The Wind and the Change

Well, I have changed - and so have you I bet

I would so like for the wind to blow away all the things in my life that hurt, that frustrate, that are a pain of any kind at all.  I am sick of wrestling - sick of arguing with myself - sick of hurting.

But, I cant deny the result of this wrestling in my life has at least partly been to bring me to a better me.  In fact, much of the most wonderful parts of me and my life are directly a consequence of the things I would have had the wind blow away if I had the choice a long time ago.

Which makes me ask the question - what in my future will I miss if I have the Indiana wind blow away my troubles now???  What glorious and wonderful parts of my life will I erase if I simply escape the pain and frustration of my life??

And another question that will talk about in the next post

If the Wind worked

If the wind blew away all those hurts and frustrations and issues...

Today I spent the day with people - wonderful people - people I love - serving and listening and guiding and teaching - running and sitting (at the same time it seems like). 

And you know what they love about me?  It is definitely not my wardrobe!!  In fact I barely match at all most days.  It is not my timeliness - check out Meg's post from a couple wks ago!!

Most common thing I hear?  They love my heart - my love for them - my compassion - my listening.

Well, I have to tell you that my nature is not to be compassionate - or to listen well (ask my wife) or even to love..

I have thought about this a lot - because it is a bit mysterious to me how much I have changed (sounds like a Rascal Flatts song) - and it turns out that these traits have come from the wrestling and struggling and the hurts and the frustrations...

Think about it a bit and I will be back soon

The Wind

It is VERY windy today.  Would make my Oklahoma roots proud!

I was just sitting here thinking, "Wouldn't it be nice if the wind would just blow away all of my frustration, all of my inadequacies, all of my habits and hurts?"

All of it could just be gone.

No more.

Never to harass me again!

All Peace
All Joy
All the time

Let me ask you a question...

If the wind would blow away anything you chose, what would you ask it to blow away?

No need to answer here on Google - but kick it around in your head - make a list maybe - and I will be back on before too long talk more about it.

An update and an outreach!

Tomorrow night, the 16th of April, we will be hanging out at More than more from 645-800pm!  We get together every other Thursday night at McAllister Recreation Center, just off 20th and Schuyler Ave, Lafayette .  We have a great time laughing lots and enjoying some people who care for no other reason other than that they do.  We try to focus our lives on something More than just what we are told is important is in this crazy world around us by our culture.

Also wanted to let you all know that we will be having an outreach we call Love Your Feet at Murdock Elementary on the 30th of April - for those of you who are counting, that is 2wks from tomorrow - our next More than more!  What we do is have dinner with some folks from Murdock and then share some shoes for their families with them, in a discrete way.  We are good friends with the principal at the school (she is a More than more attender who can't generally come because of another Thursday night activity she has) and we enjoy developing relationships and sharing some of the goodness in our lives with some other people!

We would be glad to have anyone attend who reads this, but we do need to know you are coming because we cook for the whole group!  And we would also like to talk about the mission of the evening and some ideas of what the whole thing is about - so send us a comment on the blog or an email if you are gonna be there!

Otherwise, we will be back at McAllister on the 14th of May, 645-800pm again!!

looking forward to seeing you and serving alongside you!