Friday's Fave Five

Hey...I am borrowing this idea from a friend.  I am going to TRY to post five of my favorite things from this past week each and every Friday.  Here it goes:


5.  Leading worship.  Since I taught myself to play the guitar, I have loved each and every time I get to lead worship (save the one time when I couldn't remember how Agnus Dei went in the Sunday A.M. service..lol).  What hit me this past Sunday night...was the impact of having live worship in the youth has accomplished.  There are at least 4 students that are playing instruments along with me on Sunday nights and sometimes on Sunday mornings!  It is crazy how God works sometimes. 

4.  The MLB Network.  Seriously, I love baseball.  I love watching it and taking a nap.  Watching it and being captivated by each pitch come October.  The MLB Network has enhanced the viewing experience.  Instead of having to pay hundreds of dollars to have a TV package that shows every MLB game, this network takes you live to games to see things that are happening.  I have watched a no-hitter and a couple of walk-off hits this season.  The insight into the game that they give is priceless and amazing! 

3.  My students.  This past Wednesday we played a game called Buzz/Fizz...it is a counting game where you replace multiples of 5 with the word buzz and multiples of 7 with the word fizz.  Our group couldn't do it...I couldn't stop laughing and we will definitely do this again.  I love the group of kids we have.  They are so unique and I feel blessed to have them in my life.

2.  Music.  The new Mat Kearney and  Needtobreathe album's are amazing and remind me how blessed we are as a civilization to have such ability to play instruments that make such beautiful noises.  And...the ability to sing.  To make a joyful noise...I just love music...making it, listening to it...feeling it!  There is not much more satisfying than rolling the windows down, opening my sunroof and jamming away to some great tunes. 

1.  Sarah.  I am so glad that I have found the love of my life.  Watching her go through this whole experience of being unable to conceive, then seeing the relief/excitement/shock/love in her eyes when we found out she was pregnant, to watching her be such an amazing woman under this stress has made my love grow so much deeper than before.  There is a song that goes, "and I thought I loved you then..." and I am so thankful that God has given me the chance to live this life with the most wonderful friend and wife that I could have ever found.  I can't believe that I get to wake up each day and find her right there beside me.  Our child is already blessed to have Sarah as their mother.  She is a Proverbs 31 kind of wife! 

 "A good woman is hard to find, and worth far more than diamonds. Her husband trusts her without reserve, and never has reason to regret it. " -Proverbs 31:10,(The Message)