Worried Christians~OxyMORONS

Yep...that's the title of my book that I'm in the process of writing.  I've wanted to do this for a long time and I actually started working on it a little bit last year but for whatever reason, I put it off.  I'm attempting to continue the process again and have actually made some pretty big steps in that direction as of late.  I've even met with a couple of people of whom I value their opinions to tell them what I'm doing and "interview" them to get their thoughts and input on the topic of the book.  Speaking of the topic of the book, here it is:

For most of my life, I've been a worrier...a worrier over things within my control and a worrier over things completely out of my control.  I'm also a Christian.  That's where the OxyMORON (emphasis on Moron) comes in.  Worry...Christian...The two are not supposed to go together.  We get nowhere from worrying over things...God tells us to give everything over to him but sometimes, for whatever reason, there's a few of us knuckleheads that will worry over the stupidest of things instead of trusting that God is in control and will take care of us.

I've gotten a lot better over the years but I'm still not where I need to be on the subject and I know there's people out there that struggle with the same thing.  So I'm writing this book to not only categorize and talk about different things that we worry about (i.e. doubting salvation, health, finances, marriage, etc.) but to also spend an equal amount of time in the book showing you what God says about the subject and giving you some practical help so that you can start to leave that old way of life behind and begin to develop a God given peace about things.

That's it in a nutshell...thanks for reading...I would love to hear any comments you have.  Also, feel free to list anything that you think might be a good topic for the book.  You can comment on my blog or message me on facebook or twitter.  I'll keep you posted with the process!

Let's Do This

Dreams.  We all have them.  I'm not talking necessarily about the dreams you have when you're asleep at night but more so about the visions we have of our life and the things we wish we were doing.  Think for a moment about your dreams.  Maybe it's something you've been dreaming about doing for a long time or  maybe it's a new dream that you have recently started thinking about.  Most of the time we think our dreams will never come true because of one or more of the following:  money, education, lack of support, scared of what people will say/think, lack of resources, etc., etc.  The list goes on and on.  The truth is, unfortunately, most of us will never act on our dreams.  We'll keep doing the same routine day in and day out not wanting to change anything for fear of it not working.  Well, here's my tip of the day.  First, you need to seek out God and make sure that this dream of yours is a God idea and not just a good idea.  Second, DO IT.  Here's the deal...if you determine that it is indeed a God idea, that doesn't mean that it's going to be easy.  That's where you put your faith into overdrive and say Ok, God...I'm giving it over to you, show me what I need to do to make this a reality.  God doesn't put dreams in our minds to make us crazy with disappointment knowing that they are never going to come true.  He puts them in there because he made you for a purpose and that purpose includes expanding his kingdom using your talents and gifts that he has given you.  So if you've been putting something off because you can't "see" it really happening, then I suggest you go outside and look up into the sky...I'm pretty sure that the one who created all of that can see it happening and is just waiting on you to say, "Let's Do This!"   

Well, here I am...

I did it...I started a blog.  I figured I might as well stop talking about how much I love to write and just do it.  So get ready...I'm afraid that I'm going to turn into a turbo blogger.  Hopefully I'll write something some time that will be interesting to you...maybe something that will make you laugh, cry, think, or maybe something that will inspire you...or maybe after reading my blog you'll think, man...that guy's a goober and you'll feel better about yourself : )   Anyway, just an intro to say hello and to get the word out there that ole Ed is in blogger land.  First real post soon...I know, the anticipation makes you want to chew your pinky toe off but you'll just have to wait until tomorrow.

Good Night!