The date is set, April 11-12. We will be going to Garden Valley Golf Course in Tyler on Friday the 11th for a round of golf, spend the night there, and play again on Saturday morning the 12th. We will have some great fellowship time on Friday night. This is the second retreat of its kind and the last one was GREAT! The cost will be around $150 each player (this will be for two rounds of golf, room for one night and meals).
WE NEED CONFIRMATION FROM YOU THAT YOU ARE GOING TO ATTEND BY FEB. 15!!! Please contact Stacey or Ryan Merriman if you want to play and to turn in you money!
Stacey Pearson 214-415-9568 cell or stp@pearsonmechanical.com
Ryan Merriman 817-874-2836 cell or ryanmerriman2000@yahoo.com
This is going to be a great event! Please make plans to join us!
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Monday, January 21, 2008
On a Personal Note...
I try not to have to much personal things on this blog simply because I am the author of it. I try to make this blog about the IronMen as a whole and not my personal life blog.
However, I must share some person info now. I want to praise a wonderful woman, my wife Paige. She has just spent an entire week serving others with her time and efforts. We had my daughter Emaline's 2nd birthday parties (yes we had two, one for friend and one for family) this weekend and my wife did such a great job. She has spend the entire week and more preparing for these parties. On Saturday, we had Emailine's friends and their parents over to the house for a party and it was great! On Sunday, we had our families over to the house for another party and again, it was great! She has put so much effort into these events so that Emaline would have the best day possible. I know that she accomplished this goal!
She is so amazing to me for many reasons. She is so talented and creative (ie... "E" birthday cake, "E" cookies, etc)! She can make or do so many amazing things (ie... we had "E" parties for Emaline. What a great idea and what a great outcome!).
Paige has impecable character! I heard the other day on the radio that following the rules and doing what your are supposed to is a sign of character. Well, if you know Paige, you know that she will NOT break the rules on anything! Oftentimes I give her a hard time about it (ie.. turning right on red even when it says not too...) but I now realize that is a sign of her incredible character! Her richness runs so deep and she is so caring/compassionate. We have some amazing kidos and that goes directly to her and the great role model she is and the intentional time that she spends with them.
There is not a day that goes by that I am not amazed at the monumental blessing that I have in such an amazing woman to spend my life with. I could not handle life without her, no doubt!
I definitely "out kicked my coverage" in marrying Paige!!! I love you so much!
STP
However, I must share some person info now. I want to praise a wonderful woman, my wife Paige. She has just spent an entire week serving others with her time and efforts. We had my daughter Emaline's 2nd birthday parties (yes we had two, one for friend and one for family) this weekend and my wife did such a great job. She has spend the entire week and more preparing for these parties. On Saturday, we had Emailine's friends and their parents over to the house for a party and it was great! On Sunday, we had our families over to the house for another party and again, it was great! She has put so much effort into these events so that Emaline would have the best day possible. I know that she accomplished this goal!
She is so amazing to me for many reasons. She is so talented and creative (ie... "E" birthday cake, "E" cookies, etc)! She can make or do so many amazing things (ie... we had "E" parties for Emaline. What a great idea and what a great outcome!).
Paige has impecable character! I heard the other day on the radio that following the rules and doing what your are supposed to is a sign of character. Well, if you know Paige, you know that she will NOT break the rules on anything! Oftentimes I give her a hard time about it (ie.. turning right on red even when it says not too...) but I now realize that is a sign of her incredible character! Her richness runs so deep and she is so caring/compassionate. We have some amazing kidos and that goes directly to her and the great role model she is and the intentional time that she spends with them.
There is not a day that goes by that I am not amazed at the monumental blessing that I have in such an amazing woman to spend my life with. I could not handle life without her, no doubt!
I definitely "out kicked my coverage" in marrying Paige!!! I love you so much!
STP
Thursday, January 17, 2008
IM EDGE 1/15/08
We had a great discussion about Nehemiah on Tuesday! First, a little fun thanks to Joel:
Who is one of the only people we know that was smaller than Zacheus?
