Are your ears open?

Is anyone else struggling to get into bikini shape?  I’m a man so I’m not dealing with that issue … but I do get an email every Monday morning from Outback Steakhouse for a free bloomin’ onion whenever there guy makes the top 10 in the Nascar race over the weekend.  I can’t help but fall into those bloomin’ onion temptations, because its always something.  “OK” I tell myself “Tomorrow is a new day and we’ll start then.” and then the weekend comes and we go bananas on Pizza Party Friday or we go to our friends and have a little more than we normally would and then … repeat the cycle.  I look at my kids and I think, I should just eat what they do.  we force upon them organic veggies and great proteins … water and some milk on occasion.   Of course the afternoon or after dinner treat is something we all look forward to.  The problem is too many treats for me … not enough veggies.  Oh well, maybe bikini body next year?

 

So this weekend was sheetrock central at our place.  my wife and I hung drywall and it was awesome how things turned out.  its amazing to me that I have a wife who will still make me food, love on me and hang drywall with me even though I am a big, stinky, loud and sometimes ineffective man.

 

By ineffective, I mean of course, I don’t always rush for the lotion to rub her feet after a day on mine.

 

But we should.  I should.

 

We are called to serve and what it boils down to, is that we need to be the 2^nd greatest need fulfillers there are.  People are starving for the Truth and purpose.  Now, I can’ fulfill your deepest needs, sorry about that.  Actually, no one can.  Only Jesus.

 

I’m pretty sure my wife’s deepest need is foot rubs and calve massages.  She would beg to differ, but it’s a close second I’m sure.

 

Well today I’m rambling because I am super achy, my 34 going on 35 year old bod can’t take the abuse like it used to.

 

Do you ever want to stay up late because you get some “me time” and then realize you have to get up at 6am and its like 12:30?  Not the first time its happened to me and I’m sure it won’t be the last.

 

I’d like to get the pictures up of the work on the house, hopefully soon I’ll have some time to devote to this journaling.  I intended to be on here more than I am, but finding that wife, kids, house, work, friends and other activities tend to carve out the time.

 

Today is my opportunity to do something new, to take a risk, to walk like I believe.  And not just talk like I believe.

 

Are you a walker or a talker?  Have an example?

 

My verse today is James 1:19 (NIV)

“My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this:  Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry,”

 

 

Are you listening?