Interesting days

The more you know, the more you realize that you don't know.

Have you ever heard that saying? When I was a teenager I thought my parents were dumb. I thought they had no clue of the "real world". The older I have become all of the sudden, they are pretty smart people!! Funny huh? Because the more I begin to know, the more I realize that I have no clue!!

That fact is hitting home with me currently in my walk with God. It feels really strange.
I'm praying more than I ever have; and I know I don't do it enough.
I'm in the bible more than I have ever been; and I know I'm not in it enough.
I'm serving more than I ever have; and I know I'm not serving enough.
The closer I get, the more I know that is available to me that I am not reaching. Not because God isn't offering; on the contrary, it's because I'm insufficient. Tough to feel that, but fact it is.

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I had a great workout today and my 6 month check up is coming up next week.
C

I would like to tell you......

that I pray daily
that I am in my bible daily
that I put my family before myself
that I have everything together
that I am a phenomenal husband
There are many other things I would like to tell you, but they would all be lies as well.
God is still working to perfect me! I pray he will finally have me perfected at the day of Christ. Until then, I pray I grow daily. Instead of the 1 forward, 2 backward approach I have done in the past!!

We had another great weekend!! I thank God for my wife and children that make everyday soooo enjoyable!!
C

SLEEP

It has been an extremely tiring week!! We havn't slept well all week for a variety of reasons, but last night was NICE. I feel rested and relaxed finally.
Bailey has been at Splash Bartow all week, and I am ready for her to come home!! I am also ready to hear her experiences. I hope she had a blast.
I need to get a picture of the garden up here so you can see it. Growing like crazy. We picked two cucumbers yesterday, which is the first of anything we have gotten, but everything is in full bloom! Looking forward to picking more stuff.
Big softball tourney tomorrow. It is the ISA State Championship. It is in Rome, so we don't have to drive far!!
Have a great weekend everyone!!
C

Weekend Events

Friday after work I went to get my hair cut then hurried home, just in time to leave for Rome. We met my nephew John in Rome to eat dinner then he was staying with us for the weekend. We ate a Sumo Japanese!! We came home and played dominos for a couple of hours while we caught up on everything with he and Sarah!! She was at the Merchandise Mart for the weekend with her mom. We missed seeing her!!
Saturday was a softball tourney at Dellinger!! We don't get to play there enough. We didn't do great. A very bad showing compared to how we have been playing. We got home and Lorraine started making chicken n' dumplins!! The rest of us played a little four square.
Sunday School was good. Continuing on the ten commandments. We had some more good discussions. Church was wonderful. Worship set was good and Doug, filling in for Pastor, did a good job!!! We had lunch at grandaddy Austin's house for his 81st birthday!! Chicken casserole, chessy hashbrown casserole, green beans, mmmmm!!!
We went out with Shep and Andrea to Mellow Mushroom (it was good this time!!) and had a great time. I had a great time talking with them. They add a lot of perspective! I was able to hash out some of the stuff rolling around in my mind. They were too. Hopefully I will be able to blog some of my thoughts on the things we talked about soon.
A GREAT WEEKEND!!
C

P.S. A little belated, but good luck to everyone who auditioned for praise team yesterday!!

Six

It has been six months tomorrow since the world changed around my house. The post heart attack "plan" is still going well and I guess it will until God calls me home.
So the short version:
Children are good and enjoying summer!
Donna's good and enjoying summer!
The garden is growing good!! Going to be eating some good vegetables shortly.
Work is going good.
So really my life has never been better.
My house is joyful, and fun.

With all that said, it makes little sense to me as to why I am wrestling with God over stuff, when everything is going soooo perfectly, but personally that is where I remain. Been there for a few weeks now. And so far, I've got lots of questions, but very few answers.
C

Cleveland, Ohio

We had a wonderful time in Cleveland visiting my sister Janet, my brother in law Henry, and my nephew Hank. Mom, Dad, Donna, Grif, Bailey, and I flew out early Wed. We got there by 9 am or so. We took a driving tour between the airport and their house of Cleveland and some of the suburbs. We went to lunch at a deli that was incredible!!
I don't remember much after that. I slept the rest of Wed away. Either from getting up at 3:30 to make the flight or the dramamine or something, but I crashed!!
We went to the West Side Market, which is a HUGE farmer's market. Any fruit, vegetable, meat, cheese, spice, or herb you wanted was there. I could have spent hours and serious cash in that place!! Janet, Henry, Donna and I left the kids with mom and dad and went to Lolita's, which is Iron Chef Michael Symon's restaurant. It was an amazing culinary experience!!
Friday we went to the shores of Lake Erie, and now I can say that I have been to a Great Lake. We went out to dinner at Trutorios which is an Italian place in Little Italy. WOW. Saturday we did normal 4th of July stuff. We grilled out. We sat outside in 75 degree 0 humidity weather. We played HOURS of corn hole.
Sunday morning we went out for brunch at a place called Grumpies. Wonderful again!! We chilled out, watched Wimbleton (OMG what a match) and went to the airport to come home. Bad weather made the turbulence a little too much for my liking, but we made it home and drove to the house around 11 or midnight.
The food scene in Cleveland is amazing!! If you ever go, take your stomach and your wallet. I think I saw 4 "chain" restaurants while I was there!!
Absolutely GREAT trip. My nephew is pretty cute and wonderful too!!
C