lot of laughs, but i was thinking about it today.  kate and i tell our kids things like it’s important to eat healthy everyday, we tell them that junk cereal isn’t good for them and it took one cartoon leprechaun to change our little daughters mind, not don’t get the wrong impression of what i’m saying.  i’m not mad or anything like that at jewell, it’s just a example of how influenced our children with the media even at 6 years old.  if our child who believes us and trusts us can question what we are telling her on something simple like breakfast cereal then what about the bigger things is she going to believe tv, her friends, the radio, or something else when they tell her something different then we do, are your kids?  jewell is truly a great daughter and she does believe us and it’s she was being rebellious in any way she just thought mom and dad were mistaken, that this cereal was good for her because they said so on tv.  our kids are always hearing things that are opposite of what we tell them this isn’t just about crappy cereal, it’s about sex, drugs, believing in Jesus, doing the right thing when everyone else isn’t, so any parents if your read this lets just be clear with our kids so when they hear something (and they will) that contradicts with what we tell them they will know the truth.

when the light hurts

a couple days ago i had my eyes checked to see if i could get lasik surgery done, the good news is that i am a good candidate and in a month or so i should have a surgery date, i guess the only down side is that i got my eyes dilated, they gave me some sun glasses that go under my prescription glasses so i can drive and be outside.  one day later i am still sensitive to the light, it hurts and gives me headaches.  i have the day off so i’ve just been spending most of my time inside.

this is a lot tike my christian life.  there are times when God shines his light on me and it makes me feel uncomfortable.  God’s light shines on me when He wants me to do something or go somewhere, when He wants me to stop doing something or give something up.  but my normal reaction is to stay in places where the light doesn’t bother me, places like church, ministries, even fasting and prayer.  what is that, church, ministries, fasting, and prayer can be a hiding place from God?  for so many christians in the west these things have become a thing of complacence, we go to church, are faithful to teith, teach sunday school, pray before we eat, and even fast from time to time.  Jesus talked about the pharisees and how they did all of these things to, but they were doing for them selves to make them feel righteous Jesus called them out “you whitewashed tombs” he says looking good on the out side and full of rot on the inside.  those were people who were hiding from God at church just like i do.

i’ve been trying to seek the light, and to seek Jesus’ will for my life, last night i was praying and it felt like a voice told me to “pray for kate to have a vision of where we should be” and that was kinda weird because i’m the man, i’m suppose to have the vision right?  well i did and i prayed that what ever vision kate had i wouldn’t fight it.  so with out me asking her kate tells me last night she doesn’t think that i should be in the air force and that we should live in missouri.  no a little back ground on missouri, it is where i grew up and where kate and i got married.  kate and i helped out in the youth program there in my home town before i joined the air force and when we were there a few weeks ago the old youth minister said that he and his wife were retiring.  last time i was at my dads house he told me i could have a piece of land on the family farm to build a house on.  and every time we go back there it just seams like we have such peace.  so i told God i would fight Him on this so i’m going to put in a application to palace chase out of the air force and leave it up to him.

fast day 3

well i made it into day three, i really wasn’t hungry and that suppressed me but i have been very weak i don’t thing most of it was due to fasting but i am getting the flu that kate has, she is very sick and jonathan is getting sick to, kate can hardly get out of bead or walk up and down the stairs.  so after praying about it today i feel good about ending my fast.  it has been a great 3 days and God has spoke to me an opened my eyes to faults in my christian life.  i’m tired of being born again lazy and ready to make a change.  i want to find ways to live and serve Christ starting now.  i think fasting is a great tool that God has given us to draw close to him.  i think it is hard (put not impossible) to fast for extended periods of time with out having the ability to go off and be by your self, Jesus did go out into the wilderness when he fasted.  but it has truly been a good three days even though i’ve been sick.  so if anyone is feeling led to fast don’t fight it go where God is leading you and you will be blessed.