It's my blog so I can talk about Jesus

We are doing a really interesting sermon series at Church right now, "Who is Jesus?" It's really interesting to me, and it is as eye-opening for me as reading "The Shack" again. Not eye-opening like - I've never heard this before...maybe more re-affirming, or renewing. I know there are people who think Jesus does not exist, or perhaps they think there is "something" out there, but they don't want to "label" it. I mean let's face it, if you claim you are "agnostic", you simply don't want to get off the fence and commit to anything! For me personally, I've always believed in Jesus, and believed in Heaven. I'm not saying there weren't times I faltered, and times that I doubted he cared about me. But last Sunday at Church, I heard something that has stayed with me. I heard that even though there is lots of physical evidence that Jesus exists, there will always be people who can poke holes in that evidence. And there is part of "believing" that is not intellectual (the physical evidence), but it's just something you feel in your heart - you just know. Wow, so this means I've felt this in my heart for a long time - how awesome is that! People come to believe in Jesus at different times, perhaps during a life changing moment such as the birth of a child. Or maybe they believe he exists, but the "knowing" comes later for them. I just hope that if you haven't already experienced your "moment", that you will seek me out, and let me share some of my experiences, my faith, and my journey thus far.

Random

Men are funny. Let's say that one of them offer to help you do something. Then you have someone else help you do that. The original man still wants credit for offering to assist in the first place. Please don't take this the wrong way. I'm not criticizing and it's not something that's irritating. I actually find it kind of amusing.

Why do contestants on the "Wheel of Fortune" always use all their money asking for all the vowels in one spin? I've never understood that. It's one thing to ask for a couple of vowels, but when you ask for all of them, and then spin a "Bankrupt" on your next spin, you've just saved your fellow contestant all that cash. And lets face it, more often than not, this is what happens. I'm not sayin, I'm just sayin. I've watched "Wheel" a time or two and this is what I've observed.

My nephew, Joshua, is getting married this weekend. Should be big fun. It will be nice to get all dressed up as a family and get a few pictures. Why don't we do this more often? Aaron & Maddalyn have changed so much since the last time we had formal pictures made of them.

Ok lady. All the vowels are gone - spin or solve. OH LOOK - BANKRUPT! Imagine that. What's that? Yes, your fellow contestant just won! Is "Professional Wrestler" really an occupation?

Review of this week

The thing that made me happiest this week - spending Easter with my family, especially my step-children.

The thing that made me saddest this week - when they all went home.

Most ridiculous thing I saw this week - Kate G's Paso Doble dance on DWTS.

Most hilarious thing I saw this week - Jimmy Fallon's version of Kate G's Paso Doble.

The thing that occupied my mind this week - My best friend's son turning 11 years old on the same day he was competing in Regional Gymnastics meet. I remember when he turned 2. :)

Spider Incident #246

Most people know that I do NOT like spiders. My friend at work, Ed, knows this well. He sits only 2 cubicles away, and has heard the screams when I make a "discovery". The other morning as I walked into the back door at work, I looked down on the handrail, and there's a HUGE web with an even BIGGER spider inside! It didn't occur me until now, but for whatever reason, I went into "stealth" mode - and entered the back door as quietly as possible...apparently somewhere in my subconscious I think that spiders can hear. I made it to my desk, sans spider, and started my day. Somewhere around 9am or so, I asked Ed if he saw Mr. Big Spider when he came in the back door. No, as it turns out, he didn't. Apparently, he didn't have his Black Belt in the Obvious that day because that is the ONLY way he could have missed Biggie hanging on the handrail right next to the back door. Anyway, we opened up the back door and he saw Biggie hanging on the handrail. He picked up a plastic, stick-like thingy, and knocked Biggie to the ground below the landing. But he didn't stop there, oh no. A lesser Hero might have, but not Ed. He asked if I was OK with Mr. S being knocked to the ground, to which I replied NO! So he went down the stairs and found a rock, and squished Mr. S not once, but twice. I asked if he was going to perform the customary 2 squish, 3 flush - but he informed me that he was not inclined to scrape spider guts up off the cement. Nonetheless, Ed saved the day, and I don't forget people who perform selfless acts of Spider Removal. Thanks Ed, ur the best.