Hardway
“some people gotta learn the hard way…I guess I’m the kinda guy who has to find out for myself. I gotta learn the hard way. Father, I’m on my knees and I’m cryin…for Him.”
I know that God has times where he just looks at me and shakes His head in wonder thinking, “Dude, come on!!” (In my head, God says things like “dude”) This morning was no exception…I am on a shoot in Atlanta and it is the last day. We get to the set after checking out of our hotel and I decided to balance my Petty Cash Registry (Petty Cash is the ‘on hand’ cash that the producer (me) keeps for paying crew, incdentals, etc.) Well, I can’t find the envelope anywhere and that is really not good because I am responcible for that money. Anyway, I was in the midst of scouring my luggage and sending PA’s to the hotle to check the room when I realized that I hadn’t done my quiettime. So I started reading the following from “My Utmost for His Highest”…
A warning which needs to be repeated is that "the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches," and the lust for other things, will choke out the life of God in us ( Matthew 13:22 ). We are never free from the recurring waves of this invasion. If the frontline of attack is not about clothes and food, it may be about money or the lack of money; or friends or lack of friends; or the line may be drawn over difficult circumstances. It is one steady invasion, and these things will come in like a flood, unless we allow the Spirit of God to raise up the banner against it.
"I say to you, do not worry about your life . . . ." Our Lord says to be careful only about one thing-our relationship to Him. But our common sense shouts loudly and says, "That is absurd, I must consider how I am going to live, and I must consider what I am going to eat and drink." Jesus says you must not. Beware of allowing yourself to think that He says this while not understanding your circumstances. Jesus Christ knows our circumstances better than we do, and He says we must not think about these things to the point where they become the primary concern of our life. Whenever there are competing concerns in your life, be sure you always put your relationship to God first.
"Sufficient for the day is its own trouble" ( Matthew 6:34 ). How much trouble has begun to threaten you today? What kind of mean little demons have been looking into your life and saying, "What are your plans for next month— or next summer?" Jesus tells us not to worry about any of these things. Look again and think. Keep your mind on the "much more" of your heavenly Father ( Matthew 6:30 ).
As soon as I finished reading, I went to put my book down and sit to pray and ask God to forgive me for letting anything rob me of my joy and ask him for his help. As I sit down, the holy spirit reminded me of exactly where the money was (In my jacket next to me) even though I had already looked all over that area. I love it when he does that!
Video Bar Update - iPod Flea
This is great...and by the way, the white dude with the fro looks like a good friend of mine. Snider, this one is for you!!!
The BFE Filez
Yet another adition to the video bar. These are all files that I have help shoot and/or edit at work.
The "B" Roll
I started a new section in the Video Bar. . . This section will be all clips that I have either taken myself or are of me....most of it is really random clips or family stuff (which actually turns out to be pretty random anyway) So enjoy!
Speaking of Harley...
God did something really awesome yesterday. When I got home wed. Evening, I had a notice on my door that I was in violation of my rental agreement because my dog (Harley) was over the 30 pound weight limit. (
just a little background info here: Harley is a beagle-black lab mix. While his body size is closer the lab side of things, he is extremely lean.) Now, I have had Harley since he was 2 months old. I really didn't think he was over 30lbs or if he was it wasn't much. So I took him to the vet the next morning to find out exactly how much he weight and sure enough He was over 45lbs. Sooooo....knowing that the rule was either get rid of the animal or move out, I started praying. A lot. I went to talk to the Landlady and while at first she was quite adamant about the restriction of 30lbs., in the end, she went to talk to another boss and I was able to stay in my apartment with Harley and the only stipulation was that I have to move out when my lease is up. (Which I was pretty sure I was going to do anyway.....) I am so thankful that God worked what was nothing short of a miracle. He quite literally changed this woman's heart right in front of me. It was awesome...
A little Friday Treat...
This is for my brother who loves Family Guy....and Harley who loves peanut butter....
Just wait for it to load and then hit play!
How bout some oil on the springs...
Just a funny story....That is true....And annoying (at least for me). For the sake of this story, we will hope that all party's that would require being married, are married.
So it is Monday night and I am hitting the sack a little early because I have to get up for an early morning bible study. I get to sleep around 10:30 and am sleeping quite peacefully until about 1:30AM (just wanted to capitalize it to make sure there is no mistaking the hour). At the stroke of 1:30, I am awakened by
really rusty springs. And this bed must be absent a frame cause it sounded as if they were right on top of me. You can imagine the sound....eearh eearh eearh....over and over again. My initial thought was, that is nice for that presumably married couple. My second thought was, "why hasn't Harley (who was on his side of the bed) woken up?" FORTY-FIVE minutes later, my thoughts had changed to, "if they don't knock it off, I am going to start banging on the wall" (I decided against this in case they mistook it for competition) and "how can Harley still be asleep??". Over an HOUR AND A HALF later, what I can remember of my thoughts sound like this: "Nether one of them is going to be able to walk tomorrow" and "did Harley take something before he went to bed and does he still have a pulse??"
Finally, they either quite or I got use to the rhythm and fell asleep. Then, last night, I was heading to bed around 11:15 and the same thing started to happen. Fortunately, it only last about half an hour. But Still!!!!
