Re-doable Lite

October 20, 2007 at 3:16 pm | In Redo | Leave a Comment
Tags: , , , ,

When I created this blog, one of the things you do when you create it is pick a ‘presentation’ background on how the blog is going to appear to everyone that sees it.  As I was choosing one, I came across the ‘Re-doable Lite’ theme.  This appealed to me in different ways.  It looked real cool, the colors were great and the name of this theme appealed to me.  If I’m going to write a blog about me and share my life, then this word ‘Re-doable’ is apropos.  2 Corinthians 5:17 says “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation, the old has gone and the new has come”  The ‘Redo’ portion of this word and the scripture referenced collide for me.  The scripture and the word both come together and say “tomorrow is a new day and you can start over” and “forget about yesterday, it’s gone and a new day awaits for you…clean, fresh, pure.  A new day!”

How important those words to me are when I think back on my life and the things I’ve done.  How much I wish I could change or ‘Redo’ and then God says “hey, I will make things new in your life, just give yourself to me”  Wow!  What an Awesome God we serve and love.  The feeling of being free and forgiven for what you have done, are doing and ever will do is incomprehensible, but God says “today is a new day to start oven and make things right”  It’s like that movie ‘Groundhog’s Day’  Have you seen it?  If you have, you know what I’m talking about.  If you have not, I will give you a quick synopsis.  A man starts his day at the same time and gets an opportunity to make the day a perfect one.  He doesn’t do that for the first hundred times/days or so.  Over and over he does things that are selfish and bad to get his way with people.  He eventually realizes that in order to get through THIS day, he has to make right decisions, based on unselfish ways and help people in their times of need. 

So, for us, there are 365 days a year that we get to make the unselfish decisions and ‘get it right’  We don’t always do that, now do we?  I know I don’t.  I know that I make so many mistakes on a daily basis that I raise my hand First and say I’m guilty of being selfish and a sinner and need His forgiveness. 

Imagine one Perfect Day.  What would it be like for you?  What would you do?  What time would you get up in the morning?  Who would you see and want to spend time with?  Where would you go and do and with whom?  How about some motivation to seek a new day like that and maybe give it to the Lord and do the right thing…or at least try?

Dogs

October 20, 2007 at 2:49 pm | In Dogs | Leave a Comment
Tags: ,

I love dogs.  I have grown up with them all my life.  I have 2 little Fox Terriers now that I own and love.  They are our kids.  Dido is the girl and Murphy is the boy.   They are both very pretty dogs.  She is white with brown big spots and he is white with black big spots. 

The funny story about them both is that we found them both at different times on the street, homeless, if you can believe that!!!  So, we found Dido at Angie’s old work in front of her office about 6 years ago.  We found Murphy on the way to her mom’s house, roaming the street-lost and helpless about 4 yrs. ago.  They are both the same breed which was so ironic.  We are happy to have them and love them both too much, and of course they are spoiled…aren’t your dog’s?  :)

Growing up my family owned all types of dogs like Chows, Labs, Cocker Spaniel and even some muts(I know you did too, admit it)  It just seemed right now that I own my own home that I should fill it with wonderful, happy dogs.  They give you a sense of ‘home’ and make you smile knowing that they love you unconditionally, which for me, reminds me that this kind of love is rare.

The ’sammm1777′ name

October 16, 2007 at 2:54 am | In The Name | Leave a Comment
Tags: , , ,

I guess you are wondering “what’s up with that weird name sammm1777?”  I bet you are and I am going to tell you.   When I first became a Christian back in ‘98, I began to read the Bible.  While I was reading I came across a passage that I found summed up my ‘walk’ up to that point.  The passage is Jeremiah 17:7 “Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose made the Lord his hope and confidence”  For me that meant everything.  I believed that this was a great start for me as a believer and I truly believe it even more today.

Trust is a huge word that us as humans have issues with.  The fact is that people let us down and disappoint us all the time.  The beauty of that word in the Christian sense is that He will not fail us.  Hebrews 13:5 states “Never will I leave you, Never will I forsake you”  The instilling words of these passages make me Trust that regardless of what people do and have done and will do, He will NEVER let me down.  As for people, they will disappoint, but I must continue to put Trust in people and not worry about should I trust, but believe what the Father says and Trust anyway.  That’s because He is my hope and that’s what He did when He walked this earth.  Trust even to the point of saying “Father forgive them, they know not what they do”

So when I was creating my first yahoo account the #177 is what I wanted to use, but that was taken already so I had to add another 7, thus making the ’sammm1777′ name come to life.  Of course, I had to add a couple M’s there as well.  Creating new accounts and being witty about new names is not that easy as you can see, and that’s my story and I’m sticking to it :)

Music

October 13, 2007 at 10:00 pm | In Music | Leave a Comment
Tags: , , ,

What’s up y’all?  It’s a beautiful Saturday here in Htown and I went for a short stroll to my local Best Buy.  I prefer this store to others, but not sure why…it just feels good to go to a place that you like and thus tend to frequent which is another human condition(we do what we are comfortable with).

