Monkey Butts, Chicken McNuggets, and other amazing things...

"You sir, have the butt of a monkey." - this is what I've been saying to my nephew for many years.  Translated it means - there is no way I will ever be able to express to you that you are my hero.

Over a decade ago, on Christmas Eve, my nephew received a heart transplant
Today he laid flat and still in the hospital after going through an annual heart cath
All good.  All good.

5'8"
127 lbs.
Singing Lady Gaga, Queen, and Ozzy Osbourne out loud (really need to talk with him about music preferences...) - not really caring if anyone heard him or not
12 Chicken Nuggets and a order and a half of french fries (never have figured out how a Children's Hospital condones a McDonald's in the lobby) - and still hungry
Making everyone in the hospital laugh...hard

Enjoying every heartbeat like it was a gift

This is why he is my hero
This is what I hope I'm learning from him

God is always moving through our lives
Whether we understand His ways or not
Always moving

That is what Senor Monkey Butt taught me today

We walk everyday in the shadows of amazing...
Sometimes we even notice it

Sides

French fries or steamed veggies
Coke or Pepsi
Democrat or Republican


Uber cutey, Mccute werewolf boy or Ultra cutey, McCute bloodsucker
(All apologies to fans of Twilight...wait, who am I kidding - I don't care)


All too often sides are chosen based off of preference and not principle.  And that is when it can get ugly.  Emotions run so high that we can develop a "my side is right at all cost" mentality.


That is when the folks on the other side become stupid
That is the point where character is not only called into question - it is a target of destruction.


Sides are chosen all the time and in all places
Government
Home
School
Work
Church

And then this, while Joshua was there near Jericho: He looked up and saw right in front of him a man standing, holding his drawn sword. Joshua stepped up to him and said, "Whose side are you on—ours or our enemies'?"

He said, "Neither. I'm commander of God's army. I've just arrived." Joshua fell, face to the ground, and worshiped. He asked, "What orders does my Master have for his servant?"

Joshua 5:13-14

Forget about my preferences, what are my orders?

I want to be with that guy