60 Days of Beauty Day 7 Remebering

December 7, 1941—a date which will live in infamy. It is a day for many that will forever haunt them but it reminds me of the beauty in remembering those that gave their lives in defense of not only their freedom but in defense of generations to come. I have an older friend that lost an older brother at Pearl Harbor and he is proud of his brother for his sacrifice for us.
I will admit I struggle with some people when they talk about the sacrifices these men and women made during WW2 and that our young men and women soldiers are making today and they miss the fact the Jesus sacrificed himself for their life 2000+yrs ago freeing them from the bondage of sin.

Remembering Sacrifice is my 60 Days of beauty Day 7

60 Days of Beauty Day 6 Snow Flakes

I will admit this was a fairly easy one for me as I was watching the big fluffy flakes of snow fall today it dawned on me that they are yet another thing created by God that man cannot recreate now don't get me wrong there isn't a ski area worth it's weight in fresh powder that doesn't "make snow" but it isn't the perfect individual flakes that fall naturally it is a granny frozen impersonator. Again nobody does it like God each flake is different just like each of us.

60 Days of Beauty Day 5

I contemplated this for a while yesterday and concluded that a well run NFL offense is a beautiful thing for Day5. A well run offense cannot be handled by just anybody it takes tons of practice and patience to do what those guys do.

60 Days of Beauty starting on Day 4

Ok, I am going to do this regardless of what my kids think. I am guessing I will get called a stalker since it is their youth pastor that started this at www.derryprenkert.com . I think that I may be lucky (strange as it sounds) since I have suffered some visual impairments I really appreciate Gods creation I try to find the awesomeness of Gods creation in some of the most mundane places.

Day 4 (getting a late start)

This morning I got up early and headed to Goshen to pick up a part for my garden tractor so I could get it ready to clear snow and just the quiet this morning was beautiful there were very few cars on the road and it was just me and God one of those awesome moments.

Looking forward to finding beauty in Day 5!

Black Friday Not so Much

I have heard people complain that Christmas is becoming to commercialized, well what did you do to contribute to this commercialization did you get up at 5am and spend spend spend in the pursuit of stuff? Have you fallen Victim to the more is better club. Christmas isn't about shopping and getting great deals just focus on the first five letters of the word and that's all you will need to have the greatest Christmas ever.

Winding down

On behalf of the Indiana University Hoosier nation I would like to welcome the Nebraska Cornhusker nation to the Big Ten (twelve teams go figure) I look forward to uttering these words to you next season "Oh well wait till basketball season"....I think I have mentioned this before and if you know me you are aware that I don't care for Notre Dame I am an IU fan regardless of their record but I will be honest there isn't any better place to be on a crisp fall afternoon then on a college campus during a home football weekend.
Last year my par time job had me on the campus for all the ND home games last year and I saw some really great things and some not so great things I think the highlight was when the Naval Academy Band marched past with all the midshipman following on their way to the stadium and just as they got to the stadium started playing anchors away and it made the hair on my neck stand up.
So tomorrow I rise up at 4am to drive to Wakarusa to get into a truck and drive over to the University of Notre Dame and watch the campus wake-up for a 3:30pm kickoff.

Oh yeah my Hoosiers are 1-0 but who was Towson

It has been six months?

Wow has it been six months since my last blog entry? There has been a lot of things happening in that time. I thought I was going to lose my job at the end of November but now I think were on pretty solid ground for awhile. Zack and Kaylyn got their drivers license's in November and Tracy and I took a cruise in Dec. Now you may say that possibly losing my job and going on a cruise don't go together but it was already paid for and we were past the point were we would get any money back if we canceled so we were going whether I had a job or not.
Gotta get back on track with this blog have a lot to blog about just need to get my thoughts organized.

nuf said
Brian