Follow me wherever I go 😂😂😂

Eternally grateful for every blessing. No blessing is greater than Christ’s Salvation.

Being together with loved ones is always priceless.

So grateful to have her another year.

And everything else. 😋

…in life you treasure.

Like having to change a tire at three in the morning, only to discover that the spare tire is flat too. 😂

YouTube Church tomorrow morning it is…

Could always be worse.

2025 has been such a mixed bag. So many wonderful things. So many frustrating things. When the numbers are tallied… It’ll be a really good year when you’re looking back…

Frustration? Absolutely. But you can handle frustration. Can even laugh about it while you’re dealing with it.

You’re starting to give Acts the Romans treatment and leave it hanging.

2026 will be a wonderful time to stop doing that.

Tentative optimism for the new year.

It’ll be up and down like every year is. But chances are it’s gonna be more memorable than most.

Draw closer to God. Always in all things. And never stop trying because… you need the practice. 🤔

Try and get some sleep.

Morning will always come.

Still miss you.

Moving forward is rough sometimes. There’s so many things in transition. Things going well with Flame, but the road is long. Going slow. Trying to put God first.

Severing ties with some in your past was needed. Just basic respect for who you love now. There will always be prayer – until the day you die – but every Sunday is fine. No need for open channels. They don’t bring you much joy anymore, and don’t need to hurt you or her either anymore.

There’s no way to have said goodbye. You tried. It just sounded angry, and you’re not angry. Quite the opposite. But nothing could be said that hasn’t been said before. Just so miss the good times, and pray for her to find Home. It always meant so much to you. Always will.

Whatever the weirdness is going on with the main gig is wearing thin. Guaranteed work starting around late October was supposed to be the plan. Still waiting. Now you’ve had to crank the store back up. Annoying that money’s tight, but that’s what happens when everything dries up at once.

Gym workout schedule needs stability all the same too. It’s impossible to plan when everything is out on a limb.

Yet another period of time where stability evades you, but lots of amazing things are on the horizon.

Thinking about breaking down and just finding something here. And just like that, anger at that entire world starts flowing.

You just need more going on with the main gig. Keeping the store cranking short term. God willing, next year is gonna be a lot better, one way or another.

Just keep pushing through. Focus on God. Still not time for a rally. But it’s coming up… very soon.

Proverbs was wonderful. Hopefully Acts will keep the journey going.

There is only one Elvis.

But there is also only one version of this song.

Bizarre. Reunited with love, but still find a way to be alone on a Friday night. Fighting off something that wants to get you down. Again.

Tonight’s not going to be a good night for that.

Proverbs 30 with Flame via facetime when she wakes up. Rough week for her health-wise, but great results. So grateful. Would love to drive up, but have biz to work on this weekend here.

One more until the grand finale. Proverbs 31. Biblical description of what a good man needs in a good wife. And then afterwards, continuing to finish marathonning How I Met Your Mother. Into the final season now. Lots of emotions with that show, given your state back when you watched it the first time. How it almost seemed to speak to you, back before you realized that the Holy Spirit is Who you needed to listen to most.

Maybe one day you’ll do better at heeding His words. Bizarre that a single Friday night alone sends you back to PSB. Emotions tearing you in several directions at once. Remembering times not long ago. Being glad you aren’t there anymore, while still holding an ounce of romanticism for that time.

Every day, you become more grateful for other times in your life. More painful times. Times you needed to go through to be who you are today. Lessons you needed to learn.

You can feel yourself changing now. House being a mess ticks you off now. Same for days when you don’t accomplish much. Less happy-go-lucky, less head in the clouds, more like an actual 48 year old man with more of an eye for reality.

You want a Proverbs 31 woman. But that means you need to be known at the City Gates. You have a lot of growing to do to be ready to cross that finish line. So does she. But for once….. it just might be in sight – without the need for stars in your eyes.

Holy Spirit is working on you, if you let Him. When it’s time to smile and sing… that’s when you can smile and sing.

Now’s good. 🙂

Haven’t spent as much time with the Holy Spirit as you’ve needed to lately. You’ve been doing well. Can feel it. Source of your joy. Of anything positive in your life.

Side note:

You’re too old to be young. Accept it.

You’re missing a lot of days you actually weren’t happy during.

Stop it. Or deal with it. Or better yet, give it to God. Let Him deal with it.

It’s not good for you.

Celebrate what is.