Well, cosidering it has been forever, I figured I would update. I'm kind of partial to myspace but I come on here everyday too and read eveyones posts. Anyway, life has been great with Jess and I. Kaden is growing up so fast. He will be two in August. Church and youth are doing great. I'm  actually preaching this sunday because our Pastors are out of town. So if you are in the Nashville area come check it out. Here are some updated pics of the family. My hair is flat in one of them, but the Easter pic is back to normal. Also there are some funny pics of Kaden, I know thats what all of ya'll  want to see anyway. Hope all is well with everyone.

Today there was a huge wreck on the interstate that had traffic blocked for miles in both directions. Our baby sitter (Deeds) called to let us know not try to go out that way and to let us know she would be late. There is a non-interstate way for us to go to work, so when Jess left she obviously went that way. Well as i was making my lunch i got another call, this one from Jess, saying that the alternate route was also extremely packed. Great! So I knew that there was one more way that i could get to work. It was a little out of the way and would take a litle longer but i decided to go that direction. While i was driving down these winding roads, for some reason i just noticed how beautiful this way was.There was really no traffic so i was able to just take it all in. I came up on this stop sign, and as i looked across the road there were some goats in a pen.(please hold the redneck jokes) As i was driving by the goat stopped, squatted down like a girl dog, and peed! I was amazed. I realized that I had never seen a goat pee! (I'll give you a second to stop laughing then get to my point.)

Ok, here it is. Bear with me there is a lot pouring out of me right now. When i got to work i just started to pray and what you are reading is what came out. There were literally hundreds of people that were affected by this traffic problem. Most of which were just looking to see what was going on. They were not involved in the accident, but they just had to slow down and look. Which caused an even bigger problem. I heard that there were news teams and everything. It was ridiculous! But it got me to thinking. Ever heard the expression "If someone is on fire people will come watch him burn"? That's what this made me think of today. All these people, who were not involved were affected by this wreck. That is exactly what happens in our lives sometimes. We go through something bad and people will gather around just to watch. And in turn it will cause even more problems. But on the flip side of that, if we are on fire for God then it will also attract attention and cause people to slow down and look at our lives. Now on to some more. I also thought as i was driving down that winding road about the expresssion i have heard about the Christian's path. The "road less traveled". As i said before, there was really no traffic on this road so i was able to take my time and just enjoy God's beauty. Which if we were real honest with ourselves very few of us slow down our lives to just admire God in even the little things. Then we get to the peeing goat. As i said before, i had never seen this. Sometimes God wants to get us off our normal daily paths to show us something different, reveal something we have never seen. I could have very easily chosen to go either of the other 2 ways and be like everyone else, but i chose not only listen to the warnings i had gotten but to go another way. We can't just hear the warnings, we have to obey.

One more thing about this drive that was really amazing was the neighborhood i had to drive through. It is a reeeaaaly nice neighborhood. The houses are huge! With pools and tons of bedrooms and beautiful stone work and you get the point. But anyway God just spoke "this is what i am preparing for you". And it hit me, the bible says Jesus said to His disciples "i am going to prepare a place for you, but i will return for you one day". Now i now that these houses seemed huge and extravagant to me, but i can't wait so see the mansion that Jesus is building for me in heaven! All because i choose to take the road less travelled. There is so much that God has revealled to me this morning and i try to put it all down but there is just too much.

Just think, are we like everyone else just stuck in traffic spiritually. God is calling us to take the roads less traveled so He can show us something that we have never seen, and also to remind us of the promise and the rewards ahead.