There and Back

First, baby news. This is a picture of Logan taken on Friday March 13th. There is a huge difference between it and the 10 week picture I posted. Last night he was very active. Both my daughters got to feel him moving inside my wife's belly. That was the coolest thing ever! We also found out last night that Stephanie's brother Andrew and his wife Amber are expecting as well. This Christmas we will have two babies to pass around at Nana's house.


I spent last week in Florida. I flew out Monday to Orlando and drove down to Port Saint Lucie to spend a couple of days with my Aunt Dottie and her husband Kent. It was great just to be able able to relax at the beach. The picture is of Lake Okeechobee. Dan and I spent a summer in Okeechobee, FL with our Aunt. It was not the best of times and I have basically put it out of my memory, but when Dottie ask would I like to go and look at the place, I couldn't resist. I remember going to this lake and seeing a huge alligator at the bottom of the pier. I have some really good pictures on my camera, but I keep forgetting it so they will have to wait.

God has been pushing me lately. Things I push down in my spirit, God is bringing to the surface. I always look for an easier way, a less confrontational way. Even if it means more work for me, or placing the burden on my shoulders and carrying the load, if I don't have to make someone mad or upset, I almost always take that road. Case in point, I had a church in Nashville call me. They wanted a CD of my preaching. They liked my resume and wanted to hear me preach. I sent them a CD, but have already made excuses of why I could never pastor in Nashville. The job has not even been offered to me, yet I couldn't possibly take the job. "It would be difficult on my kids, especially Lynna who is about to move up to high school and is super sensitive about change, any change." "We would more than likely move closer to the church, which means selling and moving (again)." "It would just be easier to go back in my shell and stay where I am and let an opportunity (dream) pass by." I personally know how it feels to move. My dad was in retail and we moved all over TN and AL when I was growing up. I moved from Shelbyville Central High School, to Community High School In Unionville between my Freshman and Sophomore years. But, given the choice, I would have never left SCHS. That was where I was comfortable. Looking back, it was the best thing that ever happened to me. If the job is offered, I am praying I make the right decision and somewhere down the road, my family can look back and see it was the best move (non move) that we ever made.