The Reawakening: Part 8

I can’t get motivated to take action. I didn’t see it going this way, but man, I can understand now what they meant when they said one day you’ll wake up and wonder where the years have gone! Thankfully, it’s only been a few months and I absolutely will not let this go. I will not be one of those people who look back and regret the years that slipped away without taking action.

I talked to my brother on the phone the other day and he encouraged me to keep moving forward. Something to the effect of only having one life (yolo!) and that I’m not the kind of guy who will stay unsatisfied in a circumstance I can’t enjoy. That conversation was out of the blue, but perfect timing. I thought it fitting today to mention the encouragement I get from my brother on this, his birthday. Happy birthday to the best brother in the world!

Onward we march!

-Out of the Wilderness

Jesus in the womb, thought #7

Just like the rest of us humans, Jesus spent 9 months or so in his mother’s tummy. Here are a few thoughts He may have had while He was waiting to be born. Disclaimer: This is all made up, it’s not even hearsay.

“Are you sure now is the right time? I mean, I won’t even have an iPad to play with!”

The Reawakening: Part 7

There seems to be a possible twist in this exciting adventure.

Cincinnati, Ohio. A family of 6 preparing for another school year. 4 young daughters have only known life in Ohio but have a Mom that urgently prays for God to open up doors for them in Tallahassee, Florida. It’s been years since my sister, their mom, has felt her heart longing for life near the rest of our family, in the Florida panhandle. I absolutely adore my family and when my sis told me about her prayers, I proclaimed if she and her family move to Tallahassee, I would to. If I’m being totally honest, I didn’t think it all the way through, and made the promise before I rationally thought about what it actually means for me to leave the city I love. Years have gone by without any developments for my sister’s family… until now. You see, it’s pretty much all rested on whether my brother-in-law can get work in North Florida as an engineer. Tallahassee being a relatively small town (not including the college population), I guess finding work he’s qualified for isn’t as easy as you might think. But later this week, he’s making a trip there for a face-to-face interview with a potential employer. This is their second or third interview and from what I’ve heard, it looks very promising. Now I’m hearing chatter about the promise I made a long time ago. I joke that it expired. But if I’m being totally honest, the idea doesn’t sound totally absurd and it’s something I’ll be thinking about over the coming weeks.

Could this be a twist I never saw coming? Could my time in Nashville be coming to an end? Frankly, I’m shocked those words are even on the table because I love it here.

Jesus in the womb, thought #6

Just like the rest of us humans, Jesus spent 9 months or so in his mother’s tummy. Here are a few thoughts He may have had while He was waiting to be born. Disclaimer: This is all made up, it’s not even hearsay.

“About 2,000 years from now there’s gonna be a band called Fetty Wap? Shoot. I knew the English language was gonna need more than 26 letters!”

Jesus in the womb, thought #5

Just like the rest of us humans, Jesus spent 9 months or so in his mother’s tummy. Here are a few thoughts He may have had while He was waiting to be born. Disclaimer: This is all made up, it’s not even hearsay.

“Just before I die, I’ll make this line more famous than Arnold Schwarzenegger… ‘I’ll be back!'”