Monday, July 26, 2010

Let's Fight

I LOVE RIC (WOOOOO) FLAIR!!

Some of you may know that I used to be (still am a little) a HUGE professional wrestling fan. In my opinion and widely agreed upon by other professional wrestlers, Ric Flair is the greatest wrestler of all time. I believe the reason he is so loved is because he was not only the best good guy ever, he was also the best bad guy ever. In professional wrestling the bad guys goal is to make the audience hate at them. There has never been another wrestler that is more hated than Ric Flair. He would talk about your momma, girlfriend, wife, and space mountain all in the same sentence. By the end of his statement you would be ready to climb over the guard rail and whip his tail. No matter how many people hated him when it was time for him to turn into a good, the same people that hated him felt sorry for him because he was cheated in some way. I love Ric Flair.

I love the action of professional wrestling. There are always people jumping off the top rope, off of a cage, or hitting someone with a steel chair. I think I just like seeing people fight. I remember being in high school and seeing a couple of fights. The best one was between 2 girls and it took 4 teachers to break them to chics apart. I've never been in a fight myself. I've been close a few times playing basketball and either me acting like i shouldnt be or someone else acting up and neither one of us knowing when to stop. I believe that if i was ever was in a fight i would win because of all the training I've got from Ric Flair over the years.

Ive been reading a book titled Death By Love (they have a Facebook page, check it out.) In the first chapter it talks about a young lady that was deep into sexual sin with multiple partners. The young lady states in the book that she wanted her dad to catch her having sex with a boy so that he would stop them and she wouldnt have to do it any more. She purposely had sex in their house while her dad was home so that she would get caught. Her dad never stepped in and further more he went on to make fun of her having so many boyfriends coming over to the house. This book is written from the Pastors viewpoint in his letters to her. In his letter to her he reminds her that even though her earthly father would never stick up and fight for her, her Heavenly Father has already fought the fight and won the fight so that she can have life to the fullest. Not only would her Heavenly Father fight for her but her church family and her husband (both who are christians and church attenders now) and he as her Pastor would fight for her.

I wonder how many people that have came through my path that needed someone to fight for them and i didnt. Either because i was to scared or didnt notice they needed someone to fight for them. My prayer is that I will live my life with God's eyes and heart, so that when my friends, family, or church family needs someone to stand up for them and fight for them because no one else will, I WILL FIGHT FOR THEM. I will not back down because YOU are to important to me and to God for me to step aside and let you keep walking.

Please forgive me if you have been in my life and i didnt fight for you. I make a commitment to you and to God that you are not to unimportant to me and to God for me to go to bat and to fight for you.

stay HUMBLED
stay FOCUSED
love GOD
love PEOPLE

Monday, July 19, 2010

Foster St. Wesleyan Church YOUTH

It is 12:06 am on Tuesday July 20th. I am very excited about the next month. Recently, Callie and I took a job at Foster St. Wesleyan Church in Asheboro NC. In less than 1 month we will have our kick off youth night on Sunday Aug. 15th. We have been planning and brainstorming ideas for different things to do with the teens at FSC. Both of us are about to bust with excitement about what God has in store for the teens in Asheboro. Between myself and other leaders at the church we have come up with different ways that we can serve the schools and the community to express to the community our love for them.
In the past couple of months we have been working on video packages, games, music ideas, youth group name, room designs, ministry opportunities, and everything else that you can think of. Some of you that read this I will be approaching to ask for you to partner with us in different activities. Callie and I both feel so blessed to be apart of a church family that loves Jesus and loves other people. Again, we are both very excited about moving ahead to see what God has in store for FSC in the next phase of our youth ministry.
For those of you that read this blog, I ask that you to will partner with myself, Callie, and the other leaders at FSC, and join us as we pray for the teens in the community and for Gods direction and anointing. Please over the next couple of weeks and months remember us in your prayers and lets team up together and do some amazing things for God's kingdom in Asheboro.

stay HUMBLED
stay FOCUSED
love GOD
love PEOPLE