November 28, 2009

I Love Thanksgiving

Every year I'm reminded just how much I love my family. Thanksgiving is a time we all get together and celebrate. We celebrate life, we celebrate family, and everything else God has given us. So what am I thankful for?

I am so blessed to have an amazing, beautiful, and very Godly wife. Not to mention she is a genius! Seriously, this year she has accomplished more than many people do in a lifetime.

I am thankful for the cutest, most loving little boy that anyone can ask for. Micaiah has been just a blessing to Cyndi and I. To know that God has an amazing thoughtful plan for this guy's life just blows my mind. I never knew I could love anyone other than Cyndi so much. Cyndi has amazed me in the role of being a Mom...it just makes me love her even more.

I'm so blessed to have a unique family that is so full of fun, joy, and loads of drama. It is right that you can't choose your family and I don't think I ever would want to. I am also blessed to have such awesome friends. Really, my friends tend to be a lot like my family to me.

God, thank you for such an awesome life! Thank you for blessing me beyond belief and when storms come along, thank you for being there to protect us! Happy Thanksgiving!

November 11, 2009

Random Thoughts and Updates

Okay so we've been busy not only in the Brown household but also at LifeGate Church.
Here are just a few randoms and updates:
  • We keep seeing more and more new faces at LifeGate...God is doing something BIG and we're gonna bust some major barriers real soon.
  • Doing a series at church called The Blessed Life. I'm being blown away by it. GREAT REMINDER that our money is not ours, everything we have is God's and He allows us to use it, but He does require 10% back to Him.
  • Spent some time at KY prayer focus group this week. Pastor Larry Stockstill was there and blew me away!
  • Micaiah is 9 months old and completely mobile, will probably be walking soon and eating table foods...where has the time gone.
  • Classes are going GREAT. Being challenged deeply but loving it.
  • My friends the Nelms' are in the country (they are missionaries in Nicaragua) and coming to visit us soon!
  • Been trying to figure out some fundraising for LifeGate and for a trip I'm taking to Jamaica in January
  • My wife turned 26 this month. By the way she is such an encourager!!!
  • Finally, God has been turning my world upside down with such a passion for people's lives to be radically changed for Jesus. Not only those who are far from God, but those who may have forgotten about His calling on their lives!!
I love what God is doing!!!