Managing

(November 18th, 2010)

At times we as Dad's ( Mom's) find it very hard to complete everything that we need to do. Between the simple task's of waking up the kids, getting lunch's ready for everyone, taking the dog out, going to work, coming home making dinner, playing with the kids & dog, the list goes on. We get caught up in everything, but the worst part of that whole list is that there was no YOU time, let alone God time. I am at a point in my life where I am home all day and Katie is at work with the boys. I have plenty of me time, and even with all of this me time, I am finding myself still going no time to God. I wish I had an answer for everyone out there looking for a way to make the days & nights longer, but I do not. What I do know, is that God can help in so many ways. He can do more than heal a broken heart or give you that raise you have been working so hard for. God can help you with the stress of everyday life. Go to the Lord, in time of need, He will answer your prayer. If you need just five minutes to yourself without the dog barking, or the kids wanting a freeze pop or to watch one more movie. Pray to God in the middle of all the rush, Just say "Lord, Help me, Please, Give me five minutes." You will be surprised as to what will happen, The Lord will answer your prayer. 
As for all the other times, non-rush hour, I suggest you find five minutes of your day to speak to God by your self. When I was working I used the time that I would walk from my lunch room to my car to speak to him about my day and to pray for different things going on in my life. I found myself finding all kinds of five minutes gaps in my day, Let alone the 30 minute drive home. The more I talk with God, the move I understand and feel like I am in right with him. I try to talk to him now, when I am on walks with Sophie, and while I am doing work around the house. (since it is very quite with no one hear) 
I have a challenge for all of you; I challenge you to put down the computer, that means put down the blog, put down the facebook, put down youtube, put down myspace, for 10 minutes of time that you would normally be on the computer. If your using a laptop and your sitting on your couch, sit down close the laptop put in our your lap just as if you where going to be on the net, and pray. If you use a desktop, sit down turn off the monitor and pray. Pray for 10 minutes, if you thinking, well I don't have anything to pray about, well first off you wrong, but second, talk to God like a friend, Tell him about your day, Tell him about your problems, your joys, your thoughts, your dreams. Talk to him like a very close friend. Ok so here is the rest of the challenge, 10 minutes, for 10 days. After each 10 minute prayer, Open you laptop, or turn on your monitor, go to my facebook page and post, I just spoke to God for 10 minutes. Do that for 10 days in a row. Post it whenever, 7am or 7pm, whenever you can find time. Everyone that completes the challenge will be listed here on my blog as winners. I know it's not much of a prize, but hopefully you will get more from this challenge than that. 

God Bless you all, and remember 10 for 10 on my page, starts today!!!

-Eric   

New Ways....

My sister reminded me about my blog, I actually had forgotten all about it. I have tons of time now to write about different things that have been going on in my life and what I have learned. But first I will give you a update to everything that has happened.
First off, Katie and I bought our home that we where in the process of doing last time I wrote, It is a beautiful and wonderful older home here in Blairsville, We both love it so much, We are still unpacking some boxes but we are pretty much moved it, and living happily. I got hurt at work, I twisted my knee and torn my ACL, I had to get surgery, and that went well, But now I am recovering from that. I can walk some what on my own, not very well unless I have my Iron Man brace on. ( lol ) If you where able to see this thing you would call it the same thing, it weigh's about 15 lbs and it goes from my hip to my foot. Any way, so we closed on our home on a Wednesday evening, On Saturday we had family and friends come help us move, which we got done in one day thanks to everyone who came and helped, we could not of done it without you. Then Tuesday came around and I went into surgery, and after that it's pretty much just been me trying to get better between PT and working on it at home, and putting some boxes away and normal life. 
Everyone knows packing is stressful, and moving is stressful, and unpacking is stressful, Everyone knows this. But when you through into it, A three year old, someone who can not walk, and cold weather, it get's even worse. But thankfully God was with Katie and I through the whole process of picking the house, buying the house, moving into the house, and living in the house. It took me a long time to understand God's timing for what happened to me with my knee. I could not understand why God would let some thing like this happen to me 20 days before we bought our home. I was mad at him for a many days, and during those days things just kept getting worse, it seemed like my whole world was falling apart, so I chose to pray to God, even though I was still pretty mad at him. When I prayed to him that day, I was told why everything had happened, and then everything made so much sense. Here I am blaming God for letting me get hurt at work, and causing all of these problems, but when he showed me everything that had happened from a different point of view, it made so much sense. God showed it to me so clean, I can actually explain how it worked. Lets say that I did not twist the wrong way at work and cause all of this damage to myself, lets say everything went fine for the next 20 days and we buy our house and start to move. I pick up a box and twist the wrong way, I tear my ACL, I need to have surgery, it happened at home on my own time, 4 days before my health insurance kicked in. Now I am going to be off work, without pay, no health insurance to cover the surgery or the PT, we could not afford that, so I would op out of everything and live with it for the rest of my life. When God showed me that, I understood his timing, he made me think of how he knows the different out comes, and he is watching my life but he has the power to fast forward, and know what is coming, so he can prepare me for it. Our God is a awesome God who cares about us, Yes it sucks that I had to have knee surgery, but it could of been so much worse for us if it wasn't for God's timing and planning ahead. 
What I am saying in this story, is when something does not make sense in your life and you turn to God and say "Why God?! Why Now!!!?? How could you let some thing like this happen?!" There is most likely a very good reason for all of it.  It is hard not to get upset because things are not going as You planned. But trust me, if you have given your life to God, fear not, Because he has the best TiVo on the market. Trust is the Lord God, and he will guide you in the right direction. 

God Bless my friends,
Eric

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