This past week I have battled allergies on a grand scale. They have been driving me crazy!!! Tired. Itchy eyes. Scratchy throat. Difficulty in sleeping. Waaa, waaa, waaa!!
You know, when we are not feeling 100%, it puts a bummer on the day. My little allergy spell will go away, but it makes me think about the people who suffer everday, all day long, with physical ailments. They won't get better. They will be in this condition for the rest of their lives...unless God heals them.
Makes me quit complaining and helps me to focus on how wonderful life is and healthy I am. I know I take my health for granted sometimes and I shouldn't. But all it takes is for me to dip below the 100% bar and I really focus on how God has blessed me with great health.
Maybe take a moment and thank God for your great health AND pray for someone who is battling a tough physical condition!
MTC! (make today count)
Mark
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Monday, August 4, 2008
STUNNING
We were at my cousin Brian's wedding last night. What a blast!! Their wedding was an outdoor deal at The Golf Club at Newcastle. It could not have been a nicer day!!
Having never been to the Club, I was unaware of the view. Talk about a view. Cloudless sky. From the Club house you can see the tower at SeaTac Airport, you can see Seattle's skyline, Bellevue's sky line, Lake Washington snake along from Renton to Kirkland, and this was the most amazing thing: you can see the entire range....from the north end to the south end...of the Olympic Mountains. I'm still stunned!!!!
The wedding was spectacular and the view was God crafted!!!! Unbelievable. The sunset was nothing short of perfect. I have never seen this before, but as the sun finally crept behind the Olympics, the last itzy, bitzy part of it as it went down was this intense light....like a laser. Pretty cool stuff.
If you ever get a chance to take a drive on a sunny day or evening, head up there...the view is outrageous!!!! God sure does nice work!
Have an awesome day!!!!
MTC!
Mark
Having never been to the Club, I was unaware of the view. Talk about a view. Cloudless sky. From the Club house you can see the tower at SeaTac Airport, you can see Seattle's skyline, Bellevue's sky line, Lake Washington snake along from Renton to Kirkland, and this was the most amazing thing: you can see the entire range....from the north end to the south end...of the Olympic Mountains. I'm still stunned!!!!
The wedding was spectacular and the view was God crafted!!!! Unbelievable. The sunset was nothing short of perfect. I have never seen this before, but as the sun finally crept behind the Olympics, the last itzy, bitzy part of it as it went down was this intense light....like a laser. Pretty cool stuff.
If you ever get a chance to take a drive on a sunny day or evening, head up there...the view is outrageous!!!! God sure does nice work!
Have an awesome day!!!!
MTC!
Mark
Sunday, August 3, 2008
WHAT A WEEK!
Ok, so here's the deal, last week went like this:
Wednesday- friends in town from Minnesota
Friday- friend in town from Greece
Saturday- cousin's wedding (awesome wedding Meredith and Tommy!); hadn't seen one of my cousins for the past 12 years and was able to re-connect with him (he's lived in Hong Kong for the past two decades), met his wife and stepdaughter.
Today- friends in town from Sacramento and later today, another cousin is getting married!!
I love it!
Have a great day! I'm going to!!!
MTC!
Mark
Wednesday- friends in town from Minnesota
Friday- friend in town from Greece
Saturday- cousin's wedding (awesome wedding Meredith and Tommy!); hadn't seen one of my cousins for the past 12 years and was able to re-connect with him (he's lived in Hong Kong for the past two decades), met his wife and stepdaughter.
Today- friends in town from Sacramento and later today, another cousin is getting married!!
I love it!
Have a great day! I'm going to!!!
MTC!
Mark
Friday, August 1, 2008
A GOLDEN GOPHER, GREEK FISHERMAN, AND A CALIFORNIA EYE DOCTOR...
Sounds like one of those goofball jokes, doesn't it?
What they all have in common is that they are all fantastic friends of ours and they will all be with us this week at different times. What a blast!!!
These exquisite friends are all fantastic people that have impacted my life and the lives of my wife and kids in tremendous ways. I haven't seen the Golden Gopher (Minnesotan) for eight or nine years...the Greek commercial fisherman almost 10 years...and my dear eye doctor friends for over two years.
They have all been in churches we have served and they are some of the finest people God ever made.
So, needless to say it has been culture week at our home and we have laughed ourselves silly!
Thank God for life-long friendships!
Have a super day and stay connected with the important people in your life!!!
Make Today Count! (MTC!)
-Mark
What they all have in common is that they are all fantastic friends of ours and they will all be with us this week at different times. What a blast!!!
These exquisite friends are all fantastic people that have impacted my life and the lives of my wife and kids in tremendous ways. I haven't seen the Golden Gopher (Minnesotan) for eight or nine years...the Greek commercial fisherman almost 10 years...and my dear eye doctor friends for over two years.
