Man...what a summer so far...

It's been awhile since I've posted...but life is going okay. Summer has been a bit anti-climactic this time around as the youth ministry does not have a "big" trip planned this break. So...this gives me time to rest after a HUGE youth room project. We just got back from Boyne Mountain with Jeannie's parents...we had a great time. I didn't golf all that well, but it was FUN! :)

Life is...interesting right now. Each time Jeannie's parents leave to go back home, or each time we leave them...it gets harder. As Kylie gets older...it gets harder. We are 100% convinced that Michigan is where God wants us...we just get "homesick" from time to time. It's easy to forget that we are transplants in MI and don't have any family around whatsoever.

God is speaking to me right now. He desires more of me. I desire more of Him. I want my life to continually be looking like Him. I am apalled at what I see in my life sometimes. The words to this song really describe where I'm at right now:

"The Only Thing"
Ronnie Freeman

I heard someone say the other day
They'd seen in me true love displayed
Blessed by something I had done for them
No sooner had they said these words
I found myself somehow disturbed
Uneasy as I took their compliment
Cause I know the heart inside this man
I know the truth of who I am...

The only thing that's good in me is Jesus
The only thing that's good in me is Jesus
I know me well enough to know
No matter what this life may show
The only thing that's good in me is Jesus

If you could walk the hallways of my heart
And see things as they really are
I wonder if you might be surprised
Seeing faded walls of pride and fear
Rooms I've filled with faithless tears
And corners where I've stood in compromise
But you'd see the work His grace has done
You'd know just how far I've come

In a thousand years
When the dust of this world clears
And I look back on my life
And see in perfect light

The only thing that's good in me is Jesus
The only thing that's good in me is Jesus
I know me well enough to know
No matter what this life may show
The only thing that's good in me is Jesus

I am nothing...Christ is everything. I guess I find myself a bit depressed. I feel like I'm in a state of transition. I don't know what kind of transition, however. I'm turning 30 next month...it's an interesting thing for me. Most people just try to explain it away...saying that I'm still young. I still am young, there's no disputing that. I guess it's just a time of introspection for me right now. Taking stock of my life and relationship with Christ, if you will.

Well...that's me for now. I hope to be posting some stuff I'm learning in school this Fall...I hope I can get back to classes.

God bless, have a great day and thanks for reading!