Mysterious Ways, the 10lb bag and what should have been Day 12

On mysterious ways, I guess the craziest thing about faith is in believing their really is a master plan. It's sort of like a roller coaster...(that's the screaming eagle, by the way) your 99.9 % sure all the safety measures are in place and that while its a thrilling and maybe scary ride your going to get out of the car in 57 seconds and the world will be good. However, that 0.01% that's niggling in the back of your brain what if the safety checks weren't done will I be the one too go flying off this thing? So to is faith. Just sit back put the lap bar down and enjoy the ride.

I have been neglecting the Losing Clyde saga quite a bit, I am still working towards the goal. But, the last few days I have been saddled with a vicious sinus infection, head cold or whatever nameless ailment has decided to simulate a gorilla sitting on my head and intermittently plugging a running my nose like a faucet. Anyhoo, with my time today as I stayed home and slept off most of the day, I took a little time to create the10lb bag. No not a bag that weighs 10lbs, but a bag for all those clothes to try on once I've dropped another 10 lbs. So with todays weigh in that will be at about 212 lbs. It was motivating to see that I am close to fitting into some of my old favorite clothes.

Day 12-ish: What practical choices will I make today in order to grow closer to God?
The choice I make to day is to LISTEN. This flows into something I heard recently about how God is talking to us, but we can't always hear him. Cell phones, car horns, I pods, etc ad infinitum. I choose to slow down and listen to the voice inside of me, to nurture and make it strong enough to hear over the clamor of everyday life.

Day Eleven-ish

So I saw Kung Fu Panda the other day. Good Flick, especially if you like the old Kung Fu films. and the amount of celebrity voices is crazy: Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, Jackie Chan, Seth Rogen, Lucy Liu, Michael Clarke Duncan to name a few. Any way it gets a 3 out of 5 from me.





And Thanks to a Lurker in our midst, we now know the book I was talking about was by AJ Jacobs.


The Year of Living Biblically is about my quest to live the ultimate biblical life. To follow every single rule in the Bible – as literally as possible. I obey the famous ones:

• The Ten Commandments
• Love thy neighbor
• Be fruitful and multiply

But also, the hundreds of oft-ignored ones.

• Do not wear clothes of mixed fibers.
• Do not shave your beard
• Stone adulterers

I may just have to go out and pick this one up.


My own Day Eleven, What can I do to remind myself to think about God and talk to him more often throughout the day? Since I began this journey, not eleven days ago but several months ago when I started listening to some of the sermons by Pastor David Uth. I found that I began to confide in God more. The process had already began, it is what lead me to take the next steps to becoming closer to him and further examine our relationship. It is nice to think or to know that he wants a relationship with me. One of my biggest hang ups was always that God demanded subservience. In the final book of the left behind series. The glorious appearing is described, or at least my understanding of the description was the Jesus appeared and the believers lost all self will and became what appeared to be automatons for Jesus. I had a real issue with this, however focus on understanding God's will and developing a relationship with him, thats something I can understand and embrace. I am going to start wearing an old bracelet that looks like worn wood for awhile to remind me to tlak more to him throughout the day.

On the LC front, I am getting a sinus infection or head cold or something. It kind blows as i have a race around the corner. The raging internal debate....To sleep or to train...I guess I wont know until 4:30 tomorrow morning.

Chapter 10

Well I suppose I am officially going to take more than 40 days to read this book...It seems life gets away fro me at times. But tonight I read through chapter 10 and the burning question is: What are of my life am I holding back from God? Praise, often times I forget or at the very least I am inconsistent with thanking God for all the great things in my life, the gifts I possesses and the blessings of family and friends that I have experienced. I sometimes get to focused on what is not in my life, as opposed to recognizing all the great hings that are and then thanking God for them. It doesn't just end there. There was a guy who wrote a book and of course I have no recollection of his name. He was a Jew and his goal was to live for a year following all the laws of the bible. Some were obviously more difficult than others, but his story pertains here because one element of it was that he praise God in all things. So he began to thank God for everything, getting a taxi promptly, getting the green light at an intersection, the elevator delivering him to his floor, etc etc. The interesting thing is that by putting such a renewed focus on praise he felt his relationship with God grow and it put things into a larger perspective for him.