Breeze

I do apologize for not writing in so long (not that anyone out there really cares). A lot has changed in my life over the past year. One huge one though- A. My wife and I had our first child, a daughter, on March 31. Her name is Aubryn but we refer to her as A sometimes. There is so much I have learned and so much that has changed about me sense her grand arrival. I never though I would love her like I do. I also never really thought that I would learn as much from her as I have.

Yesterday, I was playing with her and took her outside just to look. About the time we got out there, the breeze starting to pick up. I looked directly at her and started saying "Wind, wind" like all parents do to teach them daily things we all take for granted.

And it happened....

A huge grin appeared on her cute, 6 1/2 month face. She picked up her left hand and just held in the air so gently... like she was feeling and truly enjoying the wind.

The wind. The wind? How can the wind make her smile and just stare as she feels the chill that is in the breeze.

Most of us hate the wind. It makes us cold, messes up our hair, blows the papers in our hand, disturbs us.

My daughter and her joy in the wind humbled me yesterday. Enjoy the little things God has given us. I dont care if you are broke or Mark Zuckerberg, their are things that our Father gives us daily that no one can recreate or mimic. Enjoy these gifts, these common graces, and worship Him.

The wind? Ofcoarse the wind.

Desperately searching

May 5, 2009, I spent the most money at one time (except for vehicles) in my life. But when I walked out of Rubin Brothers Jewelry, I knew I had the perfect engagement ring. It was awesome! So on May 9th, I gave it to my future bride and she loved it!

Now let me fast forward to last week.

Monday, I was entrusted to take the engagement and wedding ring to go get cleaned. After they cleaned the ring, they wrapped it up for me and I put it in ash trey in my jeep and headed to the house.

Bre asked me that night to go the rings. Here is where everything gets fuzzy.

Wednesday night, I go out to get the rings because I hadn't done it yet, and they weren't there! Freak out mode was at a all new high! We searched they house up and down, went through our trash, I cleaned out my jeep (found Crazy Love under my seat :) no disrespect Chan), everything! I even went to the dumpster at the church where we dump our trash to get old trash bags out and go through them! But the trash had already been emptied...

I was devastated. But I knew whatever I was feeling, bre was feeling 100 times more. We are laying in bed to the soft tones of bre crying next to me and I let one more apology.

From what I could see, the searching was done...
I looked every possible place in our house with no result..

THEN IT HIT ME! MY FAVORITE PAIR OF GA SOUTHERN SWEATPANTS!! I HAD THEN ON MONDAY NIGHT AND PUT THEM IN MY DRAWER!

I jumped out of bed, ran over and rip those pants out of drawer. I saw bre looking at me like I was crazy with no hope in here eyes.

and I heard it! The familiar sound of plastic ruffling from the pocket! I ripped it out and handed it to bre! The satisfaction of searching and finding those rings was incredible!!!

As I lay down to go to sleep, knowing sleep isnt coming because of my excitment, it really hit me...

When have I ever searched for God with that sort of passion or urgency?

In Matthew 13:44, it says that the kingdom of God is like a treasure. A treasure

What if I,

What if We,

What if the church,

What if the Church,

sought after the treasure that is the Lord like we were searching for one of our most valuable possessions that have been lost?

I could tell you what I would look like.

But I would much rather SEE it.