So, I've been studing a person's purpose in life, and to say that it's confusing is a understatement.  If u have a study bible look up predestination and u come up with 3 verses.  Doesn't it seems sometimes that the most important questions you have are the ones that have the least answers?  Now if you believe that God exists and he thought of you even before you existed, then isn't it logical to believe that He had a plan for your life?  I keep trying to figure out how I fit into the plan and how did He know what I am ment to be.   I think that the easiest way to visualise this is a huge puzzle.  When a puzzle is made the whole picture is printed then the pieces are stamped out.  We are the pieces and God created the picture and then stamped out each of us.  He knows where we go and how we align in the picture.  The problem arises when we decide that our piece belongs in the wrong place.   Think about when your doing a puzzle you start by doing the frame of the puzzle but then you start to fill in the interior you start picking up piece after piece and seeing if it fits. You try so hard to make those pieces fit, but no matter how hard we try the pieces have a specific place and purpose in the puzzle.  Some pieces are easy to place and other pieces just never seem to have a home.  Some pieces never make sense until the puzzle is almost completed.
I see this as a two part resolution in each of our lives, one being how we fit into the large picture of life and the other being our walk with God in our personal life.  So maybe not only are we a piece in a large puzzle but our piece is a puzzle itself.
So have you figured out what your piece is?  Will we ever figure it out?  How often do you spend in conversation with God to ask the important questions, and are you willing to accept the answers when they are given?  
May God open our hearts and minds to his voice.  May he change us to accept his plan. I ask that you Father place your pieces, for you are the only one that truely knows each of us and our purpose that u written for us.

God Bless, ROC

Sitting around watching t.v. last night with my beautiful wife, and saw something that kinda slapped me on the face(two things actually but I might save one for later).  There was a commercial on for match.com.  Their slogan is 'the #1 place for love'.  Then I really started thinking, for some reason, about all the other dating services on the internet.  Matching people to people and lives to lives.  I started thinking what if the christian body had something like that but everyone ended with God as their ultimate match?  Or someone started a church match.com  you put in ur values and ideas, and 'poof' there is ur perfect match for a place to call home.  Sounds kinda crazy but hey crazy things seem to fly now-a-days.  Do you think that a computer can find u ultimate love?  If we did have something like this for christians  would your ultimate match be God?  Do you think that if you put ur values and ideas in a small little box that it could give you the best place to worship with friends?  Me personally I think that it would fall short.  It takes that personal side out of it, doesn't it?
Just some things that u can think about
Ok now to the second slap of the night,  once again watching t.v. with my beautiful wife, and we happened to watch a new show called 'Love Monkey'.  All in all it was a pretty good show.  In last night's show, the main character, Tom, has everything going for him(i.e. great job, a gurl, and a purpose in life).  In one day all that is taken away because he spoke his mind.  Well just before he gets fired from his job he was looking at a new music talent to bring to the label company he worked for.  We tried wining and dining the kid.  And the kid wasn't impressed at first.  Another rep from Toms old company then plans on wining and dining the kid more.  Tom intervenes and takes this young kid on a back alley tour of new yorks music world( different  places from the apartments used on a Zepplin album to CBGB, a place were all the greats have played.)  Tom didn't talk about deals or what he could do for the kid, they just spent time.  Well fast forward to the end  Tom is trying to start his own label and was trying to get the kid to come with him.  Tom then realizes that it was time to do what was best for the kid and told him to sign with a established label.  Ends up that Tom's friend signed the kid and then hires Tom to be the kids producer.  Sorry now for my point,  a relationship between Tom and the kid was built not on the wining and dining but on the kid saw that Tom truely cared about him. Sound familar to any one?  Isn't that one of our Paradigms that we are learning?  No one will listen unless they think u care about them.  Remember it's not always what u can get from another, it's the acceptance for the person that counts the most.........God  Bless ROC

Ok so it's 6 days into the new year......Things are supposed to be renewed and fresh.....then why is it that when you go into a store or doctor's office that people can't even give you a smile anymore....let alone not looking like I'm putting them out of their place by asking them to do their jobs?   Misty and I had to go to the hospital last friday to have Rayden's blood drawn to check if she was Jaundice.  We were told the night before to come back in to have the test.  We get home after the test and the doctor's office calls to tell us that we had to go have the test that We just had taken.  Then nurse asks us what the results were...we say ur the doctor's officer u tell us and she says well I'll call ya back in awhile.  5 days later she calls us back to ask us why we didn't get another blood draw on saturday...um maybe cuz we were never told too?  We then went to the office today for Rayden's first check up....after showing up 15min early for our 830 appointment....we filled out the paperwork...had it turned in by our 830 appointment......sat for 10 mins in the waiting room....4 other people were seen that came in after us.....talked to the front desk that by the way is the same lady that was supposed to give us a call back 'in awhile'.......was told that our appointment wasn't until 900 they just told us our appointment was at 830 because of the paperwork that we had to fill out.  Now luckily we finally got seen and got to speak with the Doctor.....He has no clue what had happened.  He says he is going to try to fix all the things.  all fine and dandy I guess.....but my big thing is customer service is dead.   I think that's why I love the church I go.  They make you feel like u are more then the money in your pocket or what ever u can bring to the table.  They make you feel unique.  I guess that's what I feel customer service is all about  making each person feel unique in some way.  Sorry for ranting and raving.....I hope everyone is doing ok and I will be at the meeting next monday......and Cody I really appreciated the 'dash' and I also really appreciate you understanding how busy things have been......I try to get back on track and hopefully have a time and place on sat or mon.   Peace Bro.........Oh hey and Misty and Rayden are doing great......God Bless ROC

Ok, so it's been awhile, but I have a few and thought that I would put a few things down.  Last night I once again got to experience the Love of a Father.  Last Night at 6:33pm  the Lord blessed our family with Rayden Lynn.  She is so beautiful.  My eyes welled up and my heart skipped a beat when I first got to see her.  I can only imagine the Love that God has for me and in fact for everyone.  To imagine how many times His eyes have been wet with tears and how often his heart skips.  Think of it, some know and love HIM, but He knows and loves us all.  And then add on that He Loves You and knows You personally.  It just humbles me in ways that I can't put into words.  I pray that I can be the very person he has planned me to be.  Well I have to go and head back to the Hospital and be with Misty and Rayden.  God Bless  ROC