Personal Inventory

I've been taking a little personal inventory lately. Its kind of a hard thing to do. Sometimes I'm surprised, but sometimes I don't want to know.......................................................

Oh, what's that? Sorry. I got a bit distracted. I'm working a night shift doing some quality checks on some weather websites (no joke) and watching tv at the same time. Don't worry, its okay. Anyways, I was flipping through and there was this weird channel showing odd scenes of a nursing home and the audio track was all screwed up and slow. Needless to say it was a WEE bit distracting. Its off now.

Anywhoo (how do you spell that, anyways?) I'm not going into the specifics of my personal inquiry, mostly because they're personal and they're specific. I'm coming to realize, though, that if you don't find a way to dig in and work... you won't amount to jack squat in this world. And I'm not referring to material things, but I'm sure it applies, too. I'm talking spiritual. For people who claim Christ and really do know him, everything in life is intimately and integrally linked with spiritual growth and health. Everything. Physical state, mental state, friendships, work, recreation, and of course ministry... everything. And it doesn't help that everything in the world is completely against you the whole time. I'll readily admit that some places are MORE completely against you (no logic specialists comments, please), but I'm also a firm believer that God gives us the grace to do what we need to do wherever he puts us.

I'm reminded of the Olympics this year. Moments ago, I just watched Bode Miller, certainly one of the most amazing skiiers of my lifetime - favored best in the world - throw this year's winter Olympics away. I don't know that he'll ever get another chance... especially since he didn't seem to care how his performance was this time. He was overweight, slow, made bad mistakes, and kept saying that he "just wanted to get to experience all the games had to offer." He was out drinking most nights. Other athletes trained hard and worked and worked. Meanwhile another skiier from Austria was entering his first olympic games at age 28, which is old for a skiier's first games. He had knocked another person off the team because he just kept working and training ...until he FINALLY got his ONE SHOT at the Olympics in his lifetime. He walked away tonight with a bronze medal. An honor to his country, his countrymen, and the Olympics.

2 Corinthians 9:24
Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win.

I just want to know that I left it all "on the floor," as we say in basketball...

Pictures of Palm Springs

I thought it might be nice to give y'all some idea of what horrible conditions I run into with my job. It has been a very difficult last few weeks. My company forced me to go to Palm Springs, California. *sniff* I really can't get into the details... its almost too much for me. Just look at the pictures. There will be more later.

Hehehehehe.