The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

This is, to be sure, the best time of the year for a sports fan. Oh joy, let me count the ways:

1. Football season is in full swing.
2. Both NHL and NBA are getting started this week, with the NHL starting its season and NBA starting training camp.
3. After what always seems to feel like a looong season, baseball starts winding down, which means playoffs, which for m personally means Dodgers playoffs! And they will not choke win it all this year!

It's just the best and I can't wait to live in the city and go to a corner pub and watch sportivo. Exciting spelled in a six-letter word.

The Future

No matter what it may hold, the Lord is still sovereign in my life.

His will be done.

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The First Step

My goal, for both short-and long-term, is to be the best possible Christian I can be.

The first step towards that will be for me to admit that I have slipped in this area. Over the last few years, I have slowly backslid into someone with whom I'm displeased.

I have let my church attendance slide.
My relationship with Him isn't what it should be.

Time to improve.

And then it struck me

Just got done reading an article on one of my favorite baseball players, Dodgers outfielder Matt Kemp. He's an immensely talented young man, who can become one of of the best players ever if everything breaks the right way. He's often overlooked (by fans out of the LA area), used to be undervalued (by fans in the LA area) and ready is to explode onto the scene.

As I read, I got stuck on three sentences down at the bottom of Eric Neel's wonderful work.

Does he embrace the responsibility that comes with his gifts?
Is he honest with himself about those times when he sells them short?
How badly does he want this?

I thought about myself.



Let's get it.

Sunset

Eyes affixed to the
twinkling lights as they
shined brightly in the night,
I thought
about how even the brightest star
becomes quasar.

Even the biggest suns lose their fire.

Blank

I'm not one to whine about my problems. Usually the only people who know about them are my closest friends.

I internalize things more often than some, probably not as much as others. Sometimes when it all bubbles up, it makes for a rough day.

Or afternoon.
Or few hours.


God is faithful.

My weekend

In a picture...

Riding the rails

Going to spend the weekend in the city with the girlfriend. Shoulbbeca
fun one!

John Eldredge

I'll get into this a little deeper another time, but John Eldredge is just one of the most amazing authors I've ever read. I thank God for Jessica McAleer, who gave me my first of his books. She's awesome, John's awesome and so is He.

A Bit of a Transition

So just to let anyone who reads this know, there's going to be a bit of a transition period here in The Chronicles.

In an effort to be a little more consistent, I'm going to try to slide the blog into a more sports-specific medium, since it's what I know best. I'll still have some other things in there, but I've gotta get some sort of consistent talking points.

Stay tuned...


In other news...Monday just sucked. I mean, honestly, the phones never stopped, the work kept coming...it was just...Monday.

thoughts from the weekend

1. Serena Williams is effing crazy! I now officially feel sorry for Common. Holy cow, buddy, you've got your hands full.

2. Football with friends is always more fun than not.

3. You can never underestimate the value of the Lord working in others towards you. It really is amazing sometimes.

Crazy Weekend

Football, football, FOOTBALL!

Crazy good weekend of football games.

I'm just excited. Carry on.

Giving Thanks

To see C. Vivian Stringer being inducted into the Nasmith Basketball Hall of Fame, is to be amazed.

Her work ethic, her determination, her unwillingness to be bowed is something everyone, whether man or woman, can use as a model. But the thing that strikes me the most is her faith.

I won't get into all of the things she's been through, but it's definitely enough to where a normal person, an unfaithful person, probably would have cracked a long time ago. Through it all, she praised the Lord and leaned on Him for strength. Regardless of the difficulty, she found her strength in Him.

A man is only so strong...it's part of our physical limitations. But relying on He who is omnipotent will fortify your soul.

Praise be to Him.

Get on the Good Foot

I'm not sure why I took my unemployment as hard as I did.

Given the arid climate of today's economy, millions of others have come up just as dry as me when looking for work. Whatever the reason, though, I did take it hard.

However, the time has come for me to snap out of it. Too many things to do...gotta get moving.

resisting temptation

I saw her gazing at me, calling me to her like a siren with her come-hither whispers.

But I resisted. I just couldn't do it.

Maybe next time, Planet Earth, maybe next time.




P.S. I know I've missed a couple days. I'll double-up here soon and make up for it. Promise.

Apologies

To anyone reading this blog, I'm sorry I've slacked the last couple of
days.

I will make it up, promise.

I must be better.

Always A Reason

Thank God for showing me that He takes me put of certain situations
for good reason.

Praise be to Him.

Stress

So, according to my girlfriend, who went on WebMD just to figure out what was wrong with me, it appears I've got some sort of stress-related sickness right now...either tension headaches or something else. I lean towards the flu, but whatever.

I do recognize the need to sleep more and get more rest. Perhaps, dare I say it, a nap?

Who knows, but something's gotta change.

One More Game

Sometimes I wish I had one more season of football to play. Tonight, while walking to my truck, I could just feel it...football is in the air. I've never really missed playing so much as I do right now with the college season approaching. Well, here, really.

I've always done things to stay close to sports.
Pretty sure the next thing will involve it too.

Dreamy

So much on my mind...

Very rarely do I remember my dreams, but the ones I do almost always
come true.

No clue what's to come given the last week.