" I THINK WE NEED A BIGGER BOAT "

Wow!!! It's been a minute since I posted something on here. Whats bad is I tell myself "You need to write on your Blog" all the time, but I just never set down and do it. Go figure. As if that's not an age old illness.

Well there has defiantly been a lot going on since the last time I posted, but I'm going to try not to bother with listing every single detail that has happened since then.

I have had a lot on my mind the last couple of weeks, but I'm really not sure where to start or even if I should put it all out there. It's funny how people are so different from one another. Some people can just talk talk talk while for others it's like you have to drag things out of them, or how some people can always seem to be the life of the party so to speak, while other people have to make them self's even go to the party. Please don't take me wrong while I'm writing this I'm not looking for someone to feel sorry for me nor am I in some place of depression. But I wonder if it is something that I can change. Anyone that reads this that knows much about me at all knows that I am in the group of the non-talking party-less people. :) This is something that I really struggle with. It aggravates me often. I try to tell myself to fix the problem, but I'm not sure how to to do it. I am the the type of person that does not even like carrying the gift into the Birthday Party. Because I do not want to draw attention to myself. I am the person that has trouble going up to people to just talk. Sure I can go up and tell them something but when that is through I go blank. I am the type of person that wants to draw the very least amount of attention to myself as possible. Its like sometimes I feel like I am not good enough or that people will think less of me... Why is this??? What is the problem??? Why do I automatically think people will look down on me??? what makes me feel like I'm less then anyone else??? I may never find out, but I really want to. I feel like this is a hindrance to me as a person and me as a minister. I want to reach as many people as I can for the Kingdom of God, But yet I have to often time literally force myself to talk to people. Not because I don't want to talk to people, but because it is something that almost terrifies me. Now when i say i have to force myself to talk to people I don't mean family and close friends, but beyond that it is a steady fight. Again please don't misunderstand me. I DO witness to people and try get them to church and so on, but I wish I could be one of the people that it comes natural to. well enough about that!!! Pray for me as I figure out how to conquer this problem.

On a lighter note since I never got to what really been on my mind the last couple of weeks.... I have taking up Golf . I am pretty horrible at it but love it. Golf is something I have found to be relaxing and exciting all at the same time. Greg Cutrer said it best when he told me you may hit 50 bad shots and then 1 good one and then hit fifty more bad one but you keep coming back because you liked the way that one good one felt. (that's not word for word but you get the jest)

well that all for now i bid the farewell..... Sing it with me Farewell adieu to you fare Spanish ladies, farewell adieu to you ladies of Spain; for we've received orders for to sail back to Boston, but we hope in a short time to see you again.....

By the way Uncle AL it's time to come back to Paris For Some Golf!!!!

Deliberately Random....

Well Today Was A Day! Today was Sunday So It was time for some church!!! As soon as I woke up this morning I felt an excitement deep down inside me. I was even running around the house singing so much that I think my wife may have told me to go back to bed and wake up on the other side....;) Once I arrived at church this morning we went right into our ministers prayer meeting. I love when you can walk into the church and hear the prayers going up and feel the presence of the Holy Ghost. Pastor Gray was preaching today and mentioned how we needed not to just feel the Holy Ghost but we need to do more than that. The thought came to my mind that we need to continue to "EXPERIENCE" the Holy Ghost. I truly Believe that we can never have enough Holy Ghost. We should always have a longing for more.

The Power of God Was Strong at F.P.C. of Paris today. I challenged church to move to the next level in living for God. It is a must that we never grow content in our walk with God. We Should Always strive to be a Greater Christian, better witness, Greater Prayer warrior, and a more studious student.

I Love all that God has done for me, and I am thankful for all the blessings that he has bestowed upon me and my family. If worked from now until the end of eternity I could never begin to repay Him. The Great thing is he knew that I never could, but He did it anyways.

Little bit of a subject change.......

On Sunday nights we have prayer meeting and fellowship at the church. Sometimes for our fellowship we go to a restaurant in town instead of bringing food & eating at the church. Tonight was one of those nights. After eating the children were all playing in the Play place at McDonald's when all of a sudden my oldest boy flipped out of the slide and landed on his arm wrong. Of Course that made for a trip to the E.R. where for the second time in his life they had to pop his elbow back into joint. I told him when he was walking out to the truck from McDonald's that I was starting to think he was going to be my child that always hurts himself, since this is the third time he has had to go to the E.R. to be put back together and he's only 4.

It is never an easy decision to make when I am trying to decide weather or not one of my children need to be seen by a doctor. Because anytime I see them hurt I want them to be better instantly. It tears my heart out to see them in pain or sick. I would gladly at anytime change places with them whenever this is the case. I am Proud to say that although that may be a hard decision to make, that as a child of God the thought never crosses my mind should we pray about this. Is this serious enough or not? Because I Serve a God that there's not a problem to big or a problem to small. Just like the old song says "Bring all Your needs to the alter, Bring all you needs to the Lord, for He is so willing and able to help you, bring all your needs to the the Lord. The God That I Server is a healer! His Word tells us this. Bishop Holley Taught on it today: James 5:14 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let the pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:

I Thank God Today that He is here for each of us to call on whenever we need Him even if it is in the Middle of the McDonald's Play Place! BE BLESSES!!!

Well Here Goes!

Well Let me First say that that this may not be the greatest blog in the world, but it will be true! I have never blogged before but for the last several months I have been telling myself that I would like to start one. Well here it goes! My vision for this blog is great. I have named it "The Life of a Chad" because I want to blog things that I do, things that I experience, feel, think, find, taste, overcome, and anything else that may be part of my Life.
I do not have aspirations to have a great host of followers but I will be pleased with what I have.

So I have never been one to read a lot. In fact I have never been one to read at all. Not that I can't, But i have never really found it interesting. so as of late I have challenged myself to read.
I have heard it said time and time again that "LEADERS READ". So to hold true to image I have of myself and hopefully what others see, that I'm not a follower but a leader I have started making myself read. The Funny thing is is that once I get sat down and become focused on what I am reading (which is a task all in itself) I enjoy what I am doing.
For that last couple of days I have been reading a book (my wife would call it a pamphlet) called Found God's Will by John MacArthur, Jr. it is about Finding the direction and purpose God wants for your Life. As I said earlier that so far I have been enjoying it. So today let me leave you with and excerpt from this book that I read the other day and stuck out to me.

"It Is God's will that men be saved. If you are stumbling around in life and tossing up some periodic prayers to God but have never come on your knees to the foot of the Cross and met Jesus Christ, then you are not even in the beginning of God's will. God has no reason to reveal to you anything particular about your life because you have not met qualification number one: Salvation."