Harmony

Today at Church Max gave the sermon. I have only heard a few of Max's sermons because I am still pretty new to CHBC. I have been going for about a year and a half but have only been a member for a little over a year. So it seems odd to me to hear someone else bring the message there. At first for some reason I felt as if I didn't need to listen today because Raymond wasn't here. And then Ron stopped by to tell me that Max didn't want the video on the screens only the passage of scripture he was speaking about. Well immediately the wind was taken from my sails. I was thinking "No video, but that's what we do. That's the entire point of my ministry and our way of serving God". Then as quickly as that thought came into my head another "thought" followed. This one saying wait, It's not about you. People aren't here because we have a video ministry or because we put the video on big screens. People are here to glorify the Lord. To worship and to serve. Even though God said this or reminded me of this, I still felt as if I had no purpose all of a sudden. But then again God reminded me, there are people in the nursery watching for the first time in a really long time, there is the green room, and of course Mr.Flowers who often picks up a copy of the service to take home to his wife. On top of that the video is posted on the internet on Monday. There was still importance in what we were doing. We just weren't being seen Sunday morning at 10:45 am. And I guess that goes back to pride and wanting to be noticed. I feel ashamed for looking at it that way. Once I got home I picked up my bible and turned to Romans where I have been reading for a while. I got to Romans 14:19 So then, let us aim for harmony in the church and try to build each other up. 20 Don't tear apart the work of God over what you eat. In this case for me "eat" was not food it was just the way I thought things should be done because we had been doing it that way. But that doesn't mean it's the right way or the only way. I'm glad that God kept me from making a big deal out of this as I might have if he had not whispered in my ear "It's not about you". And then when I got home he showed me why it wasn't about me. This is one of the first times that I have truly seen God speak directly to me through scripture. I had to read Romans 14:19 a couple of times thinking, what a coincidence. But I knew it wasn't a coincidence. Many people went forward to alter call this morning, thank God. And by not having video on the screens he taught me a very humbling lesson.

I'm Married to a Mexican?

Alexas and I went to the new Wal-Mart tonight in Belmont to get some curtin rods for our living room. As we are walking through the store we pass this hispanic family with a new born that has a full head of hair. Then Alexas turns to me and says our baby could be like that cause I'm part mexican! This came as quite a suprise to me. We have been married for over three years now and I had no idea that she was part mexican. I then ask her, "who in your family is from Mexico?". And Alexas responded by saying I don't know. But I have really dark hair on my arms like a hispanic woman and some of my family is from South Texas. I though I was going to pee my pants I was laughing so hard. I told Alexas I would have appreciated her telling me all this along time ago. I didn't realize I was involved in an interracial marriage. Not that I have a problem with that, but I would have liked to have known. Here is a brand new picture of Alexas. Hispanic Woman or Silly White Girl. You be the Judge

Well all of my pestering and annyoing people over their blogs is starting to pay off. I have been pushing the Staff at CHBC to start blogging ever since I got back from Saddleback and saw how it tied the church and the community together at their convenience. I am happy to say that Jeremy is now a professional blogger. Raymond almost blogs a sermon, which is extremely insightful and inspired. Phil and Alison are blogging regularly, and Jonathan even updated his blog from NY while on a mission trip. If your reading this and you haven't checked out these other blogs YOU SHOULD. All are accessible through my link section. God is really working in this. Please feel free to start a blog of your own if you haven't already it's really easy. Just go to www.blogger.com and follow the three easy steps, and it's free by the way. If you do have a blog leave me a comment with your URL and I'll link you to my blog. This is just the begining. We are also picking up steam in our podcasting. That can be found at www.figsoup.com, or search Catawba Heights in the Podcast section of iTunes. Please go subscribe, it's free!!

I have been really busy lately, and therefore haven't had much time to update my blog. Sorry if you have come by and seen the same post for a week. Alexas and I went to the doctor on Thursday to hear the babies heart beat again. Every thing was really good and the baby was moving around a lot. Alexas is starting to be able to feel the baby move. I'm getting really excited about the baby coming, especially after this last weekend. Our friend Katie came to visit and she has a 7 month old baby girl plus there are a lot of babies in our small group.

Here is a link to see our visit to the doctor.
Baby's Heart

Not a lot of response to my last post but that's ok. I have always been the type of person that had a few close friends rather than a lot of friends that I just kinda knew. Thanks Lindsey and Wes for you comments. Here is my top five in case anyone wants to know. The Moon is Down by Further Seems Forever, Four Minute Mile by The Get Up Kids, Tell All Your Friends by Taking Back Sunday, Recovering the Satellites by The Counting Crows, and Your Favorite Weapon by Brand New. Of course that changes a lot.

Alright, today has been another day of dealing with Crohn's, which is not a fun thing. I have to have a procedure next month to determine how bad I have it. It's been something I have had to put up with for a long time and it's getting old. Regina, a woman from our small group at CHBC has a similar problem and actually had her procedure today so if you are reading this than please keep her in your prayers.

Today has also been a day of struggling with our podcast host. For some reason I have been unable to post a new cast from anywhere I go. But long story short, episode 2 and 3 of Raymond's Sermon on Marriage are now on Figsoup.com. Just look For Catawba Heights. And in a day or two you can subscribe to it through iTunes. Also be sure to check out his blog, you can get to it via my links. Come back later casue I'm going to add some So Cal pics. That's exciting.

This is just building on a topic I saw on Flowerdust's blog last night. What are your top 5 albums? 5 albums you just could not live with out.

Monday is over, thats always a good thing. I don't really dread Monday, it's just that I have so much to do on Mondays. But I thank God for blessing me with another day, and for giving me the ability to do these bussy tasks. It's easy to get caught up in all the things we need to do or feel we have to accomplish and forget that God has blessed us, my wife and I, with so much.

Saw Taking back sunday tonight. Here is a pic of Alexas as she enjoys Angels and Airwaves. And also one of us taking a break on the grass. It was a great show, everyone sounded really good. Was disapointed with how many times I heard the F-bomb get droped during Angels and Airwaves though. Who are some of your favorite bands? Click on the picture of Adam for a really low quality video I made with our digital camera.

Going to see Taking Back Sunday, my favorite band. The only thing I regret is that we are going to miss VBS tonight at Church. We are trying to squeeze in a few fun things together before the Baby comes. I'm sure there won't be time for concerts this time next year. Come back tonight I hope to have some pic's of the show.

Ok, I just spent like an hour building my profile and trying to upload a picture to my blog so everyone can see what I look like. It was hard work, but you all deserve it. I'll be posting pretty late cause I don't get off work till 10:30 and with two jobs there isn't much time for this during the day.

Today we had our budget meeting at church and I think everything went really well. I am praying that our vision is God's vision, but if it isn't I'm sure God will let us know. I'm kind of jittery right now. I have asthma, and everytime I have to take my inhaler I get all crazy feeling like I drank 10 cups of coffee. Maybe this would be a good time to do some house work, since I'm bouncing off the walls. Or maybe not. Ok, well I think thats it for now it's after 1am so I need to force myself to go to sleep.

Ok, this is my first blog. I am 26 years old. I live in Mount Holly, NC which is just outside of Charlotte. I am a videographer , and I work part time in my church, Catawba Heights Baptist, in the video ministry. I am also the "IT" guy, or at least I try to be.

I am a Christian and blessed to be so. I thank God for loving me so much that he sent his Son to die for me so I could be called a Christian and be forgiven of my sins. God continues to bless me everyday. I am married to a wonderful woman and we are expecting our fist baby in January. Well that all for now but I will update again very soon.