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Per Wikipedia:   Christmas (Old English: Crīstesmæsse, meaning "Christ's Mass") is an annual commemoration of the birth of Jesus Christ and a widely observed holiday, celebrated generally on December 25 by billions of people around the world.

  What makes your life interesting? Think about it for a moment and please, please respond to this post with something.      My life is made up of small "something’s" daily that makes it interesting. I try to notice things as I am out in public and it never fails. I don’t go rock climbing, I don’t snowboard, and I have a mountain bike that has fewer miles on it than car with square wheels. So basically I'm boring, in a nutshell, but I’m going to list a few things that I found striking delightful over the past few days:

         Last week Sprint had some kind of failure in their connectivity which restricted my text messaging. It's amazing how much I rely on my texts to communicate these days. I had at one point even considered going out to purchase a new phone just to accommodate. Text messaging is like an addiction to most people, myself included. It pained me to call people on the phone, which in return made me realize something about myself. I hate talking to people! Yes I know it's rude, but conversation has shortly become a nuisance to people in this day and age. Why speak when you can send an email or a short text message? 

     I got the opportunity to travel to Philadelphia, PA this past week and as much as it pains me to travel out of town I am grateful that I get these chances to see things (for free!!!) that I would normally never get to see. Here is Philly there are some pretty interesting place to visit. First off this was "the place" that our country was formed. So to look at it now it is hard to imagine a bunch of men sitting around a table or probably a pub saying let's just form our own country. I mean think about it. Here these guys were willing to take on the world's largest and one of the oldest superpowers at the time. If only they knew then that we would be bailing Britain out of two world wars 150 years later right! But to walk around the same area and footsteps as George Washington, Ben Franklin, and John Hancock, the world’s most famous signature, and take all of that in was pretty moving. Not to mention that the place I am working is right next door to the PA Masonic...

I was very reluctant to give out this recipe but here you go. SERVINGS: 10PREP TIME: 10 MINUTESCOOK TIME: 20 MINUTESTOTAL TIME: 30 MINUTES INGREDIENTS: 2 lbs Frozen Corn 16 oz Cream Cheese, softened 1 stick Butter, ½ cup), divided ¾ cup Heavy Whipping Cream or Half-and-half 1 tsp Garlic 1 tsp Pepper 1 tsp Salt ¼ tsp Chili Powder ¼ tsp Paprika ½ cup Diced Canned Jalapenos, no juice 6 slices Bacon, chopped (optional DIRECTIONS: I cook my corn on the stove top with 1/2 stick (1/4 cup) of the butter and let it get nice and crispy. You might want to drain the butter out after. In a saucepan melt your cream cheese, remaining 1/2 stick butter, cream, and seasonings and stir until it becomes smooth, then add diced jalapenos and bacon. Once you have the corn and sauce cooked, mix together in a large serving bowl until combined. HELPFUL TIPS: In the summer time I use corn on the cob and cook it on the grill with some hickory wood, and it adds a good flavor to ...

         How arrogant can one man be? Here I am telling anyone who wants to read it about how I forgave my wife. This was the woman that God gave me, to protect, lead, and most of all love. But here I was bragging in a sense about how hard it was for ME, like she owed me something. Who was I to do such a thing? I had forgotten about the man I had been for the last 8 years. I had sat in the spiritual passenger seat while my wife tried to be the glue of my family and when it all broke down I blamed her. Well let me tell you about my wife:

     It was July 19th and I sat on a bench in the Grapevine Mills mall with three tickets to the Aquarium in my hand. I called my wife and asked her to pray for me. I was so scared I was shaking and my stomach started to hurt. I thought several times of changing my mind and running away. But as I prayed and thought of my wife praying for me I knew I had to trust in God and man up. It was admittedly awkward at first getting to meet Avery for the first time. She was grown and she just thought I was this random guy. I hadn’t spoken to her in person for her entire life and I can only imagine what was going on in that little head of hers. But at the end of that day I felt so relieved to have finally met her. It made me think of my girls back home and how much they were alike. It also made me ask myself why? Why did I run from this little girl who was funny, and beautiful and awesome to be around? I guess I would have to compare it to how we run from God. It is our own fear...