Are You In The Slow Club?

A while ago, I started this thing in my youth group.  We call it the slow club.  I got the idea from a guy named Marc Yaconelli who spoke at a youth minister’s conference I went to.  He got the idea from his son so I can’t take credit for it, but I can use it. 

Anyway, In classes and other events I know start off with the slow cub.  The whole idea of the slow cub is that we talk about times during our week where we slowed down and saw God.  Some of the teens have yet to get the point of what we are doing, but the more we do it the more teens get it.  I saw all this become I had a profound slow club moment for me this week. 

The week started out like any other, but Lydia got called for jury duty.  Everything was still normal until she was pick for the trial.  The problem with all this is that we have Bible camp next week and she is supposed to go.  When I found out that she had been picked even though she told them that she had camp, I was furious.  She was not trying to get out of it by saying this like I hate America or I am prejudice, like some people actually did, but she was honest and kind,probubly why she got picked.  So after I calmed down, I spent the rest of the day with Lydia.  It was awesome!  We talked and just spent time together.  I look back at now and reallize that even though something bad happened, God used it as a time to grow closer to Lydia and make our marriage stronger.

So now, you might be saying, “but where is the slow club part?”  Well, I am writting this the next day after the great night with my wife and it did not occur to me how great last night was until I slowed down and thought about what I would blog about.  Last night was almost just another night with my wife to me, becausae I slowed down and thought about it I realized how special it was because Lydia and I have been so busy.  I also would not have noticed that God gave us what seemed like a bad thing in Jury duty, but turned it into a great chance to see that Love that God intended a marriage to have.  This means so much to me because we live in a world that is making marriage less and less important.

So, let me ask you now.  Are you in the Slow Club?

Cruise

Hey, I have not been Blogging, but here we go.  I am going to try and keep up this time.  Last weekend Lydia and I went on a cruise and let me tell you it was amazing.  It was so nice not to have to drive somewhere or get directions, but to just hangout and enjoy our vacation. 

One thing that really hit me was the beauty of everything.  I could not get over it.  The water was amazing and the beaches were awesome.  The sky was unbelievable.  Everything was just so beautiful.  As I looked at all this I wondered how you could say that God didn’t make it.  How could all this just happen by evolution or whatever theory you want to use.  Everything was made by God.  There is no chance that everything just fits so perfectly and looks so amazing.  We as humans can’t even come close to making what God has made.  He created it all and I am so thankful that he allowed me to see his creation on my cruise.