Now there's an idea. . .

Last night I thought I'd take advantage of the beautiful weather and having a day off. I headed out to the Christian Reformed Rec. Center to watch our two men's softball teams play each other. It was kinda nice, knowing that no matter what Providence was going to win. :)

Anyway, after a great game that was won in the bottom of the seventh, I headed back to my vehicle. By now the parking lot was quite full. There was a couple walking out near me and they were having an issue with relocating their car. The guy came up with what I thought was a very clever idea. He said to his wife, "They should put signs in this parking lot, like at Cedar Point or something. But instead of A,B,C, they could label the sections with the five points of Calvinism. Like one section could be Total Depravity. . ." I chuckled to myself. His wife calmly said, "Why don't you write a letter and suggest it?"

History

Not all of you will appreciate this accomplishment, but some of you will know how big this is. I golfed today for the first time this season. You never really know what to expect the first time out so my expectations weren't too high. I'd like to tell you I had a hole-in-one or something exciting like that. But that didn't happen. Maybe another time. :) I did though shoot a 46, which is my best round ever. Each year my goal is to hopefully break 50 and it had never happened. Now that's accomplished. Maybe my next goal should be to break 45? Nah, that would be pushing it. . . :)

Perspective

Have you ever noticed how life is all about perspective? During a seemingly bad day, it's always quite easy to find someone else whose life is more difficult. And your perspective changes. Or you might feel like you are living to your full potential, only to come across someone who seems to have made a much bigger impact on the world.

All this musing on perspective started yesterday, when on the way to work I passed a gas station where gas had skyrocketed to $3.99/gallon. This is never a good thing, but is especially frustrating when your gas gauge reads between an eighth and a quarter. Fortunately at the next gas station gas was still the "bargain" price of $3.86. I was ecstatic! I pulled in and filled up. Then I drove away thinking how crazy this was. A couple months ago this would have been depressing, but now it was a bargain.

Life is indeed all about perspective.

Nathan & Ella's Dedication

Today I had the privilege of witnessing Nathan and Ella's dedication at Mars Hill. It was an honor to witness Tim and Alissa's covenant to their children. Tim's parents hosted a luncheon afterwards which was really nice.




Me, Alissa, and Carissa

Ella had had enough of the excitement and was overdue for her nap.

Nathan is so animated and alert all the time.