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Weddings, Life, bloating and a few other thoughts...

I was involved in a wedding Saturday...Chad and Nikki Rothford...Christy and I were able to get away for the weekend in Pismo and had a blast...the wedding was great...all the family and friends of the wedding couple treated us like they have always known us. It's nice to get to know other NorthPointe familes too.

We enjoyed sleeping in a bit...shopping...eating...and just being together for a weekend...we always comment when we are without our kids how much we miss them, but realize we need our time alone too...Isn't that a tough balance?

Christy and I met a former wherehouse student in SLO for lunch before she headed for fresno alone...Luke dropped me off in Morrow Bay to meet our pastors here for a vision casting retreat. Luke is a great young man of God...I appreciate his faith. Got to visit the Cal Poly campus and meet one of Luke's roomates. Man, I sure am glad I'm not in college.


Now I'm sitting here in MB waiting on the rest of the team to show up...looking at the ocean, morrow rock, just amazed at how beautiful God's creation really is...I wonder if people would recognize that more if we (as God's people) would live lives that were beautiful in God's sight more...not just going to church...but loving people like Jesus loves...not accepting sin, but loving people through their sin...or maybe I should say, loving people in spite of their sin. Anyway you look at it, it is our job to point people to him...so it begs the question: Where is your life pointing people? To God...away from God...are you growing in your relationship with him? Cause you are either growing or dying...which one is it? Be honest...

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Kevin...

Random Thoughts...

I was at a funeral today...so heartbreaking. A 20yr old girl died in a car accident last week. I would guess 1,000 people filled this church (for sure a fire code violation) and heard a message of hope...through music, stories and a really solid message from her old youth pastor. Honestly, what do we have if we have no hope? Ever thought about that? In every funeral I talk at I say "Death causes us to evaluate life"...Guess I'm doing just that...I had thoughts of going to my kids' schools and taking them out early just to be with them...cause as a dad you just don't want to think about losing a child to death...at the same time, they belong to God and it's my job to raise them for whatever they may deal with in life...so I can just hide them from everything...

20yrs old...wow, she was born one month before I graduated from High School...her life sounded incredible...I'm sure not without her own issues, but she was in love with Jesus and that just changes thing...Now we ca have hope...Death isn't the end...(freaks me out a bit to say that) but it's only the beginning of a new chapter...

What has my life amounted to in the last 38 years...??? Honestly, am I really doing what I am supposed to be doing? Am I the husband I am supposed to be? The dad that the boys need me to be? The Pastor that I am...is it right? Have I become what God created me to be or have I become what I say I hate most...FAKE?

Have you thought about your life today? What impact are you making...because you are making an impact. Good or bad we are all impacting people...there is no in-between...

Today I witnessed 1,000+ people who were touched by one person...It made me think...

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My Fav book: Hurt: inside the world of today's TEENAGERS