What a week, now that Elevate is over and I have a little time off before I go to California for the Summer to HPC Danville I packed up the truck and Heather and me went to see Family in Mississippi. I have to say this is one of my favorite places to be on Earth, every time I come here I get to spend some long lost time with my Grandparents and Cousins who are such a blessing, and I also get to spend time with God just getting away from the noise. Mississippi is like my home away from home, there is no traffic, no schedule, and your nearest neighbor is 2 miles down the road. God always speaks to me when I'm hear, reminding me how much he longs to talk with me in the quiet and how the speed and chaios of how we do ministry, sometimes we can lose him in work and forget that he is the reason for the work. I grew up here every summer as a kid and I look foward to every chance I get to go back. You know how you have that place where you spend your quiet time with God and everything just seems to stop and the only thing you sense,hear, or feel is his presence, this is that place for me. I love the way people work here, the way they fellowship here, and the way people share there lives here. God is the most important thing, then family, and my grandparents and cousins work so hard providing and making sure that everyone is taking care of and that the family puts those principles first. Weather its bailing hay or running a dairy farm, it's sun up to sun down until the job is done. But you can always count on good fishing, good hunting, and just enjoying company when the day is done. I do have to say how thankful I am still having my grandparents, they have been such great influences in my life, and they are so committed to God. I try as much as possible to soak up as much wisdom when I'm with them as I can. This week was a great refreshing, and the lesson I took away from this time away is always remember how giving God is and how much he wants to give to us. When we put all things aside and truly focus on him we see how much he has already given us and we are reminded how blessed we are. But when we hide in the work and become more about the do than the who we cant recieve or see clearly or hear clearly because we drown out the voice we need the most.
This is me sitting at the back of the pond at my Grandmothers house
My Lance Armstrong Workout at Red Bluff
Going up hill the scenery is Beautiful
My Paw Paw clocked me going down hill at one point at 55 MPH, I had one eye shut and one eye open the wind was making my eyes water too where I couldnt see, I have to say the down hill was fun but the up hill brutal.
Heather in the backyard at Shirley's house
My Cousin Cody and Me at the Camp on the River, true red necks
Paw Paw Cecil doing a little Fishing
Heather no catching a thing
Maw Maw Shirley Rock Hunting
Paw Paw Cecil doing a little Fishing
Heather no catching a thing
Maw Maw Shirley Rock Hunting
1 comment:
Oh my goodness, that ride looked INTENSE! I am pumped just reading about it. Oh maybe one day. Hope your dong great, you outdoors, fishing, bike riding, gun shooting, California living, dude. :)
Oh man... just for old time sake. :)
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