So, I was perusing the music section of the store and went to the small area of Christian contemporary music section.  Anyway, I was looking at all the cool bands that are out now and man has Christian music really exploded and taken off…I’m so proud!!  So, I was torn between 2 Cd’s I wanted to purchase but didn’t want to go over a $25 budget that I set for myself(because of a gift card I had).  One was the Robbie Seay band CD and the other was the WOW 2008 edition CD(which has songs from different Christian artists)  The WOW CD was $19.99 and I thought overpriced.  So, I went with the Robbie Seay CD and really glad I did.  This is the band’s second CD that they have come out with and let me tell you what, it Rocks!  You need to pick it up. 

So, about Robbie Seay.  It’s too funny and such a small world.  Back in ‘98 I was a first year Christian and some friends from my church were going to this thing called ‘Metro.’  It was a singles, 20 something usually, gathering of Christians at Houston’s First Baptist Church.  It happened every Monday of the week.  They would be praise and worship music, then a short lesson by a really cool speaker and then close with the same band.  So, guess who was singing in the praise and worship band?  Yep you guessed it, Robbie Seay!  How cool is that!  Here we are almost 10 years later and he is now making music for a label.  I’m so proud!!!  Also, Watermark’s Christy Nockels was also the other singer there with Robbie and so was steven and star smith playing too(whom used to be our praise and worship leaders at Foundry UMC).

So, just thought to share this cool stuff about how life brings things around and how small the world really is.  Go buy some Cd’s and some cool Christian music because there is plenty of good stuff out there. 

 ciao for now!

My first Weblog

October 12, 2007 at 6:26 pm | In My First Weblog | 1 Comment
Tags: , , , , ,

This is my first Posting as a webblogger on this site.  I have tried to blog and like doing it, but the time consumption and lack of remembering have gotten in my way in the past.  I’m now re-energized and going forward with enthusiasm to keep a current blog posting.  I am going to try a once a week posting on what’s happening in my life and keep the unacquainted hip.

Recently, my wife and I have been dealing with this thing called cancer.  I say recently but it’s going to be 2 years in November that we have been battling this dirty monster that seems to be so prevalent in our society.  I say prevalent, but it’s only because I really wasn’t aware of how many people are affected by cancer.  Once my eyes were opened because of my wife’s breast cancer, I began to talk with people(most of whom know a close friend or family member that has dealt with the disease) and it was like rampant it seems to me.  Millions of thoughts still go through my mind when i ponder on “why me, why us, why God, why now” and all the why’s you can think of.  I have had some time to think about cancer and all the ramifications(can i say that) of what it has done…like i said it’s been 2 years in couple weeks.  The most positive thing is that we/she beat it with God’s help and I truly believe the prayers of SOOOOO many.  Thank you all for your prayers as they are all coveted.  That word ‘coveted’ seems weird to use especially when it’s used in such a profane way so much of the time, but in this case I think it’s an OK word to use. :)

So, my wife is going to have surgery next Thursday and we are in the reconstruction phase and close to getting all of this behind us.  I’m very grateful for a lot of things and can say that we have learned so much going through this.  Our Faith was tested and tried and you know what…God is GOOD(all the time is your response :)    We have made it through this craziness of a whirlwind fighting cancer and now are looking to a bright future that includes fun times and lots of vacation plans to travel the world.

Back to the why’s.  I was hoping you’d ask.  Well, it’s hard to say that it’s a good or bad thing.  I do know that thinking on the ‘why’s’ tend to get you sad, bogged down and depressed.  But, there is a human aspect to all of the ‘why’s’ and I believe we all go through that phase and hopefully move past it.  I remember a good friend said once “why not me”  I know that there was Glory to be had and if through this some people were able to pray or draw closer to God because of what we went through then it was all worth it.  I truly believe that one day when I get to Heaven, I will know why and how many people were touched and blessed through what my strong, Awesome wife went through.  “Life is messy” as that same friend stated.  It so is and we all must go through it, right?

Blog at WordPress.com. | Theme: Pool by Borja Fernandez.
Entries and comments feeds.