Knee-Hi-Miah (Nehemiah)! Ha, Ha!
Ok, now that we got the corny joke for the week out of the way, on to the guts.
Nehemiah is an amazing character. One interesting fact is that he was not a religious leader or prophet. He was a cupbearer to the King Artaxerxes and the first part of the book is Nehemiah's own person recollections of what happened.
As he worked for the King, he came to realize through a brother, that the Jewish remnant was in peril. The Jewish remnant was the people that were left after the Babylonians took over Jerusalem years earlier (around150 or so!).
Amazingly, Nehemiah get this news and he is extremely troubled and mourns, fasts and prays for "many days" (actually about 3 months!!!). It is really amazing that he has this reaction when the destruction happened so many year before. Joel explained that a good example would be if we were deeply troubled that President Lincoln died. Well, that happen many years ago and that does not affect us today. But, for Nehemiah, God turned his heart to this issue and he had compassion for his people.
What things in our lives is God leading us to? What are we going to do about it? Will we have a heart that is responsive to God's leadings?
Nehemiah was responsive to God's call and he did not worry about the obstacles that were in his way. He new that he had a divine job to do and he did it! The mark of a good leader is that leader knowing who is in control of the situation!
Stay Strong, PLD
STP, an IronMan
Who is one of the only people we know that was smaller than Zacheus?
Knee-Hi-Miah (Nehemiah)! Ha, Ha!
Ok, now that we got the corny joke for the week out of the way, on to the guts.
Nehemiah is an amazing character. One interesting fact is that he was not a religious leader or prophet. He was a cupbearer to the King Artaxerxes and the first part of the book is Nehemiah's own person recollections of what happened.
As he worked for the King, he came to realize through a brother, that the Jewish remnant was in peril. The Jewish remnant was the people that were left after the Babylonians took over Jerusalem years earlier (around150 or so!).
Amazingly, Nehemiah get this news and he is extremely troubled and mourns, fasts and prays for "many days" (actually about 3 months!!!). It is really amazing that he has this reaction when the destruction happened so many year before. Joel explained that a good example would be if we were deeply troubled that President Lincoln died. Well, that happen many years ago and that does not affect us today. But, for Nehemiah, God turned his heart to this issue and he had compassion for his people.
What things in our lives is God leading us to? What are we going to do about it? Will we have a heart that is responsive to God's leadings?
Nehemiah was responsive to God's call and he did not worry about the obstacles that were in his way. He new that he had a divine job to do and he did it! The mark of a good leader is that leader knowing who is in control of the situation!
Stay Strong, PLD
STP, an IronMan
Friday, January 11, 2008
A Friend in High Places ... Max Lucado
God has put all things under the authority of Christ.(Eph. 1:22)
Christ is running the show. Right now. A leaf just fell from a tree in the Alps. Christ caused it to do so. A newborn baby in India inhaled for the first time. Jesus measured the breath. The migration of the belugas through the oceans? Christ dictates their itinerary. He is
the firstborn of all creation. For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things have been created through Him and for Him. (Col. 1:15–16)
What a phenomenal list! Heavens and earth. Visible and invisible. Thrones, dominions, rulers, and authorities. No thing, place, or person omitted. The scale on the sea urchin. The hair on the elephant hide. The hurricane that wrecks the coast, the rain that nourishes the desert, the infant’s first heartbeat, the elderly person’s final breath—all can be traced back to the hand of Christ, the firstborn of creation.
Firstborn in Paul’s vernacular has nothing to do with birth order. Firstborn refers to order of rank. As one translation states: “He ranks higher than everything that has been made” (v. 15) Everything? Find an exception. Peter’s mother-in-law has a fever; Jesus rebukes it. A tax needs to be paid; Jesus pays it by sending first a coin and then a fisherman’s hook into the mouth of a fish. When five thousand stomachs growl, Jesus renders a boy’s basket a bottomless buffet. Jesus exudes authority. He bats an eyelash, and nature jumps. No one argues when, at the end of his earthly life, the God-man declares, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth” (Matt. 28:18).
