It's Been A While!

Well, it's been a few weeks since I have posted anything on here. A lot has happened in the past couple of weeks. Courtney and I have decided to build a home...we just got tired of looking for the "perfect" home and decided that this would be a smarter (and hopefully cheaper) road to travel down.

My band A Ransom Plea has started booking some dates for the summer and fall...and we are still looking for more dates/venues...so if anyone knows of any churches or bands that need some support, please contact us: myspace.com/aransomplea. 

Last night, Courtney and I attended the National Day of Prayer meeting in downtown Douglasville (in the square). It was incredible the see all denominations coming together to celebrate Christ and lift Him high. It was great to meet some new people in the community that truly have a heart after God. I pray that us pastors can begin to see things through the eyes of Christ, and not the eyes of our denominational leaders. Everything we do should bring glory and honor to Him, not our churches, or our families, or our denomination, but to Christ.

Join me in praying that this generation of Christ-followers would begin to see the need for unity. That was Christ's prayer for us, that we would be ONE. Let's be one and honor Christ...how amazing would it be to answer one of Jesus' prayers??!! ONE BODY!

What Do You Do When Your Forget You Pick?

Last night as I was getting ready to play, I realized I left my guitar pick on my desk at the office. So, here are the steps to take if you ever find yourself in such a predicament:

Step 1:

Assess the situation...you have no pick...what should you do?

Step 2:

Look in your guitar case and in your truck.

Step 3:

If step 2 was unsuccessful, find someone with a credit card they do not want.

(this is in no way a commercial for Whitehall Jewelers)

Step 4:

Find some scissors and cut out a pick.

Now you have a guitar pick! YAY! I totally dropped it twice though, so I didn't even play with it half the time...but hey- make the most out of every situation.

Thank You God!

This morning as I was getting ready to head to the office, I sat on the couch and started thinking briefly about the past year. It's been a couple weeks since the "new year," but for some reason these thoughts just came to me. 

I remember the first time I took my parents and my beautiful fiance to the airport after moving to New Jersey. It was a pretty depressing ride. After I dropped them off I cried the hour trip back to my apartment. (I know, I cried...I am a sissy I guess.) But this is the moment it hit me that I could no longer just go see my parents or Courtney's parents. I could no longer eat dinner with them any time I wanted, or just hang out with my dad while he is working on the house. It was time for me to truly grow up (for lack of a better term). 

The 6 months that I lived alone were pretty rough. I made some good friends up there, but most of the time I just wanted to be by myself. I would sit at home on my days off and would watch movies, or watch golf. Other days I played golf (2 to 3 times a week). I liked to play by myself so that I could spend time with God and ask Him why I had to be away from all that was comfortable to me. If I had to do it all over again, I would. I learned a TON the year I spent in NJ. I worked with some great guys and learned a lot from them. 

This morning, I thanked God that I was back in Georgia. I can recall the trip back down here in the HUGE moving truck that almost killed me. We had the windows down, the radio up and I was so pumped to get back down south. I wrote a blog about all the things that were great in NJ and GA.

To make a long story short, I took a lot of things for granted. I challenge you to not make the same mistake I did. Cherish the time you get with your friends, with your co-workers, and with your family. This life is VERY short and it will be over before we know it. If we love God with all that we got, we have nothing to fear or worry about. Jesus himself said that this is the greatest commandment. If we get this ONE right, it's easy to live a life glorifying Christ! 

Who Owns You?

I was reading a blog earlier today and it really convicted me. I (in my flesh) want so desperately to travel this great country and lead thousands of men and women into the throne room of our Savior. I think this has been my dream for years upon years (I know I'm only 22...) But here is where the problem begins...this is MY dream. This is what I want for MY life. In the end, it's not MY life. I gave my life up years ago when I told Jesus to take hold of me and use me for HIS purpose. 

Any song that I write isn't really mine, it's God's. Any idea that I may come up with is really God's idea and He is using me as the agent. Now, if I have some whack idea...is it from God...well...God only knows.

My obligation is to God, not my music career. In the end, when I stand before God and give an account for what I did on earth, I could never fathom saying, "I made this really awesome record, did you hear it?" God help me if that's my goal in life.

CiCi's VS Stevi B's

This past weekend, Courtney and I went over to CiCi's pizza. I was craving some of their dessert pizza (the cinnamon swirl with the icing, by far the best!) I have come to realize that CiCi's blows it's competition out of the water. The only thing that Stevi B's has on CiCi's is the ice cream machine, but that usually sucks too. 

So if you are ever in the mood for some good pizza, head over to CiCi's. It was WAY cleaner than Stevi B's, the selection was better, the pizza was better, the service was AMAZING, and it's CHEAP!! Thank God for CiCi's pizza!

Per Request

Ok, here is the full photo that has been requested: