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My Fantastic Journey: It’s In The Lyrics

“Blaze Of Glory” – Audio Adrenaline – 2006
(Originally performed by The Alarm – 1983)

It’s funny how they shoot you down when your hands are held up high. And you open up your heart and soul, but that’s not enough for most, NO !

I remember this much. There is nothing you shouldn’t speak of when you’ve got something to say.

Going out in a blaze of glory. My heart is open wide. You can take anything you want from me. There is nothing left to hide.

The law of the jungle says you look after yourself, but I remember this much. I love as I’ve been loved myself. Don’t forget what I told you now when the questions keeps on a-coming, and it’s ‘how much more can you take’ but you keep on.

Going out in a blaze of glory. Setting your sights on the sky. They can offer you anything at all, but your dreams must not be sold.

Going out in a blaze of glory. No price is high enough. I’m fighting back with feeling. I’m fighting back with love.

And the nails are hammered into your hands, and the cross is heavy. Keep on !  Don’t you know that it’s time to make a stand ?  It’s time to make a stand !

Going out in a blaze of glory. My heart is open wide. You can take anything you want from me. There is nothing left to hide.

Going out in a blaze of glory. My hands are held up high. I’m learning how to hit back. Yes I’m learning how to fight.

Going out in a blaze of glory.
Going out in a blaze of glory.
Going out in a blaze of glory.

{Fade Out.}

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The Major’s Walk-A-Thon

Sky: Overcast, Windy, Drizzly
Temperature: 68°F
Relative Humidity: 92%
Winds: NW 8 MPH
Barometric Pressure: 30.03 Rising

My thoughts:

1.  At 7 AM this morning it was raining outside (just as I forecasted last night), so in lieu of walking I decided to go eating – at the Cracker Barrel. I enjoyed a MASSIVE breakfast consisting of 4 slices of french toast drowning in maple syrup, 2 scrambled eggs, 2 smoked sausages, hot coffee, and cold water. Now where did I put my Lipitor ?

2.  I got back home at 8 AM, and the rain had ended. I decided to walk the walk. It was the most unusual ‘Walk-A-Thon’ yet.

3.  My semi-basic 1.4-mile walk on a rare full stomach was done so during treacherous weather conditions – with thick dark clouds hanging low overhead, strong gusty northwesterly winds of up to 25 MPH, cold air pouring in, and even a little bit of leftover drizzle on this fresh side of the powerful cold front. I will dream of mornings like this from April through October when it’s hot and sticky outside with no wind.

4.  The ducks were out and about this morning, and they appeared to be lost, dazed, confused, and perhaps even drunk. They were stumbling about, wandering around with no sense of direction, and I saw one of them nearly tumble over in a state of mass chaos. They were wondering why the weather had suddenly changed on them. Some of them probably drank too much (rain).

5.  If my friends and acquaintances from my previous life (not capitalized) saw what I was doing today – walking, talking, laughing, and loving Life (capitalized) then they would think that I am not that same person that I was in my teens, 20s, and 30s. That plastic mannequin withered and rotted away. He died. I was reborn during the Summer Of 2006. I have a whole bunch of new friends now that are walking with me as we follow our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. These are my 40s, and everything I do I do it for God. AMEN !  

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Bedtime Stories

What a wonderful day it was today. I missed being with my co-workers at work, but the knowledge I attained, the experience I endured, and the fellowship I enjoyed with a bunch of my Life Pointe Church family members was all worth it. Thank You Jesus for continuously amazing me with these life-changing opportunities !

Are you ready to chill out South Florida ?  Get ready for a blast of cold air to invade our subtropical environment and temporarily halt the 85° temperatures that we’ve been enjoying for most of this past week. Temperatures will begin to take a hard tumble during the day on Saturday. It’ll start out warm and muggy in the morning, but then as the day progresses we’ll be dropping down into the 60s with wind chills into the 50s. Sunday morning we could experience temperatures in and around Homestead in the lower-50s with wind chills into the lower-40s !  Bundle up as you head to Life Pointe Church on Sunday !  We will struggle to hit the 70°F mark on Sunday afternoon despite wall-to-wall sunshine galore !

That’s ‘Bedtime Stories’ for this Thursday night. I’m going back to work tomorrow (Friday), but I’ll be back on the blog during the afternoon. I’ve got a special expanded ‘Friday Night Blogroll Review’ for you tomorrow night, so be sure to check it out !

Until then remember this:

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Fusion Seminar Thursday Morning Tossed Salad

1.  About a dozen of us from Life Pointe Church trekked up from Homestead to the heart of Miami Lakes this morning to Don Shula’s Hotel & Golf Club to attend the regional Fusion Seminar for South Florida.

2.  It’s all about what we can do as church leaders to assist first-time guests in becoming second-time guests, second-time guests in becoming regular attenders, regular attenders in becoming members, and members in becoming leaders. As our guests take their next steps and advance through the various stages there’s some amazing Life transformation that’s occurring.

3.  We are a church family that meets corporately every Sunday morning and expects guests to arrive. It’s our responsibility as family members to ensure that our guests feel comfortable when they arrive, for they will probably decide within the first 5 to 7 minutes of their visit with us whether or not they will visit us again – and again – and again. It’s very easy to get a guest to visit us for the first time, but it’s not so easy to get them to visit for a second time. We have to work to make that happen.

4.  It is important to serve within the church because (most importantly) that is what God created us to do – to serve others. Once a guest takes that next step and serves he / she begins to feel that this is his / her church. It’s not the church that he / she attends, but rather he / she actually owns a piece of the church. We want and need our guests to become regular attenders and members and then ultimately leaders because a church simply can’t grow without this continuous Life cycle. The church is not a structural building with a cross at the top of it. The church is the actual living breathing body of guests, attenders, members, and leaders.

5.  I was a first-time guest of Life Pointe Church on Sunday January 21ST 2007. I knew within that first 5 minutes of walking through the front doors of Flagship Cinemas that this was where I needed to be every Sunday morning. After nearly 40 years on His glorious Earth I had finally found my spiritual family – walking the walk with me. I was a second-time guest on Sunday January 28TH 2007. For the next 10 months I was a regular attender, but I always felt like I was already a member. It finally happened on December 09TH 2007 when I officially became a member of my church (on paper). Of course since then I’ve felt like I was a leader. I’m ready to take that next step and officially become a leader now, and I think that Travis and Paul are ready to make me a leader of the (tentatively-titled) ‘First Response Team’. While Travis, Paul, and I develop and finalize how I will go about doing this I will also come up with a better name for my new leadership title. As the ‘Director’ of the ‘First Response Team’ it sounds like I should have the title ‘Dr.’ in front of my name.