A few things...

Just a couple things off the top of my head from today...

A parent criticized the way I wrote a story in a nasty e-mail. It fired me up but I remembered about keeping my pride in check. It's not worth getting angry or even frustrated about. Because my work is in the public eye, I don't ever expect harsh words but I've grown to accept it.

I woke up this morning thinking about needing to serve others to serve God. God gave me a tailor-made opportunity to do just that and I blew it. We had a big time ice storm and when I went out to warm up my car my neighbor was having trouble scraping ice of her car. Did I help? Of course not. What a dope.

The more planning Trista and I do for the wedding, the more real it is getting. And that's hardly a bad thing.

Something had been on my heart for a while and needed to say something to a friend. I didn't do it. I guess today was a day of missed opportunity.

I was talking to Uncle Loren tonight and he was telling an anecdote about his daughter worrying about a possible flood in Sardis. He tried to explain to her about trusting God but summed up his talk by saying, "It comes down to this. When you see me worry, then you can worry." He said at that moment he realized how much that is like us with God, as he is our Father. When we see God worry, then we can worry. I thought that was a pretty neat story.

I was listening to a David Crowder Band song called "Undignified" and decided to read the scripture behind the song. It's from 2 Saumel, when David dances before the Lord and tells his critic that he will be even more undignified than that, humbling himself before the Lord. My question is, what can be more undignified than dancing naked in the street?

I think that sounds like a new study topic.