My 2008 Bucket List

At the very end of 2007 me and Trish #2 wrote out a list of everything that we had wanted to accomplish in 2008. The start of the 30 days to live series at Center Pointe got me thinking that we did not have a single thing on our list of things to accomplish in 2008 that pertained to God or Church, or about leading people to Jesus, or about even attending church because at the end of 2007 me and Trish had not been to church in at least a year or more. How would things have been different if our list would have been different? I honestly don't know, but to be honest with everyone I am glad that things turned out the way that they did. Had our list included finding a Church then me and Trish may have ended up in separate churches because she grew up in a Nazarene church and I grew up in a Baptist church. Center Pointe feels like home...all of the people are amazing. When I attended church before Center Pointe that's all it was just attending church, but now I want to be a part of something wonderful and life changing. Before when I just attending church I would wake up some Sunday's and just not feel like going to church and I would make excuses and then more weeks would pass with me missing church. But now I actually want to go to church, headache or no sleep I'm there. Since I have started at Center Pointe something has changed in me at least. Well when me and Trish first started going we missed a couple of Sunday's because of pre arranged plans, one of them being us going up to our friends house in Columbus. Well last Saturday night me and Trish visited our friends up in Columbus and stayed the night, and instead of making excuses as to why we can't go to church Sunday we were both discussing the reasons why we CANT miss church Sunday. Therefore me and Trish got up early and hit the road at 7:45am on Sunday to make the drive from Columbus so that we did not miss church on Sunday. We sure were tired but it was definitely worth it.

Anyway the point to all this is that I am really glad that me and Trish did not put anything God or Church related on our 2008 list, because I really do not think that things would have turned out the way that they have if we had included it on our list. I didn't put God by my side before like I do now, and if I had then he would have been on my list. He will definitely be on my list from now on.

2008 has been a really great year for me! Me and Trish have made this year about things that we have never done before, such as trying new things and stepping out of our box and our comfort zone.

Oh and I also wanted to add about Ray's message from this past Sunday and all of his talk about riding the drop zone at King's Island. I have a huge fear of falling. I have ridden the drop zone twice, the first time was because Trish told me that her Mom rode it and I figured that if her Mom did it then it shouldn't be that bad. I didn't like it at all and I am always afraid on those rides that the ride is going to break and my feet are going to go smashing into the crowd. I know I know its a little crazy of me to think like that. Well me and Trish are going to Disneyland on vacation and there is this elevator ride that drops you straight down picks you up again and repeatedly drops you again. I told Trish that there was no way she was getting me on it, but from listening to Ray I think I am going to live a little and face my fears and just do it! Yes yes Trish you heard me correctly.