Some of the reasons I love thee.

• When we’re reading, in silence, I know every 10 minutes, (At least) I know she will laugh.  I know then she will look at me until I look back at her, and then say, “I have to read this to you.”
• She is so firm in her beliefs.  No one is going to sway her, and she is not going to back down.
• Have you seen her eyes?
• The way she can’t quite wake up until a cup of coffee.
• Do you know how often she writes Saxby Chambliss?  If he ever goes to prison, I KNOW he will have a pen pal.
• Andrea is not only the HOTTEST girl I have ever seen, she’s smarter than me.
• She’s feisty.  Sometimes, right before I get mad, and we argue, I have to try not to laugh.  Sometimes I do laugh.  Because she is cute as a button when she’s mad.
• Have you seen her eyes?
• This list could go on forever, but she is home from her bridal shower.  So, I have to help carry stuff.

So.  It’s Tuesday again.  Every week me, and a group of bloggers choose a child who has been waiting for over six months to be sponsored. (check the bottom of the page for links.  With the global economy, it’s more important than ever that these kids get a sponsor.

Today I chose Arm.  He is not in school.  For just 35 bucks a month, he can be.  Your 35 dollars could make all of the difference.  Your sponsorship can give him hope that people do care.  You can change one kids mind about people. To sponsor Arm, click here. To Sponsor any child waiting over six months, click here!

Name:         Arm Jay Doydora (PH9560188)
Birthday:     May 18, 2004    Age: 4
Gender:       Male
Region:       Asia
Country:      Philippines
Program:      Heavenly Touch Family Development Project

Personal and Family Information:
Arm lives with his father and his mother. At home, duties include caring for children, caring for animals and running errands. His father is sometimes employed as a farmer and his mother maintains the home. There are 2 children in the family.

Arm is not presently attending school. Playing with cars, playing with marbles and art are his favorite activities. He also attends church activities regularly.

Because of your sponsorship, Arm will have new opportunities to learn and grow physically, mentally, and spiritually. Thank you for your concern and prayers.

Pray this prayer with me.

God, Give us the courage to take this financial leap.  Remind us that what we do to the least of these, we do to you.  Lord, we need your guidance, in an economy today that is falling faster than ever, we need your help in every dollar we spend, ever decision we make, and every breath we take.  Today God.  I want to give it all to you.  God, take it, and do what you will.  Help us be wiser beyond our years, and help us have the Compassion you put us here to have.

Amen!

Here are links for other days of the week.

• Toby Keathley – Monday
• Andy McMahon | Crucial Encounter (Me) – Tuesday
• caffeinatedfaith – Wednesday
• shawnw.org – Thursday
• Andrea | Shalom  Existence – Fri

I also want to add.  Adam Black.  Adam sponsored yesterday, and felt his heart move.  He has decided to also do Mondays.  This is a great thing to do on your blog.  If you want to add a day to your blog, please just leave a comment, and I will let you know where to get started!

Thanks guys!

On days like this it’s hard to write.  I have a horrible headcold.  Work is stressful. I am having issues with a co-worker, and it is making my life a living hell.  I try to just raise my hands up, and give it to God.  But as we all know, that can be tricky.

I have come up with ways to do that at work.  Times like these pass, and sometimes facing the issue at hand has to happen before there can be resolution.  I am fully aware of that.  I just wish the conflict did not happen during a headcold that could kill a giant.

Anyway.  I am giving it to God.  I am trying to anyway.  Pray for me today, and I’ll be back to posting good stuff soon. I promise.

Today would be my older sister’s (Adrienne Lee McMahon) 27th Birthday. So.. I felt this was appropriate for my repost this week.

When asked,”what makes a person?” Most people might say, what they believe, what they’ve done, what they stand for, what they’ve seen, or maybe even, what they haven’t done. I don’t think that’s it at all. What makes a person, to me? Who they love.

Tons of people have seen the world, Christopher Columbus discovered a new world, traveled around the world, and saw just about the entire world. Still, ended up spending a good portion of his life jailed for embezzlement. In the end, who was he really? Just another person.

Galileo. The first to argue that the earth does in fact does revolve around the sun. He believed that with all of his heart. In the long run, he was also jailed, and eventually forced to take back his beliefs. Maybe now, he is well respected, but in the end, he died, jailed, lonely. Who was he really? Just another person.

You see, I’ve been thinking a lot about Jesus Christ lately. He also spend his last days jailed, not with “holy men”, but among sinners. In a cell, staring at a wall, by one of his own. He still loved everyone. With all of his heart, he loved everyone.

As a matter of fact, one of the last things he did on this planet was invite a prisoner to walk with him in the kingdom of Heaven. At a time, when many men have spit on him, hit him, and turned their back on him, Jesus still loved them. Still loved us. Jesus loved that prisoner, as much as he loved anyone. Jesus knew, it takes a lot to love a sinner, but the sinner, needs it the most.

See some people spend their entire lives trying to change the world. Trying to come up with new theories, methods or beliefs. Not me. The world’s been changed enough. I take that back, the worlds been changed too much. If people spent as much time loving as they spend trying to change the world, or prove things wrong, this world would closer to the place it once was. Jesus had the right idea. Why is it so hard to follow? You’d think it’d be easy, but it’s not. It’s something we all struggle with.

Love should be what makes the world go round, not money, success, theories, inventions, or hate. I know it sounds obvious but, is it?

I try to write about encounters I have had in my life that have shaped me.  Good and bad.  I try to reflect on them.  In the process I make myself very vulnerable.  I put a lot of my life out here for a lot of people to read.  It’s pretty insane.  But my goal is for people to see the Grace and Love of Jesus Christ.

I have thought a lot lately about the Crucifixion.  That is the most intense thing to think about.  If you ever feel comfortable in your skin think about, I mean, REALLY think about it.  It will make your heart swell.  Wednesday night we read the prayer Jesus prayed the night before his Crucifixion.

Luke 22:42
“Father, if your will, please take this cup from me. But, not my wish, do it according to your will,”

How much would I really love to pray that prayer?  I am so good at “Father, Please take this cup from me.”  That’s normally where my prayer ends.  If I say “Your will be done.” I normally in the back of my mind am saying, “Only if your will is what i want.”

Did you read that!?  I’m serious!  That’s how my head works.  I want what I want, not what I need.  I want the newest tool. (iPhone) I want the biggest juiciest steak, (not my daily bread).  Your will be done?  Come on, who am I kidding.  I have rarely lived that life.

I am envious of the people who do.  I am also envious of the people who have the gadgets, and steak, and straight teeth, and a full head of hair, and no acne, and a lot of money, and a cushier job.  I’m envious in my vain.  Ya dig? I want to thank God all of the time. It’s hard.  It’s hard to thank God for the bad junk.  At least we have junk, right?  I want to thank God for the half empty cup. Heck. I want to thank God for the empty cup.

But, I only thank God when my cup runneth over. **sigh**

I have issues.  I want you all to pray with me.

God. I love You.  You really are amazing.  God, today I ask that your will is for me to want your will.  God, I want to be the grateful man with nothing.  I want to be grateful in your will.. Your Will God! God, I want to build myself up, to be a better man.  God, I want my crisis to become celebration.  I want to be happy for the empty cup.  Jesus, your blood washed my sins away, and I’m asking again.  God, Cleanse me of my horrible selfish attitude.  God, you are Great.
In the name of Jesus Christ.
Amen.

With that said, I am going to go, pray that prayer a few more times.