Monarchrist_John

Lightning

2006-09-16T22:25:00.000-07:00

I've been going through a study out of Mathew 24 for the last few weeks and just the other day a buddy of mine from Michigan sent me this link. Its worth considering:

http://www.youtube.com/v/SmLhyPjHVes

Hope to see you there.

The Fireman

Boss's and Birthdays

2006-09-15T00:42:00.000-07:00

Well its been forever since I wrote my last BLOG but thanks to my wife's diligence (I love reading hers) I am back at it and I hope to pick up the pace a bit. In case you haven't read hers she's at Littleicelander@blogspot.com. Anyway I think I'm sort of jumping back to it so I can start venting a little more about life and what is happening to me. Today started out really nice. I slept in on my wife's birthday while she went to a great women's bible study. I enjoyed a really nice morning alone in the house. I watched two "episodes" of my 2nd favorite pastor(Skip) talking about the end of the world Mathew 24, Daniel ch 7, 2 Thes, and other passages https://calvaryabq.org/. During the first "sermon" I had two eggs sunny side up, two pieces of toast with really nice strawberry jelly and a cup of hot coffee. By the time that was over my food had settled and I was ready for some stretching so I broke out my yoga mat and ran through some exercises while Skip reminded me not to worry because God's in control of all that crazy stuff in the middle east....are guys allowed to do yoga? Well I'm a climber and a pilot so in my defense I haven't found anything else to keep my lower back from hurting so I guess I'm stuck with it until something better shows up. Anyway after that I pickup by good friend Dave's wife...no not literally, but she is kinda sweet with her little southern/ midwest drawl...anyway I gave her a lift to pick up her car which my buddy had left in the parking lot of our work. On the way there we had a really nice discussion about what a great boss Dave and I have (not so much) . I dropped her off went into work and from there the pain began. My job consists of putting out fires. Big ones, and little ones, smelly ones and booby-trapped ones. Fires and more fires, planning fires, controlling fires, building imaginary fires and then pretending that I can or sometimes can't put them out, that's what I do. Well lets just say that after six hours of meetings and scheduling these fires I finally took a look at my cell phone and guess who's call I had missed? Sara's. Its her birthday today and I haven't even said hi or hello to her and lets just say she wasn't very pleased with that. Well she had every right to be upset... so baby if you read this I love you I'm sorry for being so thoughtless. Anyway I started thinking about things on the way home from work and I think its time for me to start simplifying my life. Things are way out of control. I'm going to try to use this blog to keep my on track in my quest for a more peaceful and simplified life. I think I've bit off more than I can chew and I'm not going to just keep choking in hopes that my throat will get bigger. There just aren't enough years left in my life to keep throwing water on this nuclear meltdown that is my job....Please pray with me for wisdom and the courage to take a stand and reject the cares and worries of this world. Your brother the fireman,
P.S.
Boss if you read this I'm sorry that Amy and I were talking about you behind your back, but considering what a total prick you've been lately maybe this will help me out with the simplification process now.

Step 1 Admit that I'm over my head
Step 2 Figure out the quickest direction to shallow water
Step 3 Double check for currents and/or corral reefs
Step 4 Start swimming

Zion

2005-11-14T21:55:00.000-08:00

Monarchrist_John The Lord sent me on a short tour of Zion National Park the other day. A good buddy of mine decided to get a closer look at the canyon and while he was there he picked up a hiker with a broken knee. Just another rough day at the office.

Birthdays and First Try's

2004-09-14T20:26:00.000-07:00

Its Sara's birthday today(my lovely wife) and I'm far far away... on the other side of the planet to be exact.... its the second birthday in three years that I've been in this situation. Sara is the best... she has no thought for herself in this matter... all she wants is to have me home safe and sound. Thank you Lord for bringing us together in a magical, unique and unmistakable way. You humble me with your generosity. Happy birthday my Love!

Here's something interesting I received today. I thought I would pass it on or at least immortalize it on my first BLOG.

Believe it or not you can read it.

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thought slpeling was ipmorantt!