Monday Quote

A few notes:

• I the first Technical of my basketball career last week.  I know some of you might be thinking, “aren’t you one of the pastors at your church?”  I was just a little to sarcastic with the official. 
• My parents are coming Oct. 27-31 to stay at our house while Jenn and I go to a training event.  I don’t think next Monday will get here soon enough for them.  We are going to struggle not seeing Noah for a week. 
• Thanks for all the birthday cards, calls, and facebook post. 
• Now that birthdays are over for awhile I’m starting a diet today, any tips.
• I don’t mean to lift up a person and sometmes feel like I may be doing that by referring to a person so often, but you need to set aside some time to listen to Francis Chan. 

I have kind of put the Family Driven Faith book to the side recently, but picked it up again this morning.  In doing so I came across a paragraph that God used to challenge me.  As I sit with Noah in the mornings I pray for him and wonder how God might use him, I sometimes catch myself dreaming my own dreams for him. Today as I read this quote I was challenge not to be a rival of God in the life of my son. 

“The key is understand that our children don’t belong to us–they belong to God.  Our goal as parents must not be limited by our own vision.  I am a finite, sinful, selfish man.  Why would I want to plan out my children’s future when I can entrust them to the infinite, omnipotent, immutable, sovereign Lord of the universe?  I don’t want to tell God what to do with my children–I want Him to tell me!  When I allow my will to take precedence over God’s will, I have not only given away to a rival–I have become one.”       -Voddie Baucham

Have a good week.

matt

Birthdays with a Zero

Today I turned 30.  It seems weird to say.   I talked with my health insurance provider and they informed me not to be alarmed by the increase rates I will see in January.  When asked why they simply responded you will be in your 30’s.  Well in order to combat that I have begun a diet (sort of) and have recently set my sights on the KRISPY KREME CHALLENGE. 

The Krispy Kremem Challenge is an event at NC State Univ. in which you will take off at the bell tower run two miles to the Krispy Kreme, consume a dozen donuts, and run back to the bell tower.  The date is Feb. 7 and you can find out more information here.  We will take off about 9am and the entry fee goes directly towards NC Children’s Hospital. 

I am excited, but now I’m looking for runners to join me.  The event started in 2004 with 10 runners but in 2009 they are expecting around 5,000.  Let me know if you can make the trip.