With me always

Although I sometimes forget, ( or choose not to acknowledge), God is always with me. When things are going smooth, He is there. When times get tough, He is there. When my own evil desires entice me and drag me into sin, He is there. From birth to death God has me by the hand and even when I choose to let go,
He is always reaching out to reconnect.

I need to remember not to let the trials in my life tear me down, but to use them to build my confidence in the Lord. The trials (if I choose to let them) will produce wisdom and perseverance (hupomone) which will in turn produce maturity. Though my courage and strength will fail from time to time, I find great comfort in the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. Knowing that one day I will be raised to a new life, complete and lacking nothing, and then I will be able to serve Him without fault forever. He is my security. Although I might not always be with Him, He is always with me.

Thx-givn his stery

take a gander this here video bout turkey day.

Goodwill

This is the video we used @ thrive on November 4th hope you like it

James and the 2x4

Well what in the world am i going to talk about now??? Let me tell you. I am in a class in school studying the book of James. The other day we were in chapter three and I'm' telling you what reading through, and really taking what it says to the table for in depth study hurts. (it hurts me anyway) 3:1 Not many of you should presume to be teachers because you know we who teach will be judged more strictly. that v. along perks my ears up because I teach. I usually didn't put much thought into that but if you read on in v.3,4,5 James goes on to describe controlling a large animal by inserting a small bit into its mouth. and steering a large ship by a small rudder. and how a small spark can turn into a devastating inferno causing massive destruction. I knew where this was going because I had read James before and as some of you know, because I have shared with you that I struggle with my language. I kinda fall in line with v.9&10 and if you read on into v.11 it talks of how both salt and fresh water cannot flow from the same spring, a fig tree being unable to produce olives. this got me wondering if this applied to me and my ability to worship God. Can I truly sing to the Lord with the same tongue that i curse Him with? I don't think i curse Him directly but if i am cursing another brother i get from this reading that i am cursing Him. Backing up to ch.1 v.26 if any one considers himself religeous and yet does not keep a tight reigh on his tongue his religion is worthless. is my religion worthless? well after receiving these direct blows to the head from James' 2x4 i had a lot to think about so i thought i would post for yall to think about w/me.

Powerful Thrive

Hey here it is the long awaited video from thrive "Everything" hope it blesses you the same way it did us enjoy

To do or not to do, want I want to do, I do not do,... do do

I just read Junior's blog about just do it and it brought to mind a time in my life where I described the way I was living as a three ring circus.

You know acting a certain way around my church friends, another around my work friends, and yet another way around my family. I am not saying that I have a handle on all rings but narrowing my friends down to Christians has almost eliminated one of the rings. I still need to work on how I act around my family mainly because of the comfort level they provide but I am getting better slowly but Shirley.

I had to make a couple of phone calls to find out where this verse in the Bible is because I wanted to include it in my blog, but it is in Romans 7: starting about v.15 through about v.21 http://www.searchgodsword.org/desk/?language=en&query=romans+7%3A14-21&section=2&translation=nas&oq=wretched&new=1&sr=1 (thanks Denise)

It so sounds like me at times. I don't know why I am doing what I am doing, it's not what I want to do, for the thing I am doing is the very thing I hate I may not directly hate the thing I am doing specifically, but what I am doing is hurting God and I hate that. v.20 Says that if I do the very thing that I do not wish, that it is no longer me doing it but the sin that dwells within me. Reading this chapter can get a little confusing, but read is slowly, often and to the end because it is v.24, 25 & 8:1 that give us wretched humans victory over the bondage of sin. Amen!

Remember that the pursuit of holiness is never ending in this life it will have its' ups and downs and we will never achieve what God wants us to but He loves us regaurdless and will see us through.

Wear your labels proud!! specially if n itsa Goodwill label

You might be a REDNECK if......you won't stop at a rest area if you have an empty can in the car.


