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My life has been good! Made mistakes? Yep you betcha but that is all a part of the process of L I V I N G our L I V E S! I am thankful to GOD to be here and for the most part I am glad I am me. I was born in south Alabama into a middle class family, in terms of financial wherewithall, but one of exception when it comes to LOVE and VALUES! You know the old saying . . ."you can't pick your parents". Well I am thankful for the ones God gave me and if it were up to me to choose it would have been people like them . . .or THEM! They gave me everything I needed to step into this mean ole world prepared. In the times my choices or responses may have reflected. . . ."He doesn't have a clue" it was ONLY because I didn't listen. But when I was "IN-IT" so to speak, . . . the circumstances of life and choices I mean . . .well that's when I realized their devotion to the Love and Wisdom they showed in trying to raise or parent me. They were truly good folks! I guess we all have to AGE, not necessarily in years, but in experiences to be able to place a value on them and appreciate our parents or caregivers decisions and/or actions in their quest of parenthood. I unlike so many have been BLESSED with the true LOVE of a good family!As time moved on GOD granted me favor once again and saw fit to allow me to be a DADDY, . . .three times in fact!!! WOW what an absolute HONOR and PRIVLEDGE. I mean, for real, even if you are atheist or agnostic you still have to acknowledge the awesome miralce of conception and birth. Because of my Christian beliefs I choose to believe that my children are devine GIFTS and that GOD has trusted me to be their earthly father and caregiver. No doubt it is challenging at times but the rewards are remarkably overwhelming . . .and just to KNOW HE loved me so much to TRUST me in such a way is without understanding. That is "HIS" Grace, Love and Mercy. The emotions and thought that go along with knowing we have the opportunity to influence their lives in a huge way is gratifying yet it is truly . . . SCARY too!!?!? To be granted that privledged position, but sometimes feel so inadequate or even unworthy and then in a moment being frustrated with a teenager's ATTITUDE or TONE; . . .I HAVE TO STOP and remember . . ."hey I've been there myself as a kid too"! So think about how you are fixing to respond to it all. For all my Christian brothers and sister who are parents you'll understand when I say, . ."I AM GLAD I SERVE A FORGIVING GOD!" Because the Lord knows I haven't nor will I always respond correctly in those MOMENTS. For the kids, . . .well WOW only to have the heart of a child!! They are so forgiving when we don't get it right. Their hearts are pure and unscathed not tarnished or hardened by the fleshness of the WORLD. BUT "for God SO LOVED the world that HE gave his one and only son." We too have to learn to LOVE the world as he did and we witness that continually through our children when they seek to please and are so loving and forgiving! The SIMPLICITY of that YOUNG, TENDER HEART is TRULY a BILLBOARD for GOD'S LOVE and; . . .it is AVAILABLE FOR EACH OF US! It doesn't matter WHO YOU ARE, WHERE YOU'VE BEEN OR WHAT YOU'VE DONE. . . HE waits patiently for your surrender. SEEK HIM!MARRIGE: OK, OK SO WHAT ABOUT MY MARRIAGE; . . .gosh I knew we couldn't just skate past that it was gonna come up eventually . . .well it FAILED! Why? Why does any marriage fail? It starts with not communicating TRUE FEELINGS, NOT LISTENING when it's crucial to really hear what your mate is saying!! Have you ever been in verbal confrontation and call yourself listening when in reality you have only shut-up during their verbal barage and are plotting what your response will be; . .. whenever they do shut-up? Of course you have and SO HAVE I!! GUESS WHAT; . . . . that is not listening with your heart - -because you care and are selfless in your LOVE of your mate. That is plain ole arguing and venting frustration and angry and GHEEEEE CAN WE JUST STOP, . . .take a breath and will ourselves to consent to "H E A R I N G" their cry!? OH GOD when we can't well, it is usually simply toooooo late tooooo much has been said, there is hurt and the heart begins