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Liquid Mountaineering

Have you seen this video?  It’s a great “manufactured” viral video from Hi-Tech shoes.  In the video that was released some time last year ( I am so behind the times), they introduce a new sport – called Liquid Mountaineering – which is essentially running on water.

Sound familiar?
What I thought was the most interesting is that one of the guys is being interviewed and he says in order to do this “you just have to believe”.
Sound familiar?

I am sure it certainly reminds you of the real creator of this sport – the Christ Jesus. As a matter of fact he gets two direct mentions in the video, and a few more subtle references. And what it reminds me of is that fact that he says to Peter “Dude, you just have to believe”!

25 Shortly before dawn Jesus went out to them, walking on the lake. 26 When the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified. “It’s a ghost,” they said, and cried out in fear.

27 But Jesus immediately said to them: “Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.”

28 “Lord, if it’s you,” Peter replied, “tell me to come to you on the water.”

29 “Come,” he said.

Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus. 30 But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, “Lord, save me!”

31 Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. “You of little faith,” he said, “why did you doubt?” (Matthew 14:25-31, New International Version)

So on this Friday, consider this new sport, which is really an old sport – giving yourself complelete over to Christ, so that you can do the amazing, the unreal and the positively unimaginable – things like walking on water.

Let get out there and tackle some liquid mountaineering.

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Hyper Sensitive to Blessings?

Last night I woke with a start when I heard the sound of high winds blowing around the house at 3 in the morning.  Immediately I jumped up and check out the weather radar.  This spring has definitely made me a little hyper sensitive to severe weather.

As I laid back in bed I and listened to the sounds of the storm, I realized what a blessing it is to have a house that provides so much shelter and allows for rest.  This “mansion on the hill”, as one of my friends calls it, is such an incredible blessing that I take for granted so many times.  Especially when you consider what the Christ said about his home”

20 Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.” (Matthew 8:20, New International Version)

It made me wonder as I laid there what the day would be like if I were to be as hypersensitive to the blessing of the Lord as I have become to this extreme weather.  If I could truly detect and appreciate all the fantastic blessings that are around me everyday how would my attitude and approach be different.  Things like, a house, a car, clothes, an Internet connection, clean running water, family, street signs, and eyes.  This list could go on and on.

Today, as the old hymn suggests “count your many blessings, name them one by one, and it will surprise you what the Lord has done!”

19 My God will use his wonderful riches in Christ Jesus to give you everything you need. (Philippians 4:19, New Century Version)

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It’s Friday the 13th, so I was going to write about chasing black cats, throwing salt over my shoulder and running under ladders, but I realized I already did, so I guess I shouldn’t tempt fate.

Of course, now I don’t have anything to write about, because I have exhausted the fun of the day.  Maybe I should do another rerun and bring up the Friday song again.

So fitting with the superstition of the day I decided to “roll the dice” and pick a verse of the day that was 5/13.  I started with Proverbs, but that was a little awkward,

13 I would not obey my teachers
   or turn my ear to my instructors. (Proverbs 5:13, New International Version)

So I rolled again in Pslams but that did not exist and then jumped to Matthew the start of the New Testament and found this:

    13 “You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot. (Matthew 5:13, New International Version)

Be Salt today!

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Don’t Stop Believing

Last night I was working late at the office jaming to my iTunes playlist when Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believing” queued up on the playlist.  It’s been pretty surreal to me to see how this song has come back into vogue and is not so popular with the young and hip crowd again. Maybe its iTunes, maybe its Glee, maybe its parental influence on the children’s choices. Who knows!

(sappy alert)

But for me this song seems to always remind me of much younger days. This song as well as several other Journey songs from that period alway take me back to my youth in Maryland. This particular songs for some odd reason reminds me of returing back home late at night from my older siblings atheltic events, while some other songs like “Who’s Crying Now” ( and Eddie Rabbit’s “Step by Step” for some reason) remind me of driving around with my father delivering newspaper in the summer.

(end sappy time)

So what’s the point of all of this.  Well, while I was waiting on my co worker to fix up some code for me to break again I was thinking about that little 10 year old boy and his dreams and aspirations.  I think about the Sharp Shooter Champion, and how the daily toll of adulthood can squash our ability to continue to dream and make ourselves better.  So today I am looking back to the motivation of more innocent and wide open times and rekindling some of the ability to dream and to believe inside of me.

3 And he said: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. 4 Therefore, whoever takes the lowly position of this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. (Matthew 18:3-4, New International Version, ©2011)

Maybe its a song, or a picture or a smell or something else that can also revive you today and keep you rolling the dice, one more time…

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One Simple Word

Some days less is more.

19″Go…” Matthew 28:19a (New American Standard Bible)

Get ‘er Dun!