blogs trump facebook.

I think it would be way cooler if everyone had a blog, where people shared about the ups and downs, adventures and challenges of ones life.... rather than facebook's incredibly ability to take pointless information and flood our minds.

Yup. That is what I think.

spare parts.

I am feeling quite challenged as of late. How? wondering if i am doing all that God is asking me to do.I am sooo certain that i am where I am supposed to be.but, lately I am just challenge by the 'part' of my life Christ does have...and bothered by the the fact that it is only part. I say that He is my everything... and it is true the He is... but then... there's this part of my that just wants to do my own thing. I know I am not the only one out there. When Christ says...give everything... pick up your cross and follow me... Do we take Him seriously?
We have made 'church' sooooo easy. Pick up a bible and read through it... what is God saying? When do we take the time to listen? I listened to a short sermon from Francis Chan the other day... from when he spoke at breakforth. This is what he likened it to...
It's like telling my daughter to go clean her room... and she comes back later totally excited... 'hey dad, I memorized what you said to me... you said.."go clean your room". I even had some friends over to discuss what it would look like to clean my room and everything!
Just doesn't sound right does it? Yet is what we do often much better than this??
I'm tired of saying I want to go and not going.... but I am not sure what it looks like to go. Am I willing even?
And I don't mean go... as in go somewhere... but go and do the things Christ asked us to do... to make disciples... to follow Him, in joy and in suffering.... to give Him every part of my life. All of it... not just parts.

100 day Challenge.

Check the link.... <------ over there somewhere... that says 'My 100 Day Challenge'. I started today. And I am very excited where this journey will take me. So... if I write less here... that is ok... cuz I will be writing once or twice a day there. :) Check it out.

Manu Forti.

Latin... for 'With a strong Hand'. Manu Forti... to fight for the things that are important. In a world so full of devastation... seeing glimpses of people fighting for, and persevering for justice, truth and beauty bring these words to light.

Good friends and mentors of mine have been fighting to adopt a little girl from Haiti. For nearly 3 years. It has been a crazy journey for them, and incredibly difficult since the earthquake hit. But...God, through it all, is bringing Jayna to their arms earlier, as in today, because of the earthquake. They have never ever given up during this journey, and have constantly fought for their little girl, constantly praying and allowing God to do what He does best.

This to me is a moment that I think about when I am reminded by this phrase... 'Manu Forti'... (Which I often am... as it is tattooed on my back)...

An encouragement to fight when things don't feel all peachy.
To fight for the things that are important.
Truth.
Beauty.
Justice.
Family.
Intimacy.
Relationships.
Life.
Hope.
Love.
Because this is what God has called us to.

Blank pages.

Blank pages intimidate me. For real... they are really quite scary. So clean, and perfect... I am always to scared to ruin them. But it really is an accomplished feeling when they get filled up. So... this is it. The first post. The first mark on the blank page. The beginnings of something new.

One thing I have always been really fantastic at... is not finishing things. So, I am refusing to let this be one of those things. I hope to bring to you (whoever you may be) at least 2 post per week.

These posts shall contain... life. In whichever sense of the word my fingers shall lead me. I hope to make you laugh, to inspire you, to challenge you, and to journey with you in this thing called life...

These posts will be... glimpses of my life.

And that... is that.