My Birthday

Another birthday.  Thank you to my wife and children who constantly shower me with love and affection and make it a special day for me.  My wife bought me the wonderful coat above so that we can match in our winter coats.  Aren't we cute?

Cast of Characters

Cast of Characters: Common People in the Hands of an Uncommon God by Max Lucado

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


Man is flawed. God is not. God will use all of us flawed human beings if we choose to be obedient.

Max writes a series of chapters of various characters throughout the Bible, trying to help us see them in a different light...maybe more the way we would see these people today. It is extremely difficult to not use our hindsight and color the people of the Bible with the indicators of what we know they will accomplish. By retelling some of the stories, you can take that spin away slightly and recognize how far many people had fallen when God picks them up to use them in amazing ways.

It is with that knowledge, that hope, that all of us can take our next step each day.

I may not have loved the book, but I do love the message that is in it. For many people, this might be exactly what they need to read. They will connect to it in a way that many other books won't connect with them. After all,
"If God can find a place for them [the characters in the Bible]...He just might have a place for us too."

Boys began basketball

The boys began basketball yesterday, which will keep either or both Kristen and I pretty busy on Saturdays for the next several months.
Jacob is excited and they will mainly do drills and teach the boys the basic skills to build upon.  We will see how it goes.
For Jaden, I have to say that it seemed that things went well for week 1, but I am keeping things in context considering he told me that he had no interest in playing basketball.  You have to know that those words were like a sucker punch to the kidneys for dear old dad.  I mean, come on!  A Moffitt...One of my boys saying that they are not wanting to play basketball?!  I am not really sure how we will handle that.  Hopefully the game bug will bite him for my sake :)

Ultimately, whatever he wants to do will be fine of course, but please don't make me mourn the loss of my son following more in my footsteps this early.  I would like to wallow in fantasy land a little longer.

Euphoric

Per the dictionary...exhibiting or experiencing "a feeling of happiness, confidence, or well-being sometimes exaggerated in pathological states as mania."


A new favorite word for me.

Princess

Today as Jude watched his mom brush her hair he said, "Mom you look like a princess."

Guess we know that he is going to be a sweet talker as he grows up ;)

Obsessed

Obsessed by Ted Dekker

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


This seemed different to me than the other Dekker novels I have read. Interesting, a bit slower, but different. Maybe the topic of obsession just didn't connect with me or I just did not connect with characters as well as I have in the past but I had a hard time staying in sync with the choices made by almost all of the characters. It just didn't seem feasible.
That being said, this still ends up as an entertaining story...though you have to wait it out until the very end...and I do appreciate the point that he comes around to on how much God loves us. It doesn't take a long time to get through it, and if you like Dekker, then it is probably worth it. Otherwise, I might opt for something else.