My Life

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It's been slow around here lately

I've had lots going on lately and blogging is one of the easier things to let go when I'm in seasons like this!  I'm still in it right now but I've built some small windows of time in to keep my thoughts rolling.  Looking forward to being back!

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This pic gave me flashbacks!

Now I know a smidgen of what Army vets feel.  I saw this picture today and instantly flashed back into THE moment!

Sack on the Washington State Quarterback in 2002 close to the beginning of the game.   We hopped up off the ground and he said "You got to be kiddin me, where in the $%&# did you come from?" I said, "The big gap RIGHT up the middle, you might want to get that fixed, your O-line is terrible. This will be a good day for me!" Then I did a sinister smile and celebrated, haha. I was a mean boy. You gotta love the competitive banter...so funny and looking back on it! haha

It's amazing how serious we take A GAME! haha ....A.........GAME! ....GREAT MEMORIES THOUGH!

 

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A friends reminder when I needed it the most!

(I got this on Oct 24 and just go around to posting about it.) God works through His people to bring the right Word at the right time!!! Check out this amazingly simplistic yet profound Word from the Lord about where I am right regarding my dads condition. "Hey bro. Just praying for you, Brooke, and Jada. I'm doing a bible study right now on God taking us through the wilderness journey and how tough it is. This is an excerpt from the study. Just thinking of you during this time. "The Hebrews didn't just happen upon the wilderness. Their GPS didn't malfunction. God led them there, directing their steps according to His divine plan (see Ex. 14:1-4). When lifted against the backdrop of our own standards, thoughts, and expectations, the road God chooses for us is often not the road we might expect. He often chooses a wilderness journey for us an opportunity to experience Him in a way we might miss in a place of ease and convenience." Not saying you're in a wilderness, but life is definitely a journey of the unknown. Praying hard!"

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More Jada Pics

I know some of you might not be interested in these but my fam in Texas...and Indiana for that matter, love seeing pics of Baby J so here's the link to my Flickr page where I post pics of her. CLICK HERE TO SEE SOME PICS OF BABY J.

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College Football: I just gotta say this

It's "interesting" reading comments about College Football from people who haven't actually played FB on that level. Not good or bad, just "interesting". The "funny" thing to me is everyone makes EVERYTHING sound so easy, hahahaha. I'll just speak for all the D1 athletes, if it was THAT easy EVERYBODY would have gotten the opportunity to play D1 college football. OK I'M DONE!  :) (that felt good, hahahahahaha)

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What's going on with my dad...

I've debated since this happen whether or not to blog about this because it's CRAZY close to my heart and I'm usually pretty private when it comes to this sort of stuff.  Also, I didn't want to feel the pressure to keep people "updated" on what's going on with my dad and wanted to just focus on being with him.  But after much prayer and thinking I think it's ok to write about. A couple weeks ago while I was speaking at Flavor Fest in Tampa, Florida I got a call from my brother that my dad was going to the hospital because he had a seizure.  The next call I got was that he was sedated and given anti-seizure medicine. The next morning my brother told me that he was still unresponsive so I decided to leave Flavor Fest and get a flight out to Houston ASAP.  So I flew out two hours later headed home to Houston. Here's the diagnosis:  He had a "massive stroke" (The term the neurologist used) on both sides of the brain and he has lots of brain damage on both sides of the brain. The progress: It's still early to make any big statements about his progress but he's make some definite progress from being completely unresponsive for an entire week to moving a little bit, trying to open his eyes.  Now we're just praying and waiting and seeing what type of progress he makes! Prayers are appreciated.

1 Thess. 5:16-18

^16"Be joyful always; ¹⁷pray continually; ¹⁸give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus."

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Inspiration at the right time

"Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. In my Fathers house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go to prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you may also be where I am."

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30 Day Bible Challenge

Back when I was in college at Notre Dame I used to give myself Bible Challenges all the time.  I used to decide I was going to do something, then I would just do it.  This morning I looked up and realize I read  a lot of the Bible, I study it like crazy all the time, I share the Bible all the time but it's been a long time since I've given myself one of my old fashion Bible Challenges. So, I'm a journey to read the entire New Testament in less than 30 days.  I'm excited.

Here's a few things about me personally setting this goal:  This will be a challenge for me.

• I very rarely just sit down and read as much as it will take to complete this goal.
• I don't feel like I have a ton of extra time so this will give me a chance to re-evaluate how i'm spending my time.
• I'm not a book worm and don't really love to just sit down and read so this will be a discipline for me for sure.  If it was between picking up a book and reading or doing something more active, I would chose the activity over reading ANY DAY!!!! ....ANY.....DAY!
• For some people this wouldn't even a challenge, for me it will be.  I wouldn't want to do it if it didn't require a sacrifice.
• I'm not one for routine.  I love and value freedom and flexibility over set schedules & structures.  Because of that I will be committing to the reading plan every day!  There will be no "I didn't read today so I gotta cram tomorrow to fit it all in".  This isn't about procrastination or the destination this is about applying myself to a discipline so that I can hopefully receive more revelation!

For the record, this has nothing really to do with completing it and saying "YAY we DID IT" but EVERYTHING to do with allowing more space for God to stretch us and teach us what He wants us to learn.

The fun part:  Brooke and I will be going on this journey together!!!!!!!!!

Lastly, If you want to join me on this journey leave a comment below and I'll email you the reading plan that Brooke and I are going to follow that will take us through the new testament in 30 days.

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No words to describe this type of beauty

Jada has added so much joy to our life!!!

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I'll be back soon

After a jam packed summer I've been taking vacation, unplugging, hanging out with the fam  and I'm back in the office now so I'll be back soon. It don't get much better than that! I got some fun posts coming up and I can't wait to tell you guys about some of my new passions!!!!