choices

Sometimes we face choices in life. Some choices are important, like "should we move?" or "which school should the kids go to?". Or, also important, are the choices like "nobody would catch me if I took this magazine without paying for it...should I take it or not". Then there are the choices that aren't that important, like "which pair of socks shall I wear today" or "what's for lunch?".
With every choice, we usually assume that there is a positive answer, and a negative answer. A lot of times, we put a lot of effort in trying to decide which of the two choices is the correct or "right" one. We seek help from friends and family, hopefully we take the time to listen to God's word as well, all in trying to discern which choice is the "right" one.
I have been struggling for a while with a choice, and that choice is whether or not to leave my current restaurant to apply for a GM position with another brand. There seem to be alot of upsides and a few downsides to making that choice, the biggest downside being the putting on hold of the Paramedic academy.
As I struggled to figure out which is the "right" choice, I got an interesting piece of wisdom.

Sometimes God gives you two "right" choices. Sometimes we are just blessed, and have an opportunity to be right either way. I know this isn't always the case, but sometimes it is.

Nothing is forever, except the Love of God, so I'm off to make a choice. Try or Fail, time to give it a go.

latest edition of "things I never thought I would say"

This entry comes a long while after the last one. In fact, if I had the motivation, I would search my archives to find the last post of T.I.N.T.I.W.S. to tell you how long in fact it's been, and to link to it so you may check them out.
To you, I say, search the archives on your own time. Not in a nasty way, just in a 'I assume you have much more time than me to search the archives' kind of way.

Anyway, over breakfast of pancakes & sausage (eggs for me, can't have the pancakes of course), a conversation between Eleanor & Momma:

Momma: "do you like your breakfast"
Eleanor: "yes, it's ok. The pancakes are good"
M: "do you like the sausage?" (we are trying a new kind of sausage, it was pretty good actually)
E: "it's ok, not as good as the pancakes (which are currently being eaten without butter or syrup)
M: "do you want to try some syrup on them?"
E: "no"
M: "are you SURE? they are REALLY good with syrup"
E: "yes, I'm sure! no syrup!


Since when do parents have to try and actually encourage their kids to eat syrup? I totally thought that it should be the other way around, like "stop drinking the syrup", or "would you like some pancake with your syrup"

Hm. Something new every day.

immunity

Wouldn't it be nice if restaurants were immune to sickness? Then we would never have to be short cooks...

FIT

Yesterday brought me one big step closer to the Paramedic academy. I went and took the fitness assessment that needed to be done before I could apply. It went about as well as I expected, I managed to pass all of the required "elements". Some I rocked out, and some I squeaked by. It is a good thing that I have been playing basketball regularly, otherwise I may not have had the aerobic component locked down.
Today though, today is not so great. Thomas has been home sick from school the last two days, and in typical fashion, now that he is feeling better the rest of us are feeling it. Eleanor, Vanessa and me are all feeling a bit like a truck ran us over. Me, I actually feel like a train ran me over, since I am not only feeling ill, but all different parts of my body that are usually happy with me and how I treat it are in rebellion. Moving hurts. Alot.
The part that worries me the most is tomorrow. The second day after is always worse.

war stories

I'm reading the book of Joshua right now, trying to find something worth quoting here. I am intrigued by this story, and I find myself unable to break it down in to one specific quote, or "lesson" for the day.
The general gist of what I am reading now is, Joshua has the nation of Army to lead back to Israel after spending 40 years in the dessert.
He is relying completely on the Lord to help him win the wars that will inevitably ensue after he tries to take back the land that others have now occupied for the 40 year trip in the dessert.
The part that is fascinating, is that chapter after chapter, we are told of how Joshua and his army were able to lay siege to the entire land "So Joshua took this entire land: the hill country, all the Negev, the whole region of Goshen, the western foothills, the Arabah and the mountains of Israel with their foothills" (joshua 11:16) and take conquer it for Israel.
All this could not have been done without the help of God, which leads me to the "lesson" for the day that I guess I do have after all:
Put your trust in God, listen to what he has to tell you. Do what He says, and He will give you all the help you need.

octember

I am officially a procrastinating blogger. Every now and then I think of something to update the world with, and then get distracted by whatever else I am doing. Or, I get the time to update, and draw a blank on whats important.

Maybe I am too busy scheming how to swindle money from people?

Perhaps I am just spending time with my wife, because I like to. And she knows lots of ways for me to scheme money out of unsuspecting (or sometimes suspecting) family members. That's always good for a chuckle for us.

Or, I could be busy dealing with children who are not really sure how to deal with the untimely passing of their younger cousin, not to mention being there for the parents of said cousin;
the fact that not just one, but both parents of my wife and her siblings decided that it is easier to blame and point fingers about what went wrong, and make shit up about people that just isn't true so they can feel good about their decision to alienate their family;
let's not forget about the fire at work;

and I could go on, but I think that it may sound like I am beginning to whine. That really is not what I started out to do, and I hope it didn't sound that way. Deep breath...and

We are well. Things are far from perfect at our house, but we will survive. Grade 1 & 2 will come and pass. We will thrive, knowing that God is with us, always.
And soon will return the frequent bible study posts, quick verses and my thoughts on them.