Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Any last words...

I read a little article on last words and it got me to thinking, what would you want your last words to be? Well I am a little off balance so I started to think of crazy last words, stuff that might be funny or apropriate in some circles. So here goes...
Arnold Swartzenagar lying on his death bed, he reaches up to Maria Shriver his wife and says, "I'll be back..."
Albert Einstein ~ "Ah, Infinity!!"
George Steinbrenner owner of the NY Yankees ~ "I am looking forward to seeing Billy Martin again, so I can FIRE HIM once more!"
Crazy Horse (American Indian Chief) ~ "Geronimo!!"
General George S. Patton ~ "I will NOT return!"
Chuck Norris ~ Who am I kidding, Chuck Norris will never die!
Mr T. ~ "I pity the fools who have to carry my casket..."
Harry Carrey ~ "Holy Cow!!"
John J. Rambo ~ "what do you mean I ran our of bullets?"
The Godfather ~ "I am accepting an offer I can't refuse..."
to be continued...

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Twitter

I forgot all about twitter. I was into it for a little bit, had some people following me and then forgot I even had it. My wife mentioned the other night that she had not seen any tweets from me. I thought she said "Sweets" so I thought I would have to get some candy for her, but then I realized she said "tweets" so I am going to have to get going on the old twitter again.
But I always wonder, who really cares? I mean do people really want to know what I am eating for dinner? Do they really want to know where I am all the time? Are they that interested in my boring life that they want to know that my kids are driving me crazy, my schedule is bonkers and I have gained ten pounds in the last three weeks?
I mean I am not a celebrity, I am not famous so who would want to follow me, I am me and I don't really care what I am doing most of the time.
Well I guess I better go put some random dribble of information on the web for all to share in the boring life of a Pastor/Father/Husband/Salesman/Referee/and whatever else I am.
:-)

Monday, September 28, 2009

Decisions Decisions

I was talking to someone the other day and made the statement that every decision you make affects something later in your life. They looked at me like I had a horn growing out of my head. So I did a little research the other day and documented every decision and if it had a negative or a positive impact on my life.
7:30AM - Alarm went off, (decision) decided to hit snooze three times, (impact) was almost late for a meeting.
8:15AM - Hurrying to meeting (decision) so did not take time to hit the bathroom, (impact) almost wet my pants before getting to the meeting.
9:00AM - (Decision) Decided to have breakfast right before the meeting, (impact) split gravy on my shirt with no time to change.
12:00PM Meetings going good, (decision) to have the fiery chicken enchiladas for lunch, (impact) ate fiery enchiladas for lunch for the next four hours over and over and over again.
1:00PM Meetings resuming (decision) to take a short cut to the next location, (impact) almost late for the meeting again, twice in one day, bad.
5:00PM Meetings over (decision) to find a hotel for the night since I did not call ahead with a reservation (impact) other than the new ulcers I received worrying about where I was going to stay or if I had to sleep in the car, nothing, except for the "in desperate need of a renovation" hotel I stayed at that smelled like bad chicken curry.
11:00 PM Still up, decision from earlier is causing me to not to be able to sleep, bad bed, bad smells and the water pipes keep rattling the walls, or at least I am telling myself it is the waterpipes.
11:30 PM Make my last decision for the day. (Decision) Tomorrow lets make good decisions!!

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

B U S Y...

I have been soooooo busy. Seems like every waking moment I have had an appointment to keep, someplace to be or someone to take care of. I think we can let those times draw us away from what we really need to be doing.
I realized this the other day when I asked my kids a question about why they had not gotten something done. Their reply, "I have been so busy." So I asked them what they were busy doing? Well, school (which gets over at 3PM) so I gave them that one. So "what did you do between 3PM and 5:30PM" when I got home I asked them.
"Well, we uhmmm got a snack, and did homework and things" was the reply. So 2.5 hours worth of homework and snack making, really? I asked them.
Well there was a couple of video games in there, and a movie and some Facebook time and some more games on the computer, oh and Fantasy Football (BTW I am dominating my league!!) to do.
We get that way in our lives, where stuff starts to push out the important things. Like spending time in the Word, in fellowship with GOD and others, in having GOD only time.
So when you use the old, "I have been busy excuse" think of the things you have been doing and decide if that is a good excuse.

