I don’t even know where to begin with talking about this trip.  It was just awesome.  Boston is a great city, and God did work in and through our family.  So, I’m gonna list some of my favorite serious/not-as-serious things about the trip:

• Seeing a guy with a tux and a Fu-Manchu the first day we were there.
• Having God show me some stuff that I haven’t dealt with, but finally letting go to let work be done.
• Getting to kick it with some of my best friends in the world.
• Hangin out and reading at Boston Common Coffee (Organic African Nectar Tea is legit).
• Good conversations with good friends.
• Getting to lead worship every night with a couple of my best bro’s.
• UFood
• Watching people get plugged in to community.
• Fish and Chips at Tommy Doyle’s Pub.
• Walking or taking the T anywhere I went.
• Getting free milk and cookies twice in one day (one of the better days ever, not just because of that, but that was a big part of it)
• Conversations on long rides to and from Boston.
• Cook Out in NC 2 meals in a row.
• New friends and family.
• Meeting a dude working on a full sleeve inspired by the Goonies.

I could keep going, but Anchorman is on, and I’m going to watch that now.  All in all, it was a great trip, I had a great time, and Boston may be at the top of my list of favorite cities now.

Ok blogging world.  I gave up on you a little over 7 months ago, and have now decided I’m gong give you another chance.  Here, I will share with you my hopes, my dreams, my ambitions for the present and for the future… (Ok, that was mostly a joke).. But for real, I’m probably mostly going to throw up quotes from stuff I’m reading, maybe some of what I’m learning, and if I get a camera or something, maybe some pictures or other stuff.

I’ve been thinking on this a lot lately:

“Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such that is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.”

-Ephesians 4:29

This is not true of my speech a lot, and I’m praying that God will change my heart.  In praying that though, I’ve been coupling it with this quote from Thomas Watson in his book The Godly Man’s Picture: “Policy without piety is profound madness.”  I had to look up what piety meant (it means reverence for God), and realized how much that statement is biblical and addresses the heart.  I can change my speech all I want, but if I’m not doing it out of a reverent fear and love for God, realizing that its only by his strength that sin in my life can be mortified, its “profound madness.”

Think about it.  Tell me if I’m wrong, but please do so gently (Galatians 6:1).  Might do another post soon.  Thanks for reading!