Chris's Musings

My friends, I was able to obtain one of the sought-after, prized "numbers" for the Peachtree Road Race next Friday :). Thank you Lorana!!! Only downside: Time group 9. I'll be drinking a LOT of water. I'm praying for rain.

This was really well done... :)

This morning as I am sitting down to have my quiet time (and) to also prepare for my small group discussion on Ephesians, God showed me something really cool. I thought I would share :). We are, this week, in Ephesians 4:1-16, where Paul is transitioning from (in my honest opinion) one of the best descriptors of our high calling, position, and value in Christ into the practical "how do you apply this in your world?" section. This should be a cool section, because we as guys are into action even though I love the "look at who you really are" stuff :). So, I'm reading through this section and I get to verse 7, which says: "But to each one of usgrace has been given as Christ apportioned it..." And then describes our calling to be unified and to reflect Him through our gifts. Earlier in this letter, Paul uses the word "grace" in a very similar way: "Surely you have heard about the administration of God's grace that was given to me f

The last two weeks for me have been quite a blur...  that's what happens when you are traveling like crazy and are juggling about 4 things simultaneously between work, career, social, travel, etc...  It's also meant that blogging time has come at a premium for me.  Since I had a (in my mind) a fairly interesting couple of weeks, I'd imagine that I'd log them. The Monday prior to Memorial Day...  This was, prior to last Thursday, the last day that I've spent in the ATL.  I had planned my travel around the Memorial Day holiday to fly to Houston from Dallas to see family and friends (and get good Tex-Mex, also at a premium in Atlanta).  Somehow because of some strange reason, I had to go to the Atlanta (aka - John's Creek) office of Teradata to work.  Work went by, as work days do... a few conference calls, time to get deliverables knocked out, etc. etc.  Finishing up the day, I completed the evening by finding a really cool friend to watch my cat while I was gone