Sunday, November 12, 2006

Grove weekend

Another great weekend at the Grove. I didn't make it Saturday night because we had the Dunlaps, O'Ferrel's, Schultz's and Day's over for dinner...it was great times. This morning was great...this guy in our church put together this amazing video before the service for our veterans. We had all the people that have served in the military stand up and I saw my grandpa along with my friends Darryl and Bobby stand up in front of me and it really makes you appreciate the people that defend us everyday when we think nothing about it.
Then my dad gave this message on contentment (Listen to the message). I suck at contentment...don't get me wrong, I am stoked about where God has me but I find myself struggling with certain aspects of life. I'm always looking ahead, never really focused on what's right in front of me. Thinking about when my son will be five instead of three and we can play catch and have real conversations...instead of loving the fact that he's a crack up right now and he constantly says no and pulls his mattress off his bed every day and jumps on it for 2 hours before he takes a nap. Why can't I see how cool that is and how much I do love this stage of his life. I counsel people all the time and tell them to be 100% right where God has them right now but I have the hardest time doing that myself. Maybe that's because we've moved five times in the last six years...what were we thinking. I think the idea of staying put for while and knowing we wont have to move is slowly giving me a sense of peace and contentment. I take a long time to learn. Anyone else with me?

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Or download MP3 via podcast instead of RealAudio... http://feeds.feedburner.com/thegrovecc

Anonymous said...

direct iTunes link

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=147754635

Anonymous said...

Dan, I found you on Casey's blog. I have thought about you guys good to see you and Alyssa are doing good. Your son is gorgeous! I remarried and moved to South Bend, IN a couple years ago. If you and Alyssa ever make your way out here I can probably get ya Colts tix, Indy is only a couple hrs. away. I would love to have you guys come check out our church or maybe preach a sermon here. How are the Foors?