However, regardless of whether or not I ever buy a ticket, much less win, it's a lot of fun to try and imagine what I would do if I did. It's also pretty difficult. Have you ever really thought about what you would do if you suddenly had hundreds of millions of dollars? I was truly thinking about what I would do, what I would buy, etc... and after everything that I could think of that I would actually do, it still didn't even really scratch that amount of money. It's mind-boggling to think about how much money that is.
Monday, May 20, 2013
Rolling in the Dough
Every time the lottery jackpot gets really big, like it did this past weekend, I get a super strong urging to go spend a whole $2 and pick myself up a ticket in the impossible hope that I may get that 1 in 175.2 million chance of winning. I never have, and I don't know if I ever will, but I gotta say it's incredibly tempting. In fact even though there was a winner, and the jackpot has dropped to a measly $40 million, I'm still tempted to go get a ticket...
However, regardless of whether or not I ever buy a ticket, much less win, it's a lot of fun to try and imagine what I would do if I did. It's also pretty difficult. Have you ever really thought about what you would do if you suddenly had hundreds of millions of dollars? I was truly thinking about what I would do, what I would buy, etc... and after everything that I could think of that I would actually do, it still didn't even really scratch that amount of money. It's mind-boggling to think about how much money that is.
However, regardless of whether or not I ever buy a ticket, much less win, it's a lot of fun to try and imagine what I would do if I did. It's also pretty difficult. Have you ever really thought about what you would do if you suddenly had hundreds of millions of dollars? I was truly thinking about what I would do, what I would buy, etc... and after everything that I could think of that I would actually do, it still didn't even really scratch that amount of money. It's mind-boggling to think about how much money that is.
Friday, May 17, 2013
When Midas Touches Poop
Last night I was sitting in my backyard thinking, thinking about how amazing and mind-blowingly awesome it is that God loves me because really I truly don't deserve it, am not worthy of it. In fact, none of us are, yet He loves us and is invested in our lives nonetheless. Suddenly I got this thought, and I wouldn't really say it's the deepest theological thought I've ever had, but it seemed pretty significant to me, so I'm sharing it.
I am utterly, completely unworthy and valueless. In fact, the thing that came to mind to compare to was the dog poop in the corner of the yard. Like the dog poop, I am filthy, disgusting, trash that has no value or worth and is good for nothing, but to be thrown away or buried. However, another thought crossed my mind, and that was that somehow, I am no longer that. Somehow, though everything about my inherent nature is valueless and stinks, I am not, no longer, that worthless piece of dog poop. I am indescribably valuable, so valuable, in fact, that while I was not worthy to utter the name of God, He inscribed my name upon His palm! (Isaiah 49:16)
I am utterly, completely unworthy and valueless. In fact, the thing that came to mind to compare to was the dog poop in the corner of the yard. Like the dog poop, I am filthy, disgusting, trash that has no value or worth and is good for nothing, but to be thrown away or buried. However, another thought crossed my mind, and that was that somehow, I am no longer that. Somehow, though everything about my inherent nature is valueless and stinks, I am not, no longer, that worthless piece of dog poop. I am indescribably valuable, so valuable, in fact, that while I was not worthy to utter the name of God, He inscribed my name upon His palm! (Isaiah 49:16)
Monday, May 13, 2013
SuperMom
I'm going to take a few minutes here to brag about my wife...
Our son was recently born about 2 1/2 weeks ago. That is an entirely different story of my wife being an amazing Amazon Warrior Princess, but that is not what I'm talking about today. Since Zachary was born I have had the blessing of being able to be home with everyone for 2 weeks, and I'm currently in a 2 week time of only having to work 6-10, so I still get to spend a large part of the day at home. It's been absolutely fantastic, and also very revealing.
Not that I didn't already know this, of course I did, but you get new insight and perspective when you experience something for yourself. Taking care of 3 kids and a house is a LOT of work, it's constant, it's tiring, and that was how I felt with both of us home.
Our son was recently born about 2 1/2 weeks ago. That is an entirely different story of my wife being an amazing Amazon Warrior Princess, but that is not what I'm talking about today. Since Zachary was born I have had the blessing of being able to be home with everyone for 2 weeks, and I'm currently in a 2 week time of only having to work 6-10, so I still get to spend a large part of the day at home. It's been absolutely fantastic, and also very revealing.
Not that I didn't already know this, of course I did, but you get new insight and perspective when you experience something for yourself. Taking care of 3 kids and a house is a LOT of work, it's constant, it's tiring, and that was how I felt with both of us home.
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