Hebrews 10:35-36

Confidence. The Bible says not to throw it away. Follow through with your confidence when it is of God. I think about this all the time. Who shakes your confidence, rattles you, makes you question? For me it has always been work, relationships(friends and family) and results/expectations. Every time it was shaken I was so distant from God, the daily grind of work was not prayed over. My relationships were not Christcentered and the expectations or results were of Wordly measure. As time goes in and I pray over work I feel a balance. I remove myself from relationships that pulled me away and i draw closer to God. And when I take every step to Honor Him and work to reward Him I feel His blessing.

I'm not who I was. And this is a slow process but each day presents me an opportunity to mature in Christ. He created me, and because of that I am called to Love myself and make myself better THROUGH Him!!!

Love.

Christmas

Oak was stunned to find out that Santa left all of his wrapping paper at are house!!

'Souvenirs' by Switchfoot is impressive

Easy Bake Oven for my Lil Man. I'm cool with that...

Callahan has more facial expressions then your average one and half year old

Stole this from Quinn Merry Christmas

http://youtu.be/EpgAWKV5JVU

Devotionals

Everyone has crazy things going on I their lives. Life has been particularly crazy for A and myself this year.
She has held on through devotions. A gift her parents passed on to her and one we will pass to the boys. This was new for me and has been a challenge to stay consistent daily. This year has been wild but people like Jason Zimmerman, Dave Reeves and of course Amber have held
me close trough their devotions daily and using them to impact me. I'm grateful for them. I pray to return the favor or pass it forward.
My 2 Recommendations....
Jesus Calling by Sarah Young
Holy Bible App has awesome devotionals

December Times

Epic party----->>> first annual with luck
Florida came, Oakley is now crushed by their departure...I mean crushed, devastated
John 15:5 life verse for me
The less I read my devotionals the less I smile, bless those around me
Kevin Max is the lead singer of audio adrenaline... Check out kings & queens
Again your job/career does not define you... I am a father a son a grandson a nephew a friend a husband a brother a brother in law a friend but most of all I am a Child of God
To all of you, my words/my actions will not always reflect my true being I am blessed with learning and progressing through mistakes when I choose to learn through God... The difference is just that, apart from Him I make the same mistakes over and over because of Satan. Forgiveness exists because of Jesus. I won't be perfect but I will always strive to better today then I was yesterday...

“We must learn to regard people less in the light of what they do or omit to do, and more in the light of what they suffer.”
― Dietrich Bonhoeffer

My suffering is healed through Christ Alone

John 15:5

I am nothing apart from Christ
A lifeless, selfish drone

'In the Light' DC Talk
Temple Run
Read My Bible
Chasing Oak
Pandora Shuffle
American Pickers
Maybe being like American Pickers
Missing Road America
We Bought a Zoo---underrated
Seeking my toys played with again

Matty 6

Matthew 6
Clarifies and guides. You here people say I give up, I cannot go on, I've had it, I'm done, what's the point... I've said it numerous times and I hear others say it. They maybe in to something, Be Done. Stop Chasing the World, Follow Christ, you do not have to Chase Him, He calls and we need to answer wholeheartedly. We will suffer and it will not be easy but suffering comes to show others that we have Victory in Christ. To allow us to see Him at Work, if this was easy we would see people coerced into Christ, God wants us completely, all of us through Faith. Suffering and Worrying are inevitable apart from God and only he can provide the reassurance and solution you worry for and suffer towards

Pray: My Master and my God, forgive me for always wanting an easy life. I admit that I don't want to suffer, and I don't like it when things go wrong. But I ask You to help me have a good attitude and to trust You to bring good out of it. I pray this in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

You think you know

At the end of the Day, your not actually going to know someone like you think you do. She will be the only one that knows me ever.
People you think you know will let you Down, don't place too much into those relationships. Your family will hold you... They will fight for me, and Amber guides me, Fights for me. Stands up for me, holds me and knows me... Find this someday!! Through God.

Restless

It seems more often than I should be I am fighting the secular humanism that abounds around me. I understand that it fills my mind with attempts to counter. But what I fail to understand is how much it peels me away from my personal walk. As I focus and spend so much time on countering with witty comments, links or symbols of my staunch opinion the more I fall away from personal growth. Satan exists... Don't deny his existence. My hope is to update this with a walk or symbol of my journey more often, accountability.

Anticipating
All that I aim for
What I was made for
With every heartbeat
All of my blood bleeds
Running inside me
Looking for you

I am restless, I am restless
I am restless, looking for you
I am restless, I run like the ocean to find your shore
I'm looking for you

Called out... Nothing gray, be bold black and white, stand tall

1 Cor 15:58

Sold the Milan today. As I was cleaning it put I found acorn we picked up on our honeymoon. 3 years later we named our first born Oakley.

