What to do ?

Well, again i have been presented with a most unusual situation.

The past couple of weeks I have posted that God has a plan for me and I'm still not sure what that is.
The situation I'm might be the way he is leading me. I hope not, but that not for me to decide.
For the past few weeks I have been working directly across from someone............. let's just say he is one of a kind.

We have all heard " Well, he's just a dirty old man."
Well, this guy admits to being just that, in fact, he calls himself that and takes pride in that fact.
He is 50 something years old and he's married to someone who is her 20's. Please understand that age is not THAT big a deal to me, but that causes me to wonder.
It's not it, not by a long shot.
He proceeds to tell me the things that he and his wife like to do in private.
I DON'T KNOW THE GUY THAT WELL!
And he then giggles like a little school girl about it.

I believe that some things are meant to be kept private. Relationships at home is one of them.

Now, for my dilemma. WHAT DO I DO!!!!!!! I mean he is pushing himself beyond the bounds of harassment and I am trying to ignore him thinking maybe he will go away or take the hint.

For the first time in a long time, I am at a loss of words when I talk to this guy.

If this is what God has in store for me, can I get a second opinion?
I honestly don't know how to handle the situation because I have never been in one like it before.

Any takers?

Step one

Last week I posted that God was telling me to do certain things.
I still don't know exactly what they are.

What I do know, is what I heard today at church, makes sense.
In order to do what God SAYS, we have to listen.

It may be that still small voice we hear in the back of our mind. It could very well be THE voice of God himself. He's all powerful like that.

But, it's not just listening that we should do. We should also DO.
If Moses and the Israelites had done what God told them, they would have been in Canaan sooner, not 40 years later.

Listening is a two way street. One talks, the other listens.

Easy enough.............right?

Baby Steps

Yesterday, I went up to the altar to pray and when I got there, I didn't know what to pray for.
At a loss for words, I asked God what He wanted me there for.
As I was waiting, one of my good friends, Don Flynn, got on his knees and prayed with me.

He said " Do you feel like a hamster in a never-ending wheel? "

When he said that,I started to cry. Please understand that I don't say this to get pity, that's for another blog later.
I say this to say that God knows what our needs are before we even speak them.

God told Don what I needed to hear and he was absolutely right. I do feel like a hamster on a wheel. I feel like IT never stops. Everything!!!!!
Everyday I try and do as much as I can so I can get what I want.

Don was basically telling me to let go and Let God.

That's not an easy thing for me to do because I always thought I was in control.

So to take a thought from one of my favorite movies, I will need to take "Baby Steps"

Letting go is something I'm not used to, just ask my wife. She will tell you that I'm a pack rat. I don't like to let go of anything.

Baby Steps.

In order to walk we must crawl.

It makes me wonder

I love sports!!!! Just about all of them too.
I don't care much for soccer or hockey though. I love the Big 3. Baseball,Basketball, and Football.

To me the ultimate dream would be to play a professional sport and to play it with ONE team.


Some of my favorite players in Baseball have done this very thing.
Cal Ripken Jr.
Yes he probably wasn't the best shortstop of all time but he had an illustrious career with ONE team, the Baltimore Orioles. Oh yea, he also played more games consecutively. I don't remember how many it was, but I do know that the person behind them has about 10 more years of non-stop baseball to catch him.




Next is probably one of my all time favorite players in baseball

Tony Gwynn. LIFETIME, yes I said lifetime, career 300+ batting average. I'm not just talking about a batting average of 301 or 302, it's more like 315 or 320. To have that kind of batting average after your career is done is unimaginable.






Now for my Beef with "professional" athletes. It makes me wonder why athletes say "It's not about the money", when people like Alex Rodriguez, sign with one of the worst teams in baseball for a record breaking contract ( this was when he was a Texas Ranger ) and others like Brett Farve.
He WAS the Green Bay Packers.He basically made that franchise what it is in the 20th century. I would have respected him much more if he had just stayed retired, but instead he insist on coming back to a team that already had a new quarterback in place, therefore causing "a disturbance in the force",so to speak. Don't get me wrong,as a quarterback, I admire his career.I just wish it would have been one career and not 2

It's that time of century

Twice every century, the elite of the worlds athletes come together in an exhibition of excellence.
It is one of my favorite times of the century. To see athletes come together and to show why they have been training for years. Some, tens of years. Did that make any sense?

Some of my favorite events are held in the aquatic center. I like the swimming and the diving.

My all time favorite events are held on the track. I was a sprinter in middle school and high school, so this holds a special place in my heart. Seeing these athletes tells me one thing...............I am getting old :-) But oh to imagine what it would have been like to actually "perform" in the Olympics.

The Olympics,a time for the whole world to come together and have a "friendly" competition. A time for world "peace".

Take time to appreciate the Olympics