I am a little Redneck no doubt about it, But some say I kinda dress a little Metro. So I guess that makes me an all together new breed..... The Metro Redneck heck that's o.k. with me I been called lots worse.

Home at last, Home at last, What a long long ride! Home at last!!

Well we got home from Catylist this morningaround 2a.m. and I got bout 10 hrs. sleep and have now rejoined the living. We had an awsome time and learned quite a bit Ijust hope I can retain and put into practice some of the life lessons shared with us there. Here is a little video we put together for our sunday announcements at our church.

My second chance

This is the video shown at my ordination hope you like it.


I had to post it in two parts

GCC Daycare?

Is this a new program offered at the old parsonage, just drop off your kid and lock the door?

http://www.whas11.com/sharedcontent/VideoPlayer/videoPlayer.php?vidId=169892

Just kidding thank God for her safe return let's pray for this family and their situation.

Yes I'm Still Alive

Hey out there blogging community wow it's been a while since I've written but I been real busy. CIY was a blast I think everyone of the kids took something important away from the conference and I believe I learned as much as any of them did.

Here are a few pics. of the fun we had on the trip

Alex and Sam save Will from certain death here!!!

This guy carried all our groceries

They said I was driving them up the wall!

They were actually driving me crazy as you can see in this pic.

Me an Alex got r hair did

aint we purdy??

Blog Name

Well thanks for reading my simple minded thoughts this is a pretty cool hobby it forces me to use my brain and yet relaxes me at the same time. Well I thought Id'e explaine the naming of my blog page you see as a child I always wanted a treehouse and although I had a little club house down by the creek and have a lot of great memories of camping out down there a treehouse was what i dreamed of I love to climb trees as far up as i could go and just sit there and feel the tree sway in the breese so anyway when spencer asked me one day if I would build him a treehouse I started thinking and looking at them online and getting plans and ideas for a cool treehouse for "him and hannah" thoes of you who know me you already know i am a collector/dumpster diver/recycler of one mans trash into this mans treasure. so i had enough stuff sitting around here to get started but I know nothing when it comes to carpentry but my dad was on vacation so i winged it and got started(after a few phonecalls to him for pointers)

Before long I was well on my way to what some call my second home. when dad got home he came to help and he couldent believe .....well he couldent believe a lot of things like why are their no square corners?,where are the leg supports?,why is this thing swayin when we walk?, and why is this thing sooo BIG!?

(it's 10x10 w/a 2x10 deck across the front)

everyone played an intricate part in the building process....

everybody did something....

any way long story short I was building a treehouse for Me....

AND the kids and I sleep in it just as much as they do!

we have lots of fun here in the summer we make the slide a water slide.

this is the outside>

this is the inside> inside >

and this is the
Fun side slide!! >

so there's a little insight into the blog name

I guess the tree house kinda helps define me

big on imagination, pumped with creativity, a little
a little lop sided but a whole lot of fun !

1st Solo THRIVE

Well I did it with the help of God I made it through my first solo lesson at THRIVE. It was exciting and nerve racking at the same time but most of all it was a blessing! It was a great format for getting my feet wet in the preaching "arena". I had a lot of fun doing it. One of the best parts is that my neighbors from my childhood home in Palmyra were there. Why is that a big deal? you might ask, well lemme tell ya growing up I was THAT kid you know the one who was always a hand full!! and everyone had "trouble getting" to pay attention and get out from under the table. For them to see me in this role just reaffirms their belief in miracles!!
You can read the full article about thrive here http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007707140481

And I'm Off

Well here goes nothing it's my first entry into the blogging world. The first thing I should tell you is that I have never won a spelling bee (never even made it past the first round). As a matter of fact
I often spell words like they sound (go figure) just because I can. Sometimes I am a little lisdexic and my grammar needs help and.........oh yeah I never did get no really good grades in English.
now that thats out of the way no one needs to comment on my poor writing. and as long as you don't mind stumbling through my stories WELCOME and ENJOY.