Pearl Harbor II: Pearlmageddon
This is a parody of the directing styles of Michael Bay and Jerry Bruckheimer. Quite hilarious! Enjoy
Pray For The Rumley’s
Today is the memorial service for Tyler Rumley; Jerrod and Jen Rumley’s 5 month old son. I know the Rumley family would greatly appreciate all your prayers especially today as they say goodbye.
However, in this time of grieving with the Rumley’s I am thankful that we serve a gracious God. I know that the service today will be filled with the love of family and friends and will glorify our God. It is not easy to find joy in these moments, but it is only through Christ Jesus that we can find joy knowing that little Tyler is in heaven for eternity!
I challenge you to visit their website as well, www.therumleys.com
You will read the words of a dad that is deeply saddened, but steadfast in the love of Christ.
With this said I just urge you to pray!
Appearance
I have started in 1 Timothy recently and when I first read chapter 2 I was hit with a curve ball. Paul starts off by writing about worship and how we should intercede in prayer for everyone. He then gives a charge to men:
“I want men everywhere to lift up holy hands in prayer, without anger or disputing.”
This charge is simple to understand for the most part, but it is the next verse that made me wonder why it is here the first time I read it.
“I also want women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes, but with good deeds, appropriate for women who profess to worship God.”
When I read it again this morning I had a slightly different take. After reading through some commentaries on this chapter it became clear that both of these charges were set to help both men and women worship God wholly. My first reaction when reading the charge to the women was so they would not distract the men by their dress. But a commentary broadened this and said it was more so it would not offend the people that could not afford fancy clothes and jewelry.
Even today we [men and women] must take this to heart and not make worshiping our God a public display of wealth by the clothes/accessories we wear. I will be the first to admit that I enjoy a nicely pressed Express shirt, but what would it look like to take your dress into consideration as part of your proclamation of Jesus Christ?
This passage helped remind me that while I might worship in song on Sundays, my life, each and every day should be a life led of worship. This includes my attitude, words, actions and appearance.
Teddy Ballgame
This is an excerpt from Ted Williams Hall of Fame induction speech. Williams is arguably the greatest hitter to ever play the game of baseball. In his speech he talks about how he approached the game and I really think this shows how sports can mold a person in a good way growing up.
“Ballplayers are not born great. They’re not born great hitters or pitchers or managers, and luck isn’t a big factor. No one has come up with a substitute for hard work. I’ve never met a great player who didn’t have to work harder at learning to play ball than anything else he ever did. To me it was the greatest fun I ever had, which probably explains why today I feel both humility and pride, because God let me play the game and learn to be good at it.”
If you know me at all you know that I love baseball. From my experiences of coaching I have grown to love the game in more ways than just what happens on the field. There is a great opportunity to work with young men at an age where they are finding themselves. It is a great responsibility not only to teach the fundamentals of the game, but [probably] more importantly to teach the game of life.
I truly hope I can get back into coaching sooner than later for that reason alone. I love the game, but I love the people that play the game even more.
