My Favorite Super Bowl Commercial

So, it is that time of year when amidst all of the economic struggles, some of the major consumer goods products invest $3 million for each 30 second commercial during the Super Bowl. Not to sell anything necessarily, just for a humorous branding promotion. Well, it works...here is my favorite one:

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The Man In My Life

I had a conversation with someone today and we were discussing when we found the most amazing men in our lives.  The ones that opened us up to who we were and who we could be.  While she shared how amazing the man that she is married to today is, and I often thought about my amazing husband to be, I couldn't help to be struck with who the most amazing man in my life truly was.

This is the man that accepted who I was, always holds true to the dream of who I can be.  Inspires me, forgives me and encourages me.  When I fall, he picks me up.  When I am running full speed, he is the ground I am running from.  He has taught me to be kind and to be honest.  He has opened my heart and my soul.  He has prepared me for the man I will be married to and He has prepared the man I am marrying.  He is with me wherever I am.  He is the almighty, all powerful, everywhere at one time God.

Thank you God for opening up the person that I can be and the person that I aspire to be for my entire life.  I live for you.  

Amazing Women

I met two amazing women last Thursday.  I use the word women because of who they are, in reality they are 15.  Kelly went through cancer at 10 years old and her friend, who also had cancer  stood by her side last week as she shared her story with 100 adults in a room.  People she didn't know, sharing her story for the first time for one purpose - to accelerate change.  To help others.  For every other reason besides herself.

Her parents stood proud across the room as this woman, their 15 year old child, spoke about cancer, treatment, how people treated her when she lost her hair, and most importantly, how she wants to grow up, be a doctor and console parents going through the same thing that her and her parents went through.

This woman has no idea the amazing strength that she holds, her parents told me that she is the most amazing person that they know.  They have come out individually and as a family deciding to be positive.  Deciding to affect others.  It was an amazing showing of strength and love and I am a better person just for being in the same room as these amazing women who have survived cancer and are wise beyond their years.

Change

Interesting quote I heard today...

If the change outside of you is happening faster than the change inside of you, you may be in trouble.

Dreams I Didn't Know I Have

If you have been following our current series at Flamingo Road Church, you have probably been thinking quite a bit about dreams.

I've started my journey of finding what God's dream for me.  Know, I have a LONG - life long - journey to take, but as this is a constant on my mind, I realized that while I am on the search for my dream some of the most amazing things I have ever done is to play a part in another's dream.

My mom's dream was to have children and now I can live my life upholding and reminding her of this wonderful dream she had, sharing my love and life with her.

50 churches.  100,000 members.  $150,000,000.  I signed my name on the stage at Flamingo Roach Church to be a part of the dream to helping others know, love and reach their God potential.  I will do anything for that dream!

What amazing dreams I am already part of.

Responsibility

Responsible, defined by dictionary as:

1. answerable or accountable, as for something within one's power, control or management 

2. involving accountability or responsibility 

My biggest pet peeve, giving someone all the tools they need to accomplish their responsibility and they don't do it anyway.  Got me thinking, what tools is God giving me that I am not using to accomplish what I am responsible for.  If that is my pet peeve, and it gets me fired up, I can only imagine how many times in my life that God could have gotten fired up at me but instead He gave me another chance.

Step one in my 2009 God dreams journey...give more people less of my fire and more of my chances.

Seek and you shall find

Do you want something?  Really, really badly?  For the last 8 months, I have seeked to find a local church.  Before I moved and after I got here.  Online and in church.  Driving and writing new church names down, looking into churches that others I know go to.  It has been on the tip of my tongue and the front of my mind.  Every weekend.

While I am a proud member of Flamingo Road Church and absolutely LOVE going to church online, I knew that I needed to find a local church and I was beginning to think that I might not find one.  But, the passion never ended and today I think that I have found one.  God is with me and was with me today as I stepped into an unconventional setting.  As every minute passed and it was more and more of what I was looking for I continued to pray 'please let this be it.'

Ask, be specific and pursue it.  Pursue God's will for your life and all that you need to fulfill it.