Last night something beautiful happened; I had a Chuck sandwich! Yes, that’s right folks, last night Chuck finally came back. What’s more? There were two episodes of Chuck with an episode of Trumpy “Bad Hair” McChumpy in between (I opted for a DVR’d copy of Battlestar Galactica during that show). I missed Chuck. It is easily my favorite show and I was bent when it ended last year.
Chuck is far and away the best new show on TV. Say what you will about The Office or Grey’s Anatomy or any of the other hip shows out there. Chuck is perfect. The characters are likable and fun. The actors deliver their dialogue with just the right amount of cheese (too much cheese can ruin any kind of sandwich). The writing is spot on; witty yet heartfelt at the same time. The actors have fantastic chemistry. Oh, and Adam Baldwin is nails. The only thing I don’t like about the show is the same fault I find with many TV shows; the guest “stars”. Most of the time these guests totally crash the party. The delivery chick from last night’s second show just flat out sucked! Other than that, Chuck is the show to watch people. I also appreciate the fact that it is fairly clean. Go get some Chuck.
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Trusting God has always been pretty easy for me. At least, that is what I thought. You see, there have been challenging times in my life that I have gone through and many of which I have not lost a minute of sleep over. When I married Cheri I had perfect peace that she was the girl God picked for me. I was right. When we uprooted our lives and moved to Austin to help start a church I trusted that He wanted us to do it and He would take care of us because we trusted. He has blessed us greatly. And when we bought our house we trusted God would provide for us. We budgeted for both of our incomes and when Cheri lost her job it kind of threw that out the window. I didn’t panic, I trusted God. She has been without work for 2 months now and we have been just fine. We aren’t setting the world on fire and we certainly won’t be able to retire soon but the bills are getting paid and we can still afford to go to dinner and a movie every so often.
This morning, in men’s prayer, God let me know what a buffoon I am. I was praying for the children in the church. As I prayed for them I thanked Him for not giving us a child before we were ready (but really, is anyone ever really ready for a child?). Cheri and I will be married for three years in April. We decided we would talk about trying to have a kid sometime after we were married for two years. About four or five months ago we decided to go off of birth control and just let it happen if it happens. So, for the past four or five months I have trusted God to do what would be best for us. For the previous two-plus years I made sure I was in control. Really? There is no pill or patch that will keep God from giving you a child if that is what He wants. I really believed I was in control. What do you think? Do you think you are in control by taking birth control? Even abstinence can’t keep God from giving you a child if He wants to. Don’t believe me? Ask Mary.
My point is not to be an advocate for or against birth control. My point is to be an advocate for trusting in God. I want to trust Him with everything, big and small. This revelation was a step in the right direction.