All relative

Why I'm here

Got home late lastnight...

Oak says 'dad look at the stars!!! They're on our house!!!'

Apart from Him I am nothing and He reminds me in these moments

StageStageCoachCoach

There are 17 total replica Wells Fargo StageCoaches, one came to Marshall.

Marshall has been a blast thus far...I love the small town feel, the close to family effect. Amber and I are settling in very nicely. I am grateful that the Lord made this path so transparent for my family.

As a family we are embracing every part of this community and its events.

Yesterday was the Sounds of Summer Parade

Grandpa and Clarice came by

The road in front of the house is a disaster...ill keep you posted

Marshall Style

Boom

I remember listening to KTIS and thinking I'm not who their singing about. Ha

Selfish

Someone define it for me... I see selfish acts all the time. Do u hear me?

Look, I know the timing sucks, but I didn't control that... I was out of control.

It leaves me knowing where people are, ask someone 'how they are?' and mean it... Seriously mean it, have a desire to want to know to care or don't, it's your choice, does that define selfish?

When my passion thrives everyone wins... I am sorry to not be found

3345

Divers-playing catch turned amateur highlight reel
Building a deck wall and watching blow over in a storm the same day...
Sledding into the deck
Watching two disgusting dogs on the hill and their dietary choices
Christian and Leighton peeing on the hill at Josh's Grad Party...or was it mine??
Telling BJ that Grandma has not taken her medicine yet
Chx Tonight
Taco Dish
Homerun off the Roof, keepin and signing the ball
The time Dad had to build a spear to remove that ball from the drain pipe at the end of the road
City Water jump shots
Hot Tub Snow Hot Tub
Oakley walking for the first time

Oak and Cal

I'm sitting in a small biz payroll meeting, I'm thinking about you guys... I can't wait to watch u guys play baseball, football and learn to Love Christ. Thank you for everything you have given me

Boom

25. I am obsessed with John Mayer
24. I have an intense fear of drowning
23. I actually try to hand things to Oak in his left hand, hoping that he will be left-handed
22. I will sob like a small child when the Twins win the World Series
21. Someday I will play guitar like i have been for years
20. I really like the Kansas City Royals, not my favorite team but they have my respect
19. When I hit a homerun in softball, even a solo, i feel like a professional athlete
18. I would rather watch Twins-Royals Sunday afternoon in May over any NBA basketball game
17. Sid Hartman was once my hero
16. A Paul Allen touchdown call makes the hair on my neck stand up
15. When Amber wears the perfume she had when we first met, i lose it
14. I can name the starting offensive line for the 1998 Minnesota Vikings
13. i used to tell my brother i could put him in the TV with the remote, he believed me until he was 10
12. One time i farted in an Altoid Container, that was random
11. In backyard baseball, first base was a raspberry bush. We always hit singles.
10. Remember ghosties? Ghostie on Second, priceless
9. I walked around a lake with my cousin once, we started at like 6am because we thought it would take all day, we were home by 10am...
8. The Cheetah was my favorite animal when i was little because it had spots, i have freckles
7. I have seen every episode of the 'OC'
6. I would rather spend July 4th at West Graham Lake than any Ocean
5. I have well over a 100 'juan gonazalez' baseball cards
4. Before softball games in September i would hold Oakley so tight to my shirt so that i could smell him during the game
3. I hit 5 dome dogs in less than 3 innings of a normally paced Twins Game
2. I threw up all over the inside of my car 2 years ago with a plastic bag in the back seat
1. One time i was driving alone and i pulled into the car pool lane at 4:30pm on a Thursday with a cop behind me...

Oak Cal Amber

Oakley just went through is first jealous weekend. Callahan's birthday, poor kids both of them had a tough time. Oak struggled with jealousy by not allowing Cal to open a gift on his own and Cal craved isolation.
It did make me want to Apologize to Josh because i know that i was Oakley in 1989. It did make me treasure there ages though. Not just their current ages but how many years apart they are. Oakley will guide Cal and Cal will be pushed to be a better man by Oak. They will fiercely compete with each other and strive for their own excellence. I would like to see Cal as a sophomore playing in the same infield as his big brother. Oakley hitting his brother in stride running a TE slant...

Oak continues to challenge me to better for his Mom and his brother. He motivates me to keep up with his personality, character and DRIVE. I value his energy.

Florida will be here soon... i walked through 3345 yesterday. I felt like a giant, the cupboard above the microwave used to be so far away, now i can almost see the tops of the boxes inside. I am going to miss the closeness, the convenience and it sucks because it wont hit me until a super cold day in January as i am suffering through another crazy sales month. And all i will need at that time is to get into the CRV and take it to the Maxx.

thanks

Cal BDay

Happy Birthday Cal!!

1st Vikes Game