Friday, September 11, 2009

My Baby's Sick

Pastor Trudy was under the weather today in some severe pain. So in the midst of her pain I was trying to comfort her and she put her feet up on me as I stood by the bed. I stood there for about five minutes, and then I got to thinking. How long would I stand there and support her? It was becoming really uncomfortable, standing there and not being able to move. My feet were not in the greatest of positions and were getting sore. So as I thought of those things I realized that I would stand there all day if she needed me to. She was really hurting and the pain and discomfort I was feeling was nowhere near what she was feeling.
I think that is the way Jesus is. He was willing to die so that we would not have to. He was willing to take the pain so we would not have to experience the discomfort. He was willing to do whatever it took to take the pain away from our lives.
That is the kind of legacy we should leave. Gotta go check on my baby, pray that she will feel better.

Saturday, September 5, 2009

Top Ten....

Movie Quotes from Pastor's Pat's perspective.

10) "You can't handle the truth!" ~ A few good men

9) I'm gonna make you an offer you can't refuse" ~ The Godfather

8) "I ain't got time to bleed" ~ Predator

7) Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what your gonna get" ~ Forrest Gump

6) "He is like iron" ~ Rocky III

5) "Adrianne!! Adrianne!! I did it!! I did it!!" ~ Rocky I

4) "Luke, I am your father" ~ The Empire Strikes Back

3) "Show me the money!!!" ~ Jerry McGuire

2) "I love Brian Piccolo" ~ Brian's Song

1) "Hello, my name is Indigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die." ~ The Princess Bride

Thursday, September 3, 2009

Ten Reasons....

Why I ride a motorcycle.
10) How can you not look cool riding a motorcycle?
9) the smells you don't smell in a car.
8) The open sky stretched before you, isn't the same in a car.
7) Gas mileage is Great!
6) Air Conditioning is not required! The faster you go, the cooler it gets!
5) You HAVE to wear jeans, no Khakis allowed.
4) The thrill of traveling over 60 MPH, looking down and seeing the road three inches from your boot.
3) The roaring of the pipes as you set at a stop light and irritate the person on the cell phone next to you.
2) The oneness you feel with the road, with no distractions. No radio, no cell phone, no kids.
1)Because my wife will let me!!

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

I hate...

Clutter.
But I apparently love it also since there is so much around.
Stay with me.
I find that clutter to me are items that I rarely use, that really have no value, and just take up space.
They are things like the bowling ball that I have in my office/den/walk in closet. I have used it twice in ten years. I am not a bowler, but I found this ball at a bowling alley in Indiana (I think) and I bowled the game of my life (179). So I bought it for $5. I have taken it one time to go bowling and I have moved it twice from one house to another. Why do I have it, well it has meaning to my bowling career.
They are things like the old briefcase I had laying around the other day. So I counted up the briefcases I own, yeah it shocked me too. I have seven briefcases! They all do not look the same but this one I am refering to and another one I have, they are simliliar. Now I don't use more than one at a time, so why do I have seven? Clutter. And the one I was going to get rid of has a broken handle so that is why it was replaced. But it was not removed, why, well it had meaning to me.
See, our lives are like that. We allow things that may have meaning, but serve no purpose or use in our lives to clutter us up to the point where new things have no place to exist. I will always remember that bowling ball and the game I rolled, I do not need the ball to remind me. I will always remember that briefcase that has the broken handle. Well maybe I won't but I have another that looks just like it that is fully functional with handles that work, so I will not miss it in my life.
So every so often, get rid of the clutter that surrounds your life so you can let new things take those places.

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Confusion is good?

Yep, when you work out you need to confuse your muscles to get them to burn excess fat, get larger or get leaner. Your muscles react to confusion and it is a good thing. Who would have thought confusion was good?
Athletes vary their workout routine to get the most out of every workout and to become physically the best they can be.
What if we applied that to our Christian walk? I can see it now, headline reads, confused christians confounds churches.
I think some confusion is good in our lives, it makes us look deeper for the answers that elude us, it makes our brain process information in a new way to bring new meaning to old things.
So confuse yourself a little this week, build some brain muscles, learn some new truths and exercise some of those spiritual muscles that have gotten flabby!!