Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow

So I forgot to say why I had the acronym of CHESS in my last post. Well, when I stayed the night at my GF's house, I saw this glass chess game on their counter. I challenged her to a game of chess, as I loved playing it. She warned me she was good at it. Yea yea. Well after 4 games, she found out I was very good at it.

While playing chess I notice how she thought. Her thinking strategy is plan, plan, plan. And if something goes wrong, watch out. She doesn't like anything to get messed up. 

I, on the other hand, set a goal and make little step to accomplish that goal. If something happen, shrug it off and seek out new ways to get there.

There is good things and bad things with both types of thinking. Mine is that I will not (or cannot) plan beyond 2-3 steps. It gets too complicated to do that for me. Hers is long reaching and does nothing if some little thing happens along the way.

I have notice that this also applies to real life. I like having dreams and try to work towards them. But nothing really gets off the ground because I cannot seem to plan them. She has these big plans and yet when something happens (Like me coming into the picture) her plan seem to go down the drain. I see how we would compliment each other. Thank God for not creating us to be the same.

Fast forward to today.....

So now I bet you are wondering what is going on. Well, I have had a dream that never got off the ground and now God seems to be saying, "GO!" I have gone down to New Orleans 2 times already. I didn't go long term because I was just starting a job, needed money, etc..... And God is looking down asking me if His grace is sufficient for me.... This also started about the time my pastor started discipling me with John Pipers "Don't Waste Your Life".  So I am restless, wanting to do something for God, for ME to provide everything, AND..... the smell of mold just about broke me at work. Ok, so I now have people praying for me. I went to Wednesday evening service and pastor taught on prayer. One thing that stuck out to me is Mark 11:24 "Therefore I say to you, all thing for which you pray and ask, believe that you have received them, and they will be granted to you." Hmmm. So I emailed the director down in Covington and has replied back saying they could use someone like me. So I just keep praying.

So I missed some fun yesterday while I was double dating with me Rachel and her parents. My family is adding on to the house, about doubling the size. So a add-on room on the back of the house had to come down. Go here to see what has been done.

I was making brownies yesterday at Rachel's house because her dad challenged me to a brownie bake-off. The "judges" are the unsuspecting Sunday School attenders, LOL. As we were talking, I asked him what was the most exciting thing about the relationship. He said it was how I PRAYED with his daughter. Not just to impress him (ie doing it openly in front of him) but when ever we talk for extended periods of time, or see each other, we make it a point to pray with each other, for each other. That is something that we decided to make it a point to pray with each other and it seems to be making waves. All her friends who have seen us pray together seem to be gushing over it. That, to me, says that us young men do NOT take the initative to do just that! Folks, that is a PROBLEM!!! Our young men, me included, need to be taught what it is like to be LEADERS! One of these days I will be posting on just that subject....

I think I am done....

Jon 

(EDIT) I thought I was done BUT I guess I am not.

I found a song I really like by Josh Turner called Soulmate. I would like that to be my wedding song. Goes something like this.

Soulmate
Until the end of time
You're my soulmate
I'll love you till I get to heaven's gate
And if I go first sweetheart
I'll wait
'Cause I know I'll never find another
Soulmate