I had some free time today while Megan was out working at a home show for her new sales job. I was kind of bored after watching TV, playing a video game for a while, eating some food. It felt good to relax on a Sunday afternoon after working all week, but I was bored after 4-5 hours of not really doing anything. I picked up a book I had started last week called I became a Christian, and all I got was this lousy t-shirt and starting reading a chapter about hunger. I was casually reading the book, throwing back a beer when the words in the chapter hit me hard. The guy who write the book, Vince, talks a hunger for God, and how he doesn't always stay hungry for God because he has a roving appetite. A roving appetite for other things in life like a new car, new job, new shows to watch on TV. It seems like every week I want to hungry for God but something comes up and I keep myself busy. It seems like I can't make myself hungry for God even though I really want to. Vince had some simple advice. He said maybe rather than trying to make yourself hungry for God, maybe you should ask God to make you hungry for God. He also said, maybe the only thing that will induce the hunger you need is eating. It inspired me to take some quiet time today to speak with God, and talk to him about how I spend my time. Then I went and played some darts with a lighter heart.

I thought it was funny that I was drinking a beer when I was reading today. Some of the people from my old church that I grew up in would probably say that reading a Christian book and drinking a beer would cancel each other out.

Wow, It's been a long, long time since I wrote something on this blog. I forgot that I started the blog until I saw the link on my Facebook page. There's been a lot of change in mine and Megan's lives over the past year. I graduated from graduate school and we moved shortly after that to Virginia Beach, so I could start my career as an occupational therapist. It was hard to leave our family and our friends in Michigan and try something new in VA Beach. We always said that we would move away when we were done with college.
It has been lonely some of the time down here. We spent a lot of Sunday's looking for a church to go down here. It's a weird experience being a new person at all kinds of churches when I'm used to welcoming new peeps into my church. There are some churches that are welcoming and other churches seem indifferent to you presence.
We found a church called Forefront in Va Beach. They have three places they meet including one in a bar on Tuesday night. They call themselves a church for people who don't like church. They focus on people 25-35 years old and say they are no perfect people aloud. They're website says their services are like Saturday night live, Scrubs, the Office, and live rock and roll thrown in a blender and all mixed up.
We got to have lunch with the pastor of the church campus we've been going to and he shared what Forefront is about. We hope to get plugged into one of their small groups and see where we can fit in.
I pray that we can make an impact here in Va Beach through our jobs and in peoples lives.