5 Crazy Firsts This Week

Most weeks just fade in and out.  Not this one.  Not by a long shot.

1.  First Cub Scout Meeting. I haven’t seen Brody so excited in quite a while.  It’s only a matter of time before we post pictures of me and Bro in those way too cool Cub scout threads.

2.  First Server Crash that’s 100% My Fault. Yep, no one to blame but me.  I made one little change that looked good for a few minutes… then brought the internet crashing down for a whole bunch of our customers.  I owe my co-workers brownies.

3.  First Kite Flying Day of 2011. We have lots of breezy days here in Branson, so the whole crew headed out for a little stringed flight action.  FYI, the Spiderman and Iron Man kites flew way better than the Transformer kite.

4.  Read the First Several Chapters of Francis Chan’s book Crazy Love. Great book so far.  Can’t wait for the rest.

A Crazy Awesome Book

5.  First Thoughts on Firefox 4… Awesome! I had to put some geek stuff in this list.  Seems like its trying pretty hard to feel like Google’s Chrome… but that’s not a bad thing.

So you made it this far down into this post.  Let’s see who’s still reading.

What gets your attention in life? Urgent things?  Big things? Little things?  Normal things?  Awe-inspiring things?  Difficult things?

In the last week or so, I’ve begun to catch glimpses of God just around the corners, trying to get my attention.  Not in a bad, “You’re in trouble,Brad” kind of way… but more of a playful, loving, everything-or-nothing kind of way.  It’s in the sound of birds as Spring begins.  It’s in watching my pregnant cat’s belly move as the kittens inside her have karate matches.  It’s in watching my 2-and-a-half year old pull his 5-year brother down in a laughing bear hug.  It’s in seeing my wife from across the house laugh as she’s talking to a dear friend on the phone and being awe-struck by how far out of my league she is.

It’s in realizing that in 100 years, no one will know who this Brad was.  It’s in the awe of thinking about the immense size of the universe compared to my small life in this small town.  It’s in trying to wrap my brain around how an all-powerful Creator of everything, who has created billions of people, billions of stars, and gabazillions of life-forms throughout history… loves me and pursues me.

The reality of me (and you) being pursued by the most important being ever is crazy.  And that is how it’s supposed to be.

The more and more I embrace, and live, and share that crazy reality… the better and better life gets.

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