October 30, 2006

• Pumpkin Carving 101 (part 1)

  
  The Real Jack O Lantern

  
  Spider (by: my aunt) & the rest by me!

  
  The Most Talented Pumpkin Carving Artists

  
  Trick O Treat

  
  Eyes are the greatest treats!

  Today was an absolutely gorgeous day; the perfect day to go to the pumpkin patch especially!  I had the joy of going pumpkin hunting with my 3 little cousins today!  I think in total we got about 8 pumpkins and we’re probably going back to get some more .  I always have a awesome time hanging out with them and today was most special as we all attempted to try something new in terms of designing pumpkins this year.  I ended up gutting most of the pumpkins since most of the kids didn’t like doing that part (well neither do I) but in this case I don’t mind doing it for them! =)  Did you know pumpkin carving actually takes a fair amount of time?  I think I spent about a total of 3 or 4 hours gutting, cleaning and cutting the darn things!  But I had a blast doing it!  I hope to have a couple more to post later on this week but well see!

  So for Halloween, I still don’t have a costume yet, hahaha and Halloween is tomorrow!  I’ll think of something I’m sure.  I don’t really need to buy one since I don’t plan on going out or anything but I didn’t want to look lame when the kids come to our place and ask…”what are you for halloween?”  Uh…Steve!  Lame costume! hahahah  Anyways, I’m trying to think of something quick, easy and inexpensive! 

  On a more serious note…these past couple of weeks I feel like God has been speaking into my life a lot lately through other people, experiences and through life’s challenges.  Sunday morning at church I was listening to our pastor who was delivering a sermon about the crippled man who sat in the temple for thirty eight years unable to do what most of us take for granted everyday, our ability to walk and see!  The most profound part that struck me was Jesus’ question…”Do you want to get well?”  Well, duh!  Of course!  Why wouldn’t I want to get well?  Seems like a no brainier question right?  But Jesus always has something deeper with his words that dig deeper beyond what many of us fail to initially see.  Interestingly, Pastor Jamie asked the question again that Jesus’ stated…”Do we REALLY want to get well?”  Surprisingly, not all of us would say yes!  Jesus’ is obviously acknowledges its more than a physical thing but it involves the not only our bodies but our mind and soul.  So I guess I have to ask myself the question once again….”Do I really want to get well?”  Yes and No!  Why No you ask?  Because a lot of us don’t let Jesus into areas of our lives where we need welness so yes we want to get well but we often say yeah but maybe later!  We keep giving God the reign check for welness for a later date!  Pastor Jamie pointed out that so many of us are convinced that with all the junk we have in our lives this is just the way we are and we can’t change, can’t be healed or transformed but it’s those little voices of lies that seek to destroy us and make us believe we are trash, garbage and a disgrace.  We often believe this, I know I do a lot of times and I don’t realize it!  God wants us to become well again.  The question doesn’t seem so straightforward as before does it?  Do you want to get well?  I do, but I need to be willing, because the doctor is there to heal us; we just need have faith to believe He can make us well again!  Even if we have piles of junk in our lives, He doesn’t forsake us!  That’s Love no one in this world can fully comprehend! 

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