Even More Fruitcakes!

28 Tuesday Feb 2012

Posted by Seeking Peace in forgiveness, Las Vegas

Yes, I’m back in Las Vegas and you see the craziest things. Tonight it was a lady who was in trouble with MGM hotel security and it got a little wild with lots of hitting, cussing, screaming and handcuffs. Then there are the drunks who are coming in when I’m headed out for a meeting at 6:45 in the morning. Ouch. Then there’s all the money fed into slot machines, spent on blackjack, craps, roulette and a number of other games of chance and the alcohol…oh, how the alcohol flows. It’s a wild and bizarre place.var gaJsHost = ((“https:” == document.location.protocol) ? “https://ssl.” : “http://www.”); document.write(unescape(“%3Cscript src='” + gaJsHost + “google-analytics.com/ga.js’ type=’text/javascript’%3E%3C/script%3E”)); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker(“UA-12356560-1”); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}

Las Vegas may or may not have anything to do with what’s on my mind. Forgiveness.

My classes are getting better and better and I’ve read some things that really resonate with me in the past week. I’ll have more on those to post in the next few days but suffice it to say that I’m thinking about forgiveness all over again. How, when, why? Forgive others and forgive myself? What does pure forgiveness look like? All good questions and all with good answers.

To make it easy for myself, I fall back to a question. How do I want God to forgive me and what does that look like?

Grace and peace.

Las Vegas

16 Friday Dec 2011

Posted by Seeking Peace in Elvis, Las Vegas, Love Wins, Rob Bell, temptation

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All in all, I had a good ten days there. There is so much to create temptation after temptation and short of staying up too late and donating my $100 to the craps table (when I was up $50 and knew I should walk away), I survived it relatively unscathed.

I had seen a t-shirt before I left town playing on Vegas’ tag line that said, “what happens in Vegas is revealed in heaven.” So true.

I listened to Rob Bell’s Love Wins book on the way home and kept wondering what God will say to all the folks that make Las Vegas what it is when they meet him. No answers, just questions. (And possibly more on Bell’s book later.)

It was a good run for our company in Las Vegas but I’m glad to be out of there, glad I didn’t do anything I would be regretting today and glad I don’t have to be surrounded by that all the time.

Grace and peace to you.

The Babbling Brook

19 Tuesday Apr 2011

Posted by Seeking Peace in fire, heaven, hell, Las Vegas, Possum Kingdom

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That’s kind of how I feel about this post today. Just babbling. I’m on my way to Las Vegas. Woohoo. I’ve got $5,000 in cash and I’m ready to win big. Truth is I’m on my way to Vegas and I have $40 in my pocket because I don’t see myself gambling too much. One the last trip I wagered $3 and won $6 I think. I am OVER THE TOP. Ha-ha. I’m ready to take care of business (the real reason for the trip) and get home.

I saw the lead-in to Entertainment Tonight Monday night and wanted to throw the remote at the TV. The Royal Wedding? Seriously, is that the most important thing people have on their plate? Contrast that with a Facebook post by a friend on Saturday that he was with his church youth group in downtown Dallas trying to serve the homeless.

I’m glad I’ve attained perfection so I can criticize others.

That’s a BIG joke folks. Still, how much press can 2 people getting married receive as well as Charlie Sheen and whether Susan Lucci is going to join Desperate Housewives? Do these people not know the Rangers game is on TV?

I don’t know what to say after watching the news and watching the homes burning near Possum Kingdom lake except, “Lord, send rain and protect the firefighters and others who are putting their lives on the line and those who are volunteering their time.”

I’ve been keeping up with some Facebook posts by several who are debating the existence of a literal hell. It’s another argument that does draw some interest from me but one that, in the end, matters little to me. Maybe it will be a bigger issue to know these answers one day but for now, I just want to love God with all my heart, soul, mind and strength and serve others as I believe he has called me to do and prepare for an eternity in heaven. Now, I’m not going to start telling everyone to enjoy life on earth and live it up because they have a free pass to heaven because I don’t believe that is what the Bible says but if I get to heaven and it’s filled up with people who claimed to be non-believers, murderers, drug users, liars, and whoever else God decides is worthy to be there, I’ll say HALLELUJAH and ask to be pointed to the fly fishing area. (I also want to know where the golf course is so I can go say hi to Rick.)

To that end, if and when I have all the facts about everything God knows, I’ll share it here. Until then, I’ll post what I believe, be willing to listen to other ideas and try to know more about my incredible father and Lord.

Grace and peace to you.

By the time you read this I will have already jumped…

06 Monday Dec 2010

Posted by Seeking Peace in Las Vegas, NFR

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on a plane to Las Vegas. Or I’m going through a body scanner or being patted in all sorts of unmentionable places. Or still trying to figure out what to take and what to leave behind.

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Packing for a trip like this wears me out. When you are my size, your clothes take up more space and weigh more. My extra pair of boots ain’t light either. Yes, I do have to have 2 pair of boots. I’ve got my standards. Then there’s the question of whether I’ll make it to the gym or not, which 2 or 3 of the 60 books I have waiting to be read to take depending on my mood, extra everything just because I can’t run in any store and buy what I need. Sheesh. There’s the laptop because I will have to work at some point and a documents I’m in the middle of that need to be read. What a pain. All to go somewhere I don’t enjoy but it’s a work trip and I have always wanted to see the NFR so Monday night I will be a-hootin’-and-hollerin’…or maybe just clapping. There are 4 guys from Decatur performing so that’s cool and 2 of them are our endorsers so that’s even cooler and 1 of them has already won his record breaking 8th All Around Cowboy title so that’s really cool.

I’ll try to post something while I’m there. I’ve got a couple of posts I’ve already worked on that I’ve been saving for when the brain was ginning so you might see those or I might have some epiphany while soaring through the skies and have to write all about it.

I hope to be turning you on to a new blog soon too. I have a friend who is getting ready to launch in January and I know he’ll have some good things to say. He has been a close friend of mine and someone who’s thoughts and opinions I value highly. More on that later.

I’m starting a book that I think will stir some thoughts to share too. I hope to delve into that in the next few weeks. OK, off to begin the packing beat-down…

Grace and peace to you.