"My fingers hurt...oh yeah well your back is gonna hurt because you just pulled landscaping duty" - Happy Gilmore

I'm sitting in my office room all bundled up, I look like a cross breed between a monk and an Eskimo. My fingers are very sensitive to the cold, if if gets below 60 they tend to freeze and go numb. I want to share something I read the other day, I think it sums up what I believe to be the very purpose, the One thing, we all are designed to live for.

"Father in heaven! What is a man without Thee! What is all that he knows, vast accumulation though it be, but a chipped fragment if he does not know Thee! What is all his striving, could it even encompass a world, but a half-finished work if he does not know Thee: Thee the One, who are one thing and who are all! So may Thou give to the intellect, wisdom to comprehend that one thing; to the heart, sincerity to receive this understanding; to the will, purity that wills only one thing. In prosperity may Thou grant perseverance to will one thing; amid distractions, collectedness to will one thing; in suffering, patience to will one thing. Oh, Thou that giveth both the beginning and the completion, may Thou early, at the dawn of the day, give to the young man the resolution to will one thing. As the day wanes, may Thou give to the old man a renewed remembrance of his first resolution, that the first may be like the last, the last like the first, in possession of a life that has willed only one thing." - Soren Kierkegarrd

I wrote at one time...'The only thing that matters in this life, is the One seated on the throne.' I would like to add...

'This One, He must become your very center. Your very Source. With every fiber of your existence love Him. Worship Him with expression, not tradition. Sing to Him a new song! For crying out loud dance for Him! Shout for Him! He will be your only true comfort, your only true worth, your only true value, your only true joy, your only true happiness, your only true friend. Express it! 'With all your heart, with all your mind, with all your soul, with all your strength'. Express it! Are these just mere words on a page? No they are a life-style! Is our God just a mere far distant Creator Whom we worship? God forbid! He is so personal, He has 'formed my inward parts' He has 'knitted me together' He knows 'every word before its on my tongue'. For crying out loud 'He lives in me!' That changes you. That changes people. That changes things around you. It is not merely reading and learning. It is living and living abundantly! The Lord always redirects our hearts back to the focus and purpose of our lives. And its Him. We will go through dry spells, doubts, and confusion. But ah the Lord is not the Lord of confusion but of peace! He will bring us back. He will light yet again another fire! He shall let it burn bright for its season, then for eternity! Yes this light shall shine bright, for it is full of light! Let no man, let no distracting nation, tame and shade. Yes Lord ,Yes Yes Lord Amen!'

And now my hands have gone in a state of hypo-thermia! So I got a lil excited today...who cares?! Btw I think our engagment pictures will be coming out in 3-4 weeks...So yeah be looking for those. And our good looks...well ok Ashley's!