Tomorrow I am going to my first Division 1A College Football game… oh wait… now its called the “Bowl Championship Division”or some such … goofy… so… here it is:
Okay, so it’s not Texas A&M v Texas Tech, or LSU v UK, Or Stanford v TCU even… but, its still Div 1A dang it! Barely. I know … but don’t rain on my parade alright?
Go Mean Green.
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Reflections on a recent Sunday Morning at FWBF
Reference: Mark 2:1-11
I’ve had a few days to chew on the service brought forth Sunday at Firewheel Bible Fellowship, and its starting to take a different shape than I would’ve thought Sunday afternoon. As I’ve alluded to, the past few weeks have been tough for me and my family. Nothing insane or damaging long term, but a difficult few weeks. Selfishness, high stress, complaining, short tempers, ignoring spiritual needs, ungrateful thoughts… and as the head of the household, it all starts and ends with me.
So I’ve been fighting this, and at times it’d feel lonely. Yet I have friends who I confide in and men I meet with on a weekly basis so we can live out the principle laid out in Proverbs 27:17. As our pastor told the story that I have heard 1000 times, my heart sunk. Four guys, willing to go through so much trouble so that their broken friend may have the chance to find healing. Four guys willing to carry a mat up the side of a house, cut a whole in the roof, and slowly lower the paralytic to the feet of Jesus…
And Jesus says something quite amazing in verse five: “When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”… did you catch it? When Jesus saw THEIR faith. While we must all make the individual decision to accept and believe in Christ, Jesus see’s all of their faith…
The faith of four men carried the faith of the fifth and redemption and healing were found. It struck a chord because there are times, despite having friends and a wife who are more than willing to carry my faith, i still struggle with loneliness. But God also gives me perspective and is quick to remind me of the blessings He has given me… true friends who are not only willing but DO carry me when I am faltering. Through encouraging words, prayers, phone calls, emails and gTalk chats…
To those who carry my mat… thank you with all my heart… it’s much needed.
But now the question remains. Who’s mat am I carrying? Am I doing enough for those who have crossed my path? Do I have what it takes to be the type of friend that Jesus can look up through the hole in the roof and say “Because of your faith…” …
Who’s mat are you carrying?
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I’m not going to say much… but i’m a man of my word… so there is the stupid bird. Check facebook to see the ugly face i’ve gotta look at for the next three weeks until UK wins again…
Rick is under the impression that USC played well last night. but I will take the typical fans stance and say we gave the game away… Woodson disappointed quite a bit… After setting a record for most consecutive passes without an interception, he had 3 turnovers last night leading to 21 points (2 fumbles and and an absolutely brutal interception)… yet in the fourth quarter had the defense made ONE stop, they’d be in position to tie the game at the end…
In other words, if as rick says “it was just kentucky” than he oughta be shakin’ cause USC didn’t exacly look sharp either.
I still think UK’s offense is pretty darn good, Woodson just crumbled under pressure… But geeze, their pass defense is horrid.
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Originally submitted September 2, 2007 for ENGL 1310 @ Dallas Christian College. Emphasis added for website, copyright follows guidelines at bottom of the right sidebar.
“I liked the fact that I wasn’t born in the States… that I was different. It was almost as if I was a bit of a celebrity when we came back home. Everyone wanted to talk to the white kid from Africa.” Growing up as an MK – Missionary Kid – in Nigeria has given Jonathan Seabourn a unique perspective on American culture, especially as it relates to the sub-culture of Christianity and the Church. Even as a married 26-year-old he is still learning to adapt to the American way of church life. …
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Little history lesson for you about my life… I’m just now in college (if you’re just figuring that out, you don’t read the site enough). So, my college teams of choice vary from sport to sport and from year to year. I’m the ultimate bandwagon fan when it comes to college athletics and I’m proud of it!
The University of Kentucky has long been one of my favorites in basketball. This was ingrained in me from my father who grew up in Kentucky. I’ve never had a reason to cheer for them in football until this year. They are ranked in the top 25 for the first time since 1984 ( I was 3 ) and in the top 10 (currently #8) for the first time since 1977.
Led by Andre Woodson, who Steve Spurrier recently compared to THE USC great Carson Palmer, UK has one of the most impressive pass attacks in the nation, but to this point they haven’t played any solid defenses. This week, they face the #1 Pass defense in the nation in Spurrier’s other USC… the Gamecocks of South Carolina. Which just happens to be blogging buddy Mr. Stillwell’s alma mater… well well well… time for a little wager…
If, by some chance SoCAR pulls off an upset, I will begrudgingly display the ’Cock’s logo (see below) on this site. However, after UK humbles good ol’ ball coach and crew… rick will replace “jeeves” (his mini cooper) with the UK version. Here’s the kicker… The loser must keep up the winner’s logo until the loser’s team finally wins… Rick is definitely taking much less a risk because his ‘Cocks play a pansy UNC team next week, while UK will face LSU followed by Florida. In other words if UK loses tomorrow I’ll have too keep this stupid bird on my site until 10/27 when they play Blake’s Bulldogs… Here’s to the Wildcats!
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Hey, many of you guys know Mr Graves. Many of you guys do not know he was recently interviewed for a site that has over 4000 visitors a month.
Awesome testimony, check it out:
http://ac180.com/2007/09/27/ac180-interviews-casey-graves
Or else…
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I have to admit. Slaving over all this work is tough business. I must take a break from time to time…. One of the things we like to do here is take dancing breaks. I know it’s weird, but it’s very theraputic.
Like the time Josh and I went to his church’s 70s flashback dance:
Or the trip Mark and I took to Hawaii:
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This is what I’m working on a work today. How’s it look??
And this is what my bro-in-law said he was working on in response:
Very productive days… very productive indeed.
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*UPDATE* Stef has made his Journey public. Read about it here.
Technology has brought with it the opportunity to discover new friends very quickly. Some come and go, others stick around for years on end. The difficult thing about blogsphere friends is the face to face connection happens so rarely if at all, which makes it difficult to really feel and hurt and rejoicewith these individuals. Days and weeks may go by without any connection of any kind at all. So when the highs of life suddenly take a turn for the worse and God leads one of us through a deep, dark, and very scary valley it makes my response feel shallow and obligatory. I want to encourage and share and be someone to lean on, but it feels empty, making it difficult to find words to share…
All that said, there is a great deal going on among some of my new network / blog friends / etc over at AC180 that is very sobering and I have many thoughts that lead to questions that lead to more thoughts and more questions. And I can’t get it all on paper… yet… but, if you can take at the very least a short moment to say a prayer for Stefan. It’s much needed at this time.
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