The Christ of the galaxies is the Christ of your Mondays. The Starmaker manages your travel schedule. Relax. You have a friend in high places. Does the child of Arnold Schwarzenegger worry about tight pickle-jar lids? Does the son of Nike founder Phil Knight sweat a broken shoestring? If the daughter of Bill Gates can’t turn on her computer, does she panic?
No. Nor should you.
From Next Door Savior
Christ is running the show. Right now. A leaf just fell from a tree in the Alps. Christ caused it to do so. A newborn baby in India inhaled for the first time. Jesus measured the breath. The migration of the belugas through the oceans? Christ dictates their itinerary. He is
the firstborn of all creation. For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things have been created through Him and for Him. (Col. 1:15–16)
What a phenomenal list! Heavens and earth. Visible and invisible. Thrones, dominions, rulers, and authorities. No thing, place, or person omitted. The scale on the sea urchin. The hair on the elephant hide. The hurricane that wrecks the coast, the rain that nourishes the desert, the infant’s first heartbeat, the elderly person’s final breath—all can be traced back to the hand of Christ, the firstborn of creation.
Firstborn in Paul’s vernacular has nothing to do with birth order. Firstborn refers to order of rank. As one translation states: “He ranks higher than everything that has been made” (v. 15) Everything? Find an exception. Peter’s mother-in-law has a fever; Jesus rebukes it. A tax needs to be paid; Jesus pays it by sending first a coin and then a fisherman’s hook into the mouth of a fish. When five thousand stomachs growl, Jesus renders a boy’s basket a bottomless buffet. Jesus exudes authority. He bats an eyelash, and nature jumps. No one argues when, at the end of his earthly life, the God-man declares, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth” (Matt. 28:18).
The Christ of the galaxies is the Christ of your Mondays. The Starmaker manages your travel schedule. Relax. You have a friend in high places. Does the child of Arnold Schwarzenegger worry about tight pickle-jar lids? Does the son of Nike founder Phil Knight sweat a broken shoestring? If the daughter of Bill Gates can’t turn on her computer, does she panic?
No. Nor should you.
From Next Door Savior
Thursday, January 03, 2008
2008 IronMen EDGE Resolutions
IronMen, hope all is well in your world. We will start the IM EDGE meeting on Tuesday mornings this next week. Please make a point to come and be a part of this great time. We meet at 6:10am at LCCOC.
We are embarking on a new year and new commitments. As we have been talking about at EDGE lately, we want to be more intentional in our walk with the Lord. So, I want you to consider commiting to a couple of things for the new year:
1. Spending at least 15 minutes each morning in quiet time with the Lord. (praying, reading, etc.)
2. Having meaningful prayer time with your wife at least 3 times a week.
3. Giving up one meal a week to spend that time with the Lord.
These 3 things are minimums, you can obviously do more, and hopefully we will. The goal would be to increase these or add to this list in 3 months or so.
This idea comes from Richard and the experience he had in Waco. We all agreed that his experience was incredible and we wanted to be a part of something like that. This would be a lesser version that we could start out with. Please come this next Tuesday and we can discuss this more and talk about other ideas of how we can be more intentional with the Lord in '08.
Stay Strong, PLD
We are embarking on a new year and new commitments. As we have been talking about at EDGE lately, we want to be more intentional in our walk with the Lord. So, I want you to consider commiting to a couple of things for the new year:
1. Spending at least 15 minutes each morning in quiet time with the Lord. (praying, reading, etc.)
2. Having meaningful prayer time with your wife at least 3 times a week.
3. Giving up one meal a week to spend that time with the Lord.
These 3 things are minimums, you can obviously do more, and hopefully we will. The goal would be to increase these or add to this list in 3 months or so.
This idea comes from Richard and the experience he had in Waco. We all agreed that his experience was incredible and we wanted to be a part of something like that. This would be a lesser version that we could start out with. Please come this next Tuesday and we can discuss this more and talk about other ideas of how we can be more intentional with the Lord in '08.
Stay Strong, PLD
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