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Bedtime Stories

TONIGHT at my Singles Life Group we talked about ‘Quality Time’. It’s yet another one of ‘The Five Love Languages For Singles‘. We talked about quality conversations, quality listening, and quality activities.

Here are some relatively short answers from me regarding some questions to ponder:

1.  To what degree was the love language of quality time spoken by your parents to each other, and to you ?  [Never.]

2.  Are you energized when you spend quality time with others, or does it tend to deplete you emotionally ?  [For the most part I’m energized, but if I’m part of – or not part of – a heavy conversation in which my particular responses would be totally different than everyone else’s – and everyone has a ‘feel-good’ story while I have a ‘bring-everyone-else-down’ story then that can be depleting emotionally.]

3.  With whom have you spent quality time this week ?  [Travis, Paul, Jesse, Alex, Anne, and Annie for a brief impromptu hour this past Monday morning at the Life Pointe Church offices, and Patricia, Venus, Tammy, and Evelin tonight at Life Group.]  Was your time together primarily quality conversations or quality activities ?  [Quality conversations.]

4.  Reflect on the dialects of quality time (conversations, listening, activities). Which dialect is most important to you personally ?  [Activities. I prefer doing things rather than talking about doing things.]  Where do you see the greatest need for improvement in your relationships with others ?  [Conversations – I’m not a good talker; however, if you knew me in a previous life more than perhaps two years ago then you’d think that I had completely broken out of my safety shell since then. In my previous life my viewpoints meant little to nothing to mostly everyone else around me. I’m not used to the attention that I get nowadays on this fantastic journey when I participate in meaningful conversations. It’s all so very new to me.]

Quality time. Find it. Treasure it. Create memories.

Have a safe and peaceful Wednesday night everyone. THANK YOU so very much for taking the time to spend it with me reading what’s on my mind tonight.

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The Major’s Walk-A-Thon

It’s the 2ND Season Premiere of your favourite Saturday morning series on the blogosphere !

1.  This morning at almost precisely 6 AM I awoke and I declared ‘I Want To Go To Denny’s !’ – and so I did a half an hour later. I enjoyed the Moons Over My Hammy®. Dude – It’s a ham and scrambled egg sandwich with Swiss and American cheese on grilled sourdough. It’s outrageous. SHYEAHZZZ !

2.  Once I got back home at 7:30 AM I decided that it would be the perfect time to kick-off ‘The Major’s Walk-A-Thon’ after a 6-month hiatus. The last time I walked around my neighbourhood of the past 13½-years was back on Saturday May 03RD 2008. Check out what I had to say back then.

Sky: Mostly Cloudy
Temperature: 69°F
Dewpoint: 64°F
Relative Humidity: 83%
Winds: ENE 7 MPH
Barometric Pressure: 30.17 Rising

3.  I’ve been waiting for weather like this since last April. It’s been a long hot Summer – a long hot Summer of not walking. Then again I’ve always wondered how much walking I actually do in a typical day during my Monday to Friday job at the air base. This morning I walked about 2 miles for 36 minutes and 35 seconds. I could’ve ended the walk shorter and earlier than that, but I was just having so much fun walking the walk while listening to my def tunes via my iPod Shuffle. I decided to keep on walking until I could actually feel a hint of mild pain in my legs. No Pain – No Gain !

4.  Cats adore me. One gray and white cat saw me and thought to himself – ‘He’s a friend of felines. I can walk right beside him with no fears and he won’t bother me.’ And so he did. That was on the south side of the MASSIVE lake that’s located within my neighbourhood. Later in the walk on the north side of the MASSIVE lake the cat greeted me again. He took the shortcut right alongside the lake. I took the scenic route following the roads.

5.  For the first time in ‘The Major’s Walk-A-Thon’ history I touched all of the roads. I walked them all – even the cul-de-sacs. This weekly walk is symbolic of my spiritual walk with my closest friends who are on this fantastic journey alongside me as we all follow and love Jesus Christ. I constantly thank my Lord and Saviour for giving me a second chance – a second Life to get it right this time. I shall continue to face toward and proceed into the daylight.

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Bedtime Stories

Life Group was a lot of fun tonight. Patricia was a gracious host, and Venus was a superb leader in our lesson plan for tonight. Tonight’s topic was all about ‘Acts Of Service’ – another one of ‘The Five Love Languages For Singles‘. We talked about those people in our Life who have personally spoken acts of service to us recently, as well as some of the various ways that we see others performing acts of service.

The common denominator to these acts of service was God. Serving Him. When we serve others without regard to whether or not we’ll be paid or served in return – when we serve others as a sheer act of love – when we serve others and feel fantastic while doing so – that’s when we totally serve our Lord Almighty.

There are lots of lost, dazed, confused, and directionless people in this world of ours that have never been served, and have never served others. They look at serving as a job to look down to – as an act of pity. They just don’t know Him.

Jesus served us more than we can ever serve Him. He gave up His Life for us so that we could live. To honour God is to serve Him freely.

Our homework assignment for this week is to perform acts of service for at least three friends this week and then watch as they respond to it.

Next week we’re doing Life Group twice – once on Tuesday night (food, fun, and fellowship at Anne J.’s house), and then our regularly scheduled Wednesday night session. I’m looking forward to it.

Have a peaceful and comfortable Wednesday night everyone, and I Love You Ela. I’ll be talking to God in a few minutes, and I’ll be talking to Him all about you.

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Monday Night Countdown

It’s time for another self-conscious edition of the ‘Monday Night Countdown’, and this week I present to you the TOP 5 things that this kid is thinking about:

Me At 16
Me At 16

5.  ‘I absolutely adore my gorgeous hair. It’s gonna last forever !’

4.  ‘I’m glad I got these brand new ENORMOUS glasses. They match my gorgeous hair perfectly !’

3.  ‘There’s something weird in the neighbourhood. Who you gonna call ?  GHOSTBUSTERS !‘

2.  ‘The only class I’m aceing is Data Processing. That’s not gonna help me out later on in Life !’

1.  Memo To Self – Buy 4 more shirts just like this one because this is still gonna look cool in 25 years !