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Hello all, so sorry for the huge 11 day delay. Life is good, Life is great, God is great!!!!! Katie and I have been making deals with the sellers of the house that we like, and I am happy to say, As long as all the paper work go through from the bank, we will be getting the house!! I am very happy and without God involved I would so much more stressed out, but thankfully with him here by my side everything when great. 
Today I wanted to talk about asking for help from God. It is in our nature to ask for help when we need it, God made us that way. First off, Never feel bad for asking for help from God, and second never refuse help from anyone, You never know who God sent to help you. There is a story out there, that I have heard from a speaker once. There was a boat out sailing on the ocean, and a storm came about and tipped over his boat and he was left floating on his life vest. The man prayed to God, Please God help me, Help me Lord. save me Lord.... Well the night passed and in the morning a young lady was out in her boat and she pulled up to the man and said "get in" the man replied, "No, I am waiting on God." Another whole day passed, and then the next morning a fisherman came by and said "get in my boat eh." The man replied, "No, I am waiting on God." That night the man was praying to God, asking why he has not saved him yet. "Do you not love me?!?!?" the man said, Finally God replied, "I sent a young women, and a fisherman your way!!" "What more do you want from me!" 
I never gave that story much thought before, but now that I am a little more wiser, I have been thinking about it. When I ask God for help, which is daily, I have found myself looking for him, or for some great magical thing. But looking back over time, I see why this person came into my life at this time, or why did I quit this job at this time, or why didn't I buy that car.... so many things are laid out in my life so perfectly, there is no way God has not been with me. Not saying my life was completely easier or anything, just looking back I can see God's hand through everything. Which is a awesome feeling. But in doing all of this I have been thinking about how I asking him things. God wants us to come to him to when we need help, but he wants us to trust in him that we can fix the problem. You know when you take your family on a car trip and someone is always bugging you while your driving, "Are we there yet?", "Can we stop at a rest stop?", "I have to pee...." How upset do you get? How many times are they asking you the same question? Or how about this, Your at work and you have a employee who is new, but not completely new, but every time he gets involved in some thing he is still coming to you asking you for help on the same thing he asking how to do yesterday. Think how God feels when we ask him to help us with a problem, and then keep going back to him asking him for the same thing over and over. I do not know about you, but I HATE begin asked the same question over and over!!!! The way I see it God dislikes it just as much, I know when someone is asking me the same question over and over I can not handle it and a lot of times I blow up, but God does not blow up, but I wonder if he makes us wait just a little bit longer for asking.... You know, kinda like when your kid is in time out and he sneaks that toe off of the couch, and you have to put in for a few more minutes... Kinda like that. 
In closing guys/girls I would like to say I am sorry for not posting so often, but Life is great! and so is God!. But I would like to put it out there....  If you feel like you have something to say and would like to put on my blog, please click the comment section and right your own little bit on life.... Of course keep it clean. 
Have a great Thursday everyone!
God Bless,
E

Ubiquitous

This week has been a very busy,stressful week for me. I have been trying to reach out to a co-worker of mine this week who without a doubt needs God in his life. In doing this, it has put a lot of stress on me during the time when I am at work, and I have found that even after I come home I am still very stressful. Today my pastor spoke about the battle that we face outside of church. About keeping our faith  when we leave, and go to work. I find it pretty interesting that he spoke about that this week, since I have been trying to live my life that way at work. While I am trying to reach out to my co-worker I feel it is a affecting my home life, I have been feeling more and more stressful each time I come home. Until today I did not know what was going on, I would come home and it seemed I could not help but to get angry at Katie and the boys. I did not understand why I was so short with them, I found myself wanting to just go to bed and not deal with anything. All week I have felt like a bad husband, and father, and I did not know why until today. This afternoon while everyone was taking a Sunday afternoon nap, I decided to take some time to work on what I was going to post about. As I sat here, I could not come up with anything to talk about, Every time I tried, my mind would fill with other things that have been stressing me this week. Between closing on this new house, and working with my co-worker, and every day issues, I could not focus on a simple thing. My mind was racing so fast I could barely put the creamer into my cup of coffee. Finally I shut the laptop, set my coffee down and stared at the yellow walls in my kitchen and said "Lord, HELP!" I sat here for a few seconds and I realized that not once this week have I gone to God for help. I starting running through my week in my head, not once have I prayed to him asking for advice, or help on anything. I was acting all on my own, then I realized why I was so stressed and confused, and dazed, and short with everyone. Because God was teaching me a lesson, He showed me how life could be without him. A week full of stress and feeling as if I was in a dark room with no one to help, the feeling as if my family was falling apart, everything. I was so worried about helping my co-worker, and making sure all the paper work was signed and to the right person, and that I was at work on time, and that.... you get where I'm going, I simply forgot to turn to him and say, Lord, I need to help today, the tasks of the day are to much, I can not go on without you today. Please be by my side as I walk through the world. The second I turned my eyes to him today, my stress was gone, the directions where loaded, and I had God right back at my side once again to make the trip. Brett was right, we need to be prepared for what we walk into each day, but thankfully, we do not have to do it alone.
I hope this lesson that I learned will help you out as well, just remember to keep God close, and the nothing will ever seem like it impossible.
I'm going to go join my family in the Sunday afternoon nap, 
God Bless,
Eric