- So far Austin has been great, good bunch of people 🙂 – tomorrow San Antonio and the Alamo! #americanhistory #vacation ! #
- I think way too hard. I need to chilllax & be ok with possibly, maybe, stirring up the waters sometimes. Y fret over love & truth in grace? #
- Enjoying an amazing and long over due date night with my bride! Only Jesus does this kind of fantastic work. #
- @marcustar Date night while on vacation 🙂 Alexis' Grandma watched Emma for us while we went downtown Austin. #
Month: February 2011
Some things to write about…
Since I can’t seem to make a decision on what I want to write on, I’ll at least make a list of things I want to write about. This way when I finally get a little motivation, I’ll be able to pick from the list quickly… normally my motivation and my ideas don’t come at the same time.
- Assumptions freeze grace
- My creed as aligned with “the creed”
- The future holds?
- When all else fails…
- Truth in the face of “failure”
Now, the idea is that when I feel motivated to write something I’ll have a good list of “jump starts” now – I hope. I enjoy writing, but for many different reason I have a lot of road blocks and “well I really shouldn’t because….” I’m hoping this helps – most of it is my own fears of how my words “might be taken”… oh the “people pleaser” in me… ugh…
Tweets for the past week
- Off to ORD #
- Smooth as silk, that's how today is. Love it. #
- Still not a super fan of US Airways – but at least in flight WiFi and no one else in my row is awesome. #
- On the plane to PDX — home to my girls 🙂 #
- Need food. #
- Wow I think this is great, but at 61 a little scary. http://bit.ly/ejGW6d #
- Are you kidding me? Snow!? http://yfrog.com/h2w7foxj #
- @carlybish lol! So so true! #
- My internal filters must be clogged-I can't think of anything to post -except for things that would invoke questions I don't want to answer. #
- Home sweet home #
- Oh the joys of getting up early for a flight with an almost 3y old who didn't sleep much last night. 🙂 Sbux? YES #
Stuck in “small talk” mode.
I can’t seem to gather my thoughts recently, at least not in anything longer than 140 characters… and even that sometimes is hard. I have too many expectations and “filters” in place. There are some things I’m excited about, and then there are some things that I just don’t have control over, that I have hope about. The things I’m excited about seem “blocked” by the things I don’t have control over, which makes for a very patient existence. I also don’t like small talk, which is just about all I feel like I can actually share without causing too much trouble. However I think there are some safe topics I can share if I really put my mind to it. Some things that will help me be more me, and less in the “box” that I keep feeling. I just need to hang on to the motivation… and not be distracted by the “small talk” stuff.
Tweets for the past week
- Last night, on MAX: I picked up some strewn newspaper…and put it in the garbage at a stop… was it that hard? No. #publicawareness #
- @Pastor_Jas I thought the same thing while reading that passage. Our perceptions often do not take into account God's sovereignty. #
Gone stale…
I’ve let this Blog go stale… my bad. Honestly this is because I think too much about the (possible) reactions of others. It’s a catch 22, because I want interaction but I don’t want to be misunderstood or labled. A lot of assumptions are made when people read things…. or may just the large chunk of people who like to over-react (without gathering facts or at least attempting to have some kind of compassion for fellow humanity) on comments all over the web.
So my stale-ness is due to fear of being rejected…. ok I’ve admitted that… when will this beast just go away. It wont I need to allow it to be slain, and there’s only one person I know who can slain beasts like that.
More will come… soon!
Tweets for the past week
- When I look into the faces of the people around me, I see humanity, & when I see humanity I see our story and God's face. #
- @carlybish Where are you??? Is there a Stumptown in Seattle now?? #
- Woot woot! Finished our taxes and this is the first year since we've been married that we don't owe, we're even getting $$ back from Oregon! #
- I so prefer apple-cinnamon to just plain cinnamon oatmeal… #justsayin #
- Another strange PDX sighting – young male in shiny new black lifted Toyota pickup, blasting 80s music downtown… #
- Sometimes, all you want is PB&J – that's what I got today 🙂 #
- We might be the only 2 people amongst all our friends w/o superbowl plans, & we're quite alright with that. Anyone else with us on that? #