Finally full-time

This past weekend I was able to celebrate something I never thought possible…my 11th wedding anniversary. Now, I didn’t think it was impossible because of my wife, because of the difficulties of marriage, but rather because growing up, I dated soooo much (it was almost like my part-time job), I never thought I could trick anyone into being with me on a full-time basis.

Fortunately, I did trick one. Or perhaps a better way to say it is, God blinded one for me. And now, 11 years later, I’m “more in love with her than I have ever been.” Isn’t that what I am supposed to say? Not that it’s not true, but quite frankly, it’s so cliché, that phrase has lost all meaning. So let me be frank…

I am emotionally drawn to my wife. I am physically drawn to my wife. I am spiritually drawn to my wife. I am sexually drawn to my wife. I am relationally drawn to my wife.

But those things could be said since the day I first laid eyes on her. How is it that I am “more in love with her?”

Because when I first met her, I was like a social drinker having an occasional sip of wine. Now, after 11 years, I am flat out addicted to the stuff. I praise God that I can’t stop thinking about her, that I can’t wait to hold her, that I can’t wait to talk to her, that I can’t wait just to be with her. I can’t imagine a marriage where that wasn’t true.

God has given me a wife who loves me, honors me, respects me, and nurses me back to strength when the arrows of ministry are sticking in my hide.

Man, am I glad I’m finally full-time.

Maiden Voyage

Like my dad used to say...

"Off we go like a terd of hurdles!"

To be true to the title of the blog, I'll say this...I have no idea why I am blogging, nor when I'll have time to blog. But I do know everyone and their grandmom is blogging, and hey, I'm more hip than a grandmom, so......here I am.

My hope is to record things here, things that are true, things that are feeling true at the moment, sometimes just to enjoy my own private musings, to wonder aloud, and to remind myself of where God has taken me in this crazy journey I find myself on. Being a pastor has been a great experience, not because of the title, and certainly not because of the amazing pay scale, but because of the incredible accountability it is knowing that this stewardship God has given me is a serious one. So, for me, this blog will help me see where I have been, and what God has taught me.

Perhaps others will read and see that pastors are normal, have normal fears, experience normal emotion, want normal success, and fail in a very normal way.... hopefully more the former than the latter....

And others, well, they may just see this blog and decide that they really don't like what I have to say. Quite frankly, I don't like a lot of things I have to say. Maybe we can get together and have a party.....