Not so fast

"For my thoughts are not your thoughts,

neither are your ways my ways,"

declares the Lord.

Do you ever get discouraged because you are not hearing from God? Here is some advice, keep it to yourself. Do not go to God about it because He may have you do something you may not be ready to do. I was in church last Sunday and asking God to speak to me. I needed guidance and direction in my life. The strike has lasted a month and I was laid off for three weeks prior to that, so needless to say we are starting to get a little concerned. So I am sitting in church and God says fast! Now with the extra weight I carry fasting couldn't hurt but He says fast through Thanksgiving. I say sure i can fast until Thanksgiving. No, He says, I said through Thanksgiving. Now wait a minute God, you do not understand. No, Chris, you do not understand. You want to hear from me then do what I say. Crap! Can't you just let me flip open my Bible and let me read something? FAST! OK. So I fast and God speaks. Not what I want to hear but what I need to hear. Man is God good. He lets us know exactly what we need to know and exactly when we to know it. I now have a new understanding, and a new direction. Thanks God. I do not have time or space to tell what was said, if you get a chance ask me.

Have a great Thanksgiving! Don't get too caught up in the rush to forget to thank God. And if you get a chance, FAST.

By the way, after about 56 hours of fasting God said go ahead. He released me to eat. I guess He was seeing if I was willing.

Thoughts from the picket line

OK, while standing on the picket line I noticed a few things that one may not know. We are standing on Brookville road which is a fairly busy street on the south side of Indianapolis. Did you know about 35% of people driving are on the phone? It was amazing to me how many people are talking to someone while driving. I use my phone alot while driving but I thought I was the exception, I guess i am not. Women driving alone tend to honk at strikers more than men or women driving with passengers. Maybe they are flirting or maybe they are afraid they will get an egg thrown at them if they don't honk. Bosses I have had for 13 years must not be able to recognize me outside of the plant because when they drive in or out they do not wave or even nod, they just keep looking straight ahead without looking at anyone. The union sucks/the company sucks. If I am freezing my a$$ offf with insulated carharts how does a homeless guy feel? If you smile at people they tend to honk more.

Just to let you know, God is great and He will be glorified through this situation. He already is being glorified even as i write this.

If you hear of any jobs, let me know.

Halloween

We enjoyed Halloween with our great friends once again this year. This makes the the fifth year in a row we have spent Halloween with the Krajewski family. It is great to have friends to hang out with and to create memories with for our children. The kids will always remember who we were with on Halloween. This time Susie and Nicole took the kids out while Jeff, Larry Mitchell and I passed out the candy. It was nice sitting on the front porch talking to those two.




I just wanted to add this picture to show how the boys interact with each other. Sure they argue and fight once in awhile but they mostly get along and enjoy each other. We sure have been blessed with these two. I thank God for bringing them into my life.


I am still on strike!! It does not look good. But God will still be glorified and I trust Him to take care of us in His own way.