Snowflakes and Differences…

A couple different edits of the same view...

This picture shows hundreds, maybe thousands of different little snowflakes. I took it with my iPhone to see how clearly it would turn out, and was amazed at all the different shapes that it shows. I then began to look closer, and realized that many had similarities but were also very different…

Signs you're in trouble...

Beware of the dog…

I saw this sign while out inviting people to our church with some of our teen boys. I’m only semi-afraid of dogs. They need to be big fanged dogs for me to truly get that tingly feeling of soon-I’m-going-to-be-mauled-and-die. Mostly, I don’t even notice the signs, except for this one…

I'm positive...too...

You've probably seen this picture before...I want to be the optimist. 

Some that know me, realize that I’m a half glass full to full glass kind of guy. I most always look at the positive side of life and realize that the bad side of life is for a purpose. Life is not fair and I don’t like it sometimes, but I really believe that there is a purpose for the tough times and bad things that occur in life, even if they are my fault.

I’ve had a lot of things running around in my head lately, so here are some things that I’m positive about…

Pure joy!

Joy, Joy, Joy...

There's a Christmas song that says "Joy, Joy, Joy!" I don't remember the name of the song, and I know that it is mostly referring to Christ's birth, but as I think about it, we should be repeating these words everyday.  We are often caught in the doldrums of what we do each day and we get caught up in the "disaster" or "business" of our day, forgetting to have joy!

Humpday Humor...

I have no idea who did this, but it's brilliant and hilarious...

I hope that you enjoy a little bit of humor today...

Failure stinks…

Don't know where this picture came from, but it was a fail! 

Who loves to fail? 

No-one does. 

It’s not fun! It often hurts and often causes great challenges from the failure. If I truly had a choice, I would never fail again and be perfect in every way, but the reality is, we fail!

People fail at marriage, at parenting, in a job, in ministry, in friendship, at sports, in their finances, during pressure, etc…

Failure isn't something we look forward to, but it’s something that’s going to happen…

Security Notice...

I saw this sign a while back and then I looked at the building. It had at least 6 or 7 of this same sign posted at each door and along the main outside walls.

My immediate reaction?

Where are the cameras?

Did they have a camera at each door? On each corner of the building? On a pole?

I looked around and didn’t see a single camera, anywhere.

What’s the message?

Ouch - 3 lessons from a bee sting...

I got stung again…

I know, stop complaining about a little bee sting, it’s no big deal. I get it, but if you read my blog, you know that I seem to learn crazy lessons from just about every little thing that happens to me, including a bee sting.

In the last 4 months, I have now been stung twice, and I don’t remember getting stung since I was a kid, and I was likely tougher then...

If you read my first post about my bee sting on the head, you know that I learned a few important things.

In this case I learned some more…

Jumpy leaders…

Have you ever had someone frighten you, as you walked by a doorway or empty room. They jump out or make a big noise and you stand there in terror with your tonsils in your hands. It’s a heart-racing event that my children love to do, and it’s highly uncomfortable. It’s not the position you expect to be in, nor do you want to be in it. 

It’s way out of your comfort zone…

3 lessons from a blade of grass...

You see that bit of grass (almost directly in the center of the picture). Little blades of grass and weeds grow anywhere.

I see this all the time. Mostly, I think it’s a nuisance, or about how in the world did grass grow in the middle of a street, parking lot or patio - it’s amazing that they get there.

Today is different - a friend of mine saw a blade of grass like this one and he said “Never give up!”