Brrrrrrrr!!!!

Ok no great words of wisdom today or at least not yet will see how the blog rolls along. Just comments about life.

I really am digging this cool fall weather and the colors that are now in full splendor. My body clock is really getting in sync now getting preped for the long winter. I am amazed how quickly I am adjusting back to this climate. I have also enjoyed getting back and watching some football, I hadn't done that for years. It was hard to get motivated at 10am Sunday morning in the bright sun of Cali to sit down and watch and game. You always felt like you should be out in it like it wasn't going to be there tomorrow? Hockey season is back in swing, Jeff's team had its first two games this weekend which were wins. Nice start for a brand new team. Busted out the Ipad and watched the games on the big screen with my mother and father in law. I'm hoping that the Vikings can pull it together.....oh what am I saying I have had 44 years of disappointment being a fan and I will continue down this path, loyal till th end. It's painful though!!!

The girls are in the school groove Abbey has started to settle in. We made some adjustments in her schedule so she can have some independent time that she so much enjoys. Hayley also is doing good, she has a very good teacher who really relates well to the kids and she seems very energized and enjoying school. Jodi and I picked them up together yesterday, what an awesome gift to be able to do this simple task that we take for granted.

As for me, I can say I am happy. Jodi and I spent a night last week down in MSP doing some work for her business and having a date night at the Mall of America. Retraced a lot of old footsteps from my NWA days and brought back a lot of old memories. I finally can say I miss NWA and the friends and career path I had there. And that's ok. For years of the merger I supressed those feelings to make sure to get the two airlines together and on the right path for the long term future for the men and women who make it what it is today. Though my long term future was different, I can say I do not regret any choice I have made, it has and is defining who I am today. I explored one option for a job recently but I think I am going to hang tight yet and trust that the lord has my next job lined up for me....scary isn't it? He has it all ready, he just wants me to enjoy living each day right now.

Off to watch Jacey and Jackson this morning......best job in the world and I don't make a dime!!! Thanks Jesus for this opportunity!!!

Good news for you....

This scripture was part of Joyce Meyers devotion today I found it very interesting and powerful as it speaks to how I'm trying to live my life everyday. I wanted to share it and my thoughts as it effects my me. Maybe you can gain wisdom from it for your life and situation right now.

Blessed is the one who obeys the law of the Lord.
He doesn't follow the advice of evil people.
He doesn't make a habit of doing what sinners do.
He doesn't join those who make fun of the Lord and his law. (Psalm 1:1 NIRV)


I admit it is tough not living like the world says I should. This journey I am on is showing me the way I need live but it gets hard. Even with the simpler schedule of my day I still find the pull of distractions of my time cause me to not be as in tuned in to his plan as I should be.

The temptations of the world are GREAT. I can see where the devil gains his power. We are all driven by our senses and when they are tweaked we start our decision processes. We as christians all know the law or most of it at least, but the scripture is interesting because the lord already knows we will fall short. It says "don't make a habit of doing what sinners do", so he already knows we will make bad choices in our life, but don't make them habits. I can think of so many things that the world offers that can lead you down a wrong path, TV shows, movies, music. For example there are some really great shows but we all know the ones that are against what we as christians believe. Just look at the fall line up this year. "Very interesting". He also lets us be of free will and choice, "don't follow advice of evil people", he wants us to find the counsel of the righteous. Who in your life are you drawing your counsel or advice? What are they saying? He lets you pick and chose that advice. I bet the person who speaks the truth is the hardest to listen too?

I love that our god is a god that lets us live and make mistakes. It makes me realize how great the gift of the cross is and the awesome sacrifice it was. I fall short every day, but I won't let those mistakes become habits. That's the greatness of our god who loves us no matter what in the place your currently at!!

Great words, simple message

This message was on Jodi's facebook, it can't explain any better my life and the challenge it is to walk away but it what defines you in the end. Here it is, hope it rings true to some of you and helps you with any challenge you are facing. Who and what you are is defined by you and the lord. It is not your job, your friends or family or anything else that gives you temporary self worth.

"Sometimes walking away has nothing to do with weakness, and everything to do with strength. We walk away not because we want others to realize our worth and value, but because we finally realize our own."


Have a great day, enjoy it to the fullest and know you are amazing in God's eyes and I guess that is all that matters!!

Back online........

August 2, that's a long time not to blog but there has been much going on in my world, some good, some challenges but ulimatley it has brought me through to a new peace in my life. I found it intersting that many times I went to blog about the trials I was facing but the lord clearly put it on my heart not to share at the moment they were happening like I was before. The lord respects us and I think he knows what needs to be heard by his people in the timing it is suppose to be given to have the greatest effect. Today on Sept 7 I feel it is time to come back online and share some of those trials and to begin putting out blogs again around life and its experiences and the joys of living a life trusting in the God to provide everything not just the things we want.

I think to summerize things in a nutshell is transitions are harder than we think. I went from a 24/7 job that had me constantly hooked up to every little thing that was happening via technology. My new life is far from that, it is quite, sometimes boring and provides a lot of reflection time. When you swing from one end of the spectrum to the other the trip between the two has a few bumps in it (Ok, more like a bunch of mountains and valleys in it). Often times I found myself trying to turn back to the old way where I knew or thought I knew how to act and feel. This transition wasn't just about Mike. It greatly effected Jodi and the girls each in our own ways and together as a family. For me it was the stuggle with the sense of purpose and what I was. This sounds like a simple thought but it caused a huge strain on my marriage and created a Mike who looked a lot like the LA Mike, quick to anger and unsure of himself. Through the fire of this God provided my with not only a wife but a great women of god who has great wisdom. She said to me, "You must embrace this time, if the greatest thing you do in a day is take care of my nieces and nephew then thats a pretty good day." That hit me like a ton of bricks. I was missing out on one of the major reasons why I'm here and what a waste it was letting the devil trample all over me. During this time I was making some bad choices in how I was living, that came to a quick end on a Friday morning early in August when I realized that I'm 44 not 22 and the devil was done messing with me. So now each day I get up and embrace the day for what it brings. I can say I have enjoyed doing a lot of cooking of some fancy meals for the girls, hanging out with my nieces and nephew and yes sometimes I enjoy just sitting around being bored. I take each experience and live it in the momment its happening, are there and will there be trials, yes, but the lord has shaped and molded me through the fire to handle them.

I have spent a lot of time out in the boat, as fall arrives plan to do some more fishing with the cooler weather and I have enjoyed racing and now the start of hockey season. Jodi's business has really taken off and is doing well. She enjoys her job at Angelina's and has networked a lot of contacts includinbg a possible job opportuity I am exploring. I wish she would write a blog on her story could really help all of us. Her world has completely shifted and changed and it is a much greater challenge than I have faced.

I can say right now I am living the life I wanted when I made the choice to leave my airline career. I love being in Minnesota, the cool and color of fall is in the air and the world just seems right at this moment. I was raised in the four seasons and where ever I have been that didnt have them I always felt a little out of kilter. Now I am back in sync with my internal clock. Guess winter is coming a huge flock of geese are flying over right now heading south?

I really enjoy writing these blogs, I hope you find something that will help you realize that if you trust only one thing in your life, no matter your past, trust the lord. He is always there, you can't make him mad and that sometimes the things you want may not be in his plan and that's ok because in the end his plan allows you to have a eternal life of happiness.

Have a blessed day in whatever your doing!!!