to toughen, calus and hareden; . . .just what satan intended to have happen when he spun it all into play. REMEMBER; . . .his mission is to SEEK, MISLEAD, TEMPT, DIVIDE AND CONQUER! He is at the ROOT of all failing relations and is the spiner of unwillingness! Be V E R Y careful what you allow yourself to hear! I CHALLENGE all of us that when we have a WRONG thought or FEELING to simply STOP(don't act). . .and ASK where is this coming from! Trust me it is NOT what GOD intended usually. In our case it became EASIER, for at least one of us to just GIVE-UP! For some it is easier to just walk-away as if nothing matters, wipe the slate clean and start again . . .settling for the ease and freshness of somthing NEW!? Well she simply just gave up and walked out on me and our 3 girls after 21 years. YEP in a world full of S E L F I S H N E S S and an "It's all about ME mentality" OR "I gotta have IT or HIM or HER RIGHT NOW" YEAH and well regardless of the reckless abandon shown towards commitment or the potential costs or results that dramatically and radically. . . . C H A N G E O U R L I V E S!!?@#?*^; . . .let's face it . . .somtimes we just screw it up! I don't want to bash her at all, . . .REALLY because I LOVED her a long, VERY LONG time and she was the bride of my youth, THE APPLE OF MY EYE; the one who I believed was the KEEPER OF MY HEART . . .and yes the mother of our three marvelous daughters! But it did FAIL; . . .she QUIT and ran haphazardly into the world. Why does any marriage fail? LIKE I SAID . . . It's a lack of communication, someone quits caring and stops being willing to simple CONTINUE! We live in a society that blows off commitment and the vows we take in marriage to a point that today we are at a whopping 59% failure rate. That means that almost 2/3 of all first marriages end in a D I V O R C E! I can tell you from my own experience that at least ONE felt it was just easier to GIVE-UP and move on than to have to suffer the effort necessary to go through the hardship or heartaches in trying to SAVE what was supposed to have been FOREVER!? WHEN I SAID I DO I MEANT THAT I WILL TILL DEATH DO US PART!! Doesn't that really mean anything anymore? I desperately tried to handle it in a way that would leave the least amount of hurt on the hearts and memories of our children YES and on my little bride too; . . .but no matter what I said or did the "Damage-Control" wasn't fool proof; . . . IT WAS JUST TOOOOOOO LATE! I have come to realize her mind and heart must have been made-up long (maybe YEARS) before I knew?! The girls have been hurt, angry, dissappoointed, uncertain abandoned and scared; rightfully so. One of my children said. . . "I feel like I've been living a LIE all these years"! WOW right out of the mouths of babes!?! Casting-Crowns says it all in a recent song; . . ."Does Anybody Hear Her". and the Barlow-Girls "She Walked Away"! I am so glad that my daughters know Christ and have continued to LOVE their Mom forgive her and reach out even in their pain we have tried desperately to live by an example in another song by Casting-Crowns, . . "I Will Praise You In The Storm"! ONLY by God's Grace and Mercy do we walk and we are a work in progress to let God MEND all of our hearts!! Remember good ole Garth Brooks - "If Tomorrow Never Comes" W O W I used to think of my wife and now my girls too when I hear this song it is PACKED with emotion and GOOD'OLE COMMON SENSE . . . .so tell that someone that you love just what your thinkin of. . .If tomorrow never comes!EMBRACE EVERY POSSIBLE MOMENT; . . . TO NOT MISS THE CHANCE TO LET SOMEONE FEEL GOOD ABOUT YOU CARING FOR THEM!CAREER: I have been in sales for 24 years and at one time was on top of my game, quite good at it, and made an reflective income! I enjoy the field I am in and the impact it has on the lives of clients! Through the struggles of the past few years INCOME became OUTGO as I came home off the road and until recently was mom and dad on a daily basis and work became secondary as our lives transformed. I am now well, back on track and on my way to building the future financial windfall of my children! It's time to suite up for the second half; . . .IT's SHOWTIME!
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