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On the Farm

We traveled over to Lia's parents home in Rush Co. today. Check out this list: family, 2 friends, golf cart rides, hot dogs, fresh fruit, fishing, pond swimming, paddleboat, mud, sprinkler, tire swing, hummingbirds, Lucky the dog, Winkler burgers, live cows, porch swing, GREAT DAY filled with memories!

"Prayer Coach" - Blog 1

 The L.E.A.D. Team at WRCC (Tim, Phil, Tammy, Derek & Me) are reading this book called, "Prayer Coach" by James L. Nicodem.  I wanted to take the time and spend about 4-5 blogs sharing with you some of the things that struck me from the book.  The whole point of the book is simple, to get the reader (ie. me) to pray more!  The book really talks about 3 things concerning prayer:  Patterns, Promptings & Passion.  Patterns are simple routines that help launch you into times of praying, Promptings is being sensitive to the Holy Spirit leading you to pray & Passion...well, passion is best explained by a quote from the book:  "If we're more apt to yawn than to weep when we pray, something is definitely wrong."
It discusses some obstacles to our prayers, such as, failure to plan, lack of purity, lack of peace (1 Peter 3:7 & Matt. 5:23-24), no passion...I could go on!  My desire is to NOT just read a book, but write down an action plan for my own prayer life.  Steps that I will take to remove obstacles and grow in my relationship with God!

LeBron speaks

I know a lot of people who just stay away from professional sports and stick with the College ranks!  I can really understand that; the purity of College Football & College Basketball (despite the occasional NCAA violation!) is refreshing to say the least.  I always like to watch any kind of athlete, college or pro, in the middle of victory or defeat.  How will they respond?  What will they say helped them to the top?  Or, what will be the cause of their loss?  We just celebrated another season of Upward Sports (Soccer, this time around).  Upward has taught both of my older children so much!  About the sports they've been involved in, teamwork and sportsmanship (Gold Star, right!!?).  I love the Gold Star and what it stands for, that despite a loss, you still shake hands, the competition was fierce, but a game is a game and being a good sport means something at any level!  In fact, the stakes are higher when there is more on the line!
  LeBron is LeBron, a fantastic player and athlete!  "King James" makes great commercials for ESPN!  He's amazing to watch!  But after Saturday night's loss he had this to say:
“It’s hard for me to congratulate somebody after you just lose to them,” he said. “I’m a winner. It’s not being a poor sport or anything like that. If somebody beats you up, you’re not going to congratulate them. That doesn’t make sense to me. I’m a competitor. That’s what I do. It doesn’t make sense for me to go over and shake somebody’s hand.”
   I'm glad my little boy won't be reading what LeBron had to say...no Gold Star for you LeBron.