Ran across this video yesterday and wanted to share. Enjoy!

Find what you love and pour your heart into it!

A perfect example is this guy in the video below. He is Shinji Saito, the 2011 YOYO World Champion. What really captivated me about his performance was the amount of fun he was having. You can tell this is his passion.

Check out the video, it’s worth your time..

The other night our power went out for several hours. When I was a kid, this was always exciting. My dad worked for the power company and sometimes I would get to go out on a trouble call with him.

This most recent time was not so exciting. This has been one of the hottest summers in years, so the last thing I wanted was to have to go to sleep in a pool of sweat.

It’s funny how things change over the years. I realize more and more that what we find exciting now may not always hold that same place in our hearts.

People change.
Circumstances change.
Cultures change.

Everything changes, but in that change, we are granted this wonderful gift of appreciation for where we are and what we are doing at this very moment in our lives.

Do not take for granted where you are now. Whether the situations you face are good or bad, the one thing you can bet on is that they will change.

What has changed recently in your life?

I love words.

In school, math was never really my thing. I was more interested in books (or sleeping, but that is a different story). Words captivate us. They can lift the heaviest heart and heal the deepest wound. They can incite romance (like mine do with my wife) or charge an army. Words can be overwhelmingly powerful…

But they can also be indescribably destructive. Relationships can be ruined by a few sharp words. People can be broken quickly and hurt deeply in just a few sentences.

Isn’t is funny how it takes so many more words to build someone up than it takes to tear them down. I write this as a reminder to myself and hopefully to you. Remember we are all born with one of the greatest tools of construction, but when used poorly, it becomes one of the greatest tools of  destruction. This power is simply the power of words.

Who have you built up today?

I recently took my dog, Reese, to a pet store here in town. It was one of those stores where you could take your pet inside, so i swallowed hard, and grabbed Reese. You see, he is not an ordinary dog. Ordinary dogs are calm, collected, and bring unlimited joy to thier owner. My dog is a storm of energy, ready to be released onto the unsuspecting public.

The entire time in the store, Reese’s legs never stopped moving. Luckily, the floor was slick cement, which meant that he could not catch any traction. I held on to his leash for dear life (and for the life of others). I’m pretty sure that while we were in there he ran enough to constitute atleast three full walks. It was actually quite impressive.

Spiritually, I feel like Reese sometimes (no, not short and furry). I am so anxious to run after what God has for me, but I remained tied down to old habits and unconfessed sins. The sad thing is, much like my dog, we get so use to the “leashes” in our lives holding us back, we forget they are there and wonder why we can’t move forward. In Christian culture we ofter call this hitting the ceiling or a spritiual wall. God really wants more for us than that. Thats why he says in 2 Corinthians 3:17:

Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

So, what’s holding you back? What habits are you holding onto? Are you living on a leash?

Saw this video yesterday and it blew be away. Check it out!

G.O.S.P.E.L. from Humble Beast Records on Vimeo.

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