2007-2008... What is next?

Dang it end of 2007!

Then end of 2007 brought a beautiful snow but a lot of hard times.

I feel defeated today. I am tired, I am sad, I am confused.

I need to find a job and a good enough job that I can pay my bills (more Menards hours won't cut it). I don't know where to look. I don't know how I am going to pay everything this month... well, at this point I know I won't pay everything this month. To add to my worries I (stupidly) watched "Pursuit of Happyness" last night (it is a good movie but it is basically about being poor and barely surviving... but on a good note they say at the end of the movie the guy becomes a millionaire). Anyways... then I found out this morning that a friend from church passed away of a heart attack yesterday. So that really really sucks.

So with a heavy heart I start the new year..... 2008....

So what will this next year hold? 2007 has had a hard ending but I learned a lot!

I have learned so much in 2007. It was a rocky crazy ride but I felt like I matured more this year that every before. So here is my "learned list" (like Dave's list) for 2007.

-This year was a year where I really evaluated my life and what I was doing with it.
-My view of life has definitely changed (even in this month).
- I definitely have learned more about my church and the Church overall.
- I found out that I have a passion for Lakeshore Vineyard and to see the Church as we know it changed (in many ways).
- Along those same lines I found out more about what a true team looks like (or should look like).
- I've also learned that there is a major generation gap.... and not just in clothing and music.
- I now have a better idea of what I think that Christianity is.
- I found out that blogging and journaling are something I NEED to do.
- Owning a home is hard... especially one that was condemned.
- On a similar note.... I know that I hate mice and want any of the mice in my house to die.
- I have had my eyes opened to just seeing people; who they are and what they need/want.
- I know that right now, as it stands, I can't see to shake my passion to get into ministry.
- I now have 2 kids (Soe was born in 2007) and now have a better idea of what it means to be a parent.
- And lastly, I know life will be a different for me and my family this coming year (and seemingly every year if this trend keeps up).



So what will 2008 bring....

- I will probably end up with a full time job somewhere... doing something.... different then what I am doing now. (wow, that wasn't vague was it?)
- Our church will begin to find its why out of what has been a very tough and turbulent time. Paul will decide whether he comes back or not and that alone will determine where the church goes in the following years. (It is interesting how one man can have that much impact on so many people.... and I don't even think he realizes it.)
- I will have another kid this year.... wow that is weird one is 07 and 08...
- I will be a year older... an old man with 3 kids at 25.
- I might have to buy a van or a car that can hold 3 car seats and 2 adults.
- I will figure out better where God is leading me with my passion for ministry.
- I will fall more in love with Catie.
- I will love my kids more
- I will do more wedding videos and they will still be not fun
- The rest of the stuff only God knows....

So God if you could take care of everything and help me to give you everything to take care of (as I tend to try to power through everything myself). Help my passion for you and for others people to only grow. And help me to learn more and really love and listen to other people.


So heres to 2008... I am sure it will be filled with hard times but a lot of good times as well. If there is one thing that I have learned over the years is that God provides what you truly need... you may just need less then you think...