G Notes

"Ambition" is one of the main traits which characterizes the milennials (generation born between 1978 and 2000).  Unfortunately, this ambitious generation is also characterized with being directionless and clueless in regards to execution. In other words, they really want to get somewhere but don't know how to get there. They value success, but they just don't know how to achieve it. There are few things more frustrating than being filled with ambition and not knowing how to apply it. There are few things as discouraging as desiring success and not knowing how to achieve it. I guess that helps explain one of the other main traits characterizing milennials: highly stressed. Christians should be characterized by an ambition which achieves success. The truth is that there is such a thing as Christian success; but for that success to be achieved ambition must be rightly directed. The problem is that many of us are clueless. We don't know what Christian success look...

Edie recently celebrated her 2nd birthday, and her big gift was a playhouse. The look on her face was priceless when she saw her gift. With childlike exuberance, she took off toward the playhouse. But then something unexpected happened..she stopped, turned around, and came running back... As she ran back she started yelling, "Lita," short for "abuelita," which is Spanish for "grandmother." Filled with excitement she not only yelled for Lita but she ran toward Lita, grabbed her by the hand and led her to her playhouse.  Edie was so overjoyed with her gift that she had to share it. She wanted for others to enjoy it along with her. It was as if it didn't occur to her to keep the gift to herself. If you're a Christian, then you have received the greatest gift imaginable. It's the gift of eternal and abundant life. It's a gift freely and generously given by God for simply believing in His Son. It's an amazing gift received through faith ...

I'm a rocker. I get the "Led" out. I'm an "atomic punk" riding the "crazy train." I'm a "voodoo child," making my way down "mean street." I'm a "youth gone wild" that's "livin' on a prayer." When I'm out on the "gypsy road," "I can't drive 55." And "right now," "for those about to rock" I salute you. The rocker in me hopes that heaven is filled with face melting guitar shredding, gut bustin' drum solos, and high octane, power vocals. My hope is that amps will be turned up to "11." I'm hoping for an eternal, facedown, head bangers' ball. But I have a nagging fear that heaven will not thunder with high voltage rock. My suspicion is that heaven will be filled with the 1-3 beat of disco. Allow me to explain. Genesis 1:27-28 says: God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created...

I was wrestling with Edie when out of nowhere she bit me on the chest. This would not have been a problem had it been a little love gnaw but she applied a bite force of about 1500 psi (equivalent to a pitbull). The only bright side was that she missed the nipple. I'm not sure I would have ever recovered from the physical and emotional scarring had she not missed. Unfortunately, the bite was not a one time incident. Edie has shown herself to be an unpredictable and ferocious biting force, one moment playing nicely and the next launching her incisors at a helpless victim. Jamie and I now live in fear that at any moment we may be on the receiving end of an Edie bite attack. We've begun the arduous process of correcting Edie's animalistic behavior. Each time she bites we hold her firmly, put our face close up to hers (not so close she can bite it), and say, "No biting." Honestly, I'm so afraid of Edie's biting that there have been a few mornings when instead...