It's coming home

For a few months now I've been thinking about what country I want to pull for in the upcoming World Cup. Everyone in the world loves soccer, and I really really want to get into it. I played soccer as a kid, for 5 years actually, thus, it only seems like I'll be getting back to my roots in a lot of ways. I have chosen England as my country! They pretty much invented the game, they've been good in the past, and I think they've got the stuff to do it again. There are many many things that I like about England, and I like the history the game has with the country, and I like their fans too. It just seems like a good fit, though, Germany was a close second! Plus, they're kind of a long shot, and I like that. Why pull for the favorite?

The only national soccer game I've been too was Bosnia vs. Turkey in Sarajevo. That was an unforgettable experience! Riot police, flares, firemen, barricade fencing, oh yea, good times. I don't think England has crazy of fans to that extreme, but, I'm sure there will be some shenanigans going on!

He is jealous for me

It's true.

The crazy thing is, that no matter what I run too, what I try to satisfy myself with, what I look to in trouble, how much I rebel or how faithful I am to Him, He loves me. He is jealous for me. He just didn't redeem me. HE LOVES ME. He's jealous for my affections to Him. A broken man in repair. Crazy stuff hun?

I feel like the simplest things in our walk, like God's love, grace, mercy....I don't know. I mean it's something that's received and understood immediately, but....I think it's gona take a lifetime to try and figure out too. You know what I mean? It's like you can go deeper and deeper, but there's no bottom you know?

It's like a tree. I mean, we've all seen trees before. We've grown up with them, climbed them, walked under them, played hide and seek behind them. But, have you ever tried to wrap your mind around a tree before? It's like, what the crap? How amazing and beautiful and complex is a tree. And that's just a tree for crying out loud. Haha.

"Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known." -1 Cor 13

Up and away

Holy crap. Ever since I was a kid I've loved everything related to space travel. NASA, astronauts, even airplanes and all of that too. I love to fly, I love to travel, I love science, I love big explosions, and a space shuttle launch pretty much is the greatest of each of these rolled into one big beautiful machine ready to sing her song. And boy, can she sing.

I looked up the shuttle launch schedule a few weeks ago, and it's been in the back of my mind ever since. I want to go and see a launch sometime in the next two years. So, you can hold me accountable to that! Seems like they've got one going up about ever 2 or 3 months maybe, so, there's just no excuse on my part not to take a week off to drive to Florida to see one take off.

Ahh!!! I have to see it. Just imagine the ground shaking from the two main rockets. I just can't get over how much energy that is, how much thrust one of those dudes gives. It's amazing. But, the real show is when you get up there I bet. Getting to see creation in a new way for the first time, that's amazing. Amen.