They have all been in churches we have served and they are some of the finest people God ever made.
So, needless to say it has been culture week at our home and we have laughed ourselves silly!
Thank God for life-long friendships!
Have a super day and stay connected with the important people in your life!!!
Make Today Count! (MTC!)
-Mark
Monday, July 28, 2008
BATTER UP!!
What a riot!!!
If you don't know this, our church is only 10 months old. We have a great mix of people and one of the guys thought we should have a church softball team....jack and jill! So James put it all together. He coached it. Designed the jerseys. Called practices. The whole nine yards! James, you did an outstanding job, bro!!!!
I was the second oldest player on the team. There were five of us over forty, two guys in their thirties and the other eight players were in their twenties!! We had a blast.
Laughing at each other was mandatory. Encouraging each other was necessary. And winning, well, we played better than .500 ball!
The experience was very fun and quite entertaining. My wife played as well and she had a great time!
I think the best line of the season came from our post 40 year old pitcher as a grounder came rolling by him just out of his reach and I heard him holler: "If that was a cookie, I would have got it!"
That's just beautiful!!!!!!!
MTC!
Mark
If you don't know this, our church is only 10 months old. We have a great mix of people and one of the guys thought we should have a church softball team....jack and jill! So James put it all together. He coached it. Designed the jerseys. Called practices. The whole nine yards! James, you did an outstanding job, bro!!!!
I was the second oldest player on the team. There were five of us over forty, two guys in their thirties and the other eight players were in their twenties!! We had a blast.
Laughing at each other was mandatory. Encouraging each other was necessary. And winning, well, we played better than .500 ball!
The experience was very fun and quite entertaining. My wife played as well and she had a great time!
I think the best line of the season came from our post 40 year old pitcher as a grounder came rolling by him just out of his reach and I heard him holler: "If that was a cookie, I would have got it!"
That's just beautiful!!!!!!!
MTC!
Mark
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Just a little more effort
In the 100 breaststroke in 2004, as Puyallup's golden girl and two-time Olympic champion Megan Quann, she was out-touched at the wall by rival Tara Kirk of Bremerton to finish third by 11-hundredths of a second at the trials, missing the Olympic team.
Four years later, at the trials earlier this month, Jendrick eked out an Olympic berth by one one-hundredth of a second, beating none other than Kirk.
That's the story from a recent article in the Seattle Times on the two local Olympians. When interviewed further, Megan Quann Jendrick admitted that when the training got tough and she would want to ease up, she would remember the narrow loss by 11-hundredths of a second and she would continue to push herself.
How many times do we just plain quit instead of giving it just a little more effort. Maybe in that 'little bit more' we would find the 'win'. Don't stop. Don't quit. Be a Megan. Come back after four years of training hard and win. Just a little more effort is all it might take!!
MTC!
Mark
Four years later, at the trials earlier this month, Jendrick eked out an Olympic berth by one one-hundredth of a second, beating none other than Kirk.
That's the story from a recent article in the Seattle Times on the two local Olympians. When interviewed further, Megan Quann Jendrick admitted that when the training got tough and she would want to ease up, she would remember the narrow loss by 11-hundredths of a second and she would continue to push herself.
How many times do we just plain quit instead of giving it just a little more effort. Maybe in that 'little bit more' we would find the 'win'. Don't stop. Don't quit. Be a Megan. Come back after four years of training hard and win. Just a little more effort is all it might take!!
MTC!
Mark
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
INCOMPLETE
Ever take a class and recieve and 'I'? Incomplete. Well, even though I never have, it feels like I'm getting an 'I' on this blog!!!! I haven't written anything for way too long! Some time away. Hectic schedules. Sometimes not feeling like writing anything.
So, today, I'm revoking the Incomplete and turning in some work!
The funny thing about an incomplete is that if it stays that way for too long, it becomes more than that...like just plain failing. Not finishing, quitting, giving up are all incompletes which ultimatley lead to failure. Sometimes taking a break or catching a breather is necessary, but we should all work towards finishing and finishing well!
I hope you have a FANTASTIC day! Turn the incompletes of your life into completes! Do it today!!! You can do it!!
MTC!
Mark
So, today, I'm revoking the Incomplete and turning in some work!
The funny thing about an incomplete is that if it stays that way for too long, it becomes more than that...like just plain failing. Not finishing, quitting, giving up are all incompletes which ultimatley lead to failure. Sometimes taking a break or catching a breather is necessary, but we should all work towards finishing and finishing well!
I hope you have a FANTASTIC day! Turn the incompletes of your life into completes! Do it today!!! You can do it!!
MTC!
Mark
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