Code of Faith

I was up at 5am this morning and on the road by 6:30am.  The race started at 7:30am.  About 6:40 I found a traffic jam heading into downtown Fort Worth.  It was at this point I decided that if I race again, I will have someone drop me off.  Many people were getting out of their cars and running to the starting line while a family member or friend took over to get out of the traffic.

I drove around and found a spot where a parking meter used to be and hoped that the police would be too busy with traffic to give me a ticket.  I walked/jogged to the start line and made it with about three minutes to spare.
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The sun is at its highest and borders on unbearable.  I can feel the heat of the sun seeping through my clothing.  My lips are dry and all I taste is dust.  That same dust hangs in the air from the crowd moving in front of me.

I don’t know why I’ve been following this man around.  He came through Jericho a few weeks ago and was teaching and healing people.  I’ve never seen anything like it.  The leaders in the synagogue don’t teach like this.  They just give us rules and condemnation.  This man, they call him Jesus, even speaks against the Pharisees.  He claims to be the son of Man and I believe it.

Some of his teachings are encouraging.  He teaches that I should not be anxious.  God takes care of the birds and the flowers and He loves me so much more, so He will take care of my needs.  On the other side he teaches about repentance and perishing if I don’t.

Today was some of the hardest teachings I’ve ever heard.  He told us that if we don’t hate our family, our parents, and even our own lives, then we can’t be his disciples.  He said I have to bear my cross daily.  I have to renounce all
that I have to be his disciple.
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I woke up this morning and it was snowing. I walked around while at work today and it was snowing. I just came inside from playing in the snow. And it was still snowing. It looks like there is at least a half a foot of snow on the ground.  I drove to and from work and I wasn’t worried or complaining about being out in this.  I was actually enjoying it.  I guess it reminds me of my childhood. Also seeing your everyday landscape instantly transformed by a blanket of snow just affects your perspective. Read More

I picked up Getting Things Done by David Allen last summer and worked my way through about half the book. There were a lot of good things I picked out.

• I purchased a physical inbox and process everything in it every couple of days.
• I created a filing system and bought a label maker to simply the process.
• I made a moleskin replacement out of old plastic covers from a notebook and duct tape. I also got a pen, the Zebra F-301 Compact, which fits comfortably in my pocket.

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