by David Docusen | December 30, 2009 | Uncategorized
I have just started reading Mark Batterson’s new book, Primal: A Quest for the Lost Soul of Christianity. I have made it through about thirty pages and I had to put it down for a bit. Don’t want to fly past all of the things that I feel like God is doing in me right now.
I can easily say that the first 30 pages of this book have challenged me more than any other (non-Bible) reading I have done this year. In a good way. I can feel myself really digging deep to try to get to the core of who I am in Christ. I’ll write more about this book in the coming week, but for now, I need to put it down and digest the challenge of getting back to the primal conviction of compassion.
Simply put: What makes me glad, sad or mad? And what am I doing about it?
by David Docusen | December 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
I was talking with a friend recently that has been exploring his faith. He has been around church for a long time, but never actually took the step of inviting Christ into his heart as Lord and Savior. I’ll never forget when he looked at me and said, “David, I guess you can’t kinda be pregnant. You either are or you’re not. So, no, I’ve never asked Christ to come into my heart.”
“You can’t kinda be pregnant. You either are or you’re not.” So true.
The moment that my friend text messaged me on Christmas night is burned into my memory forever. He had accepted Christ into his heart! You can’t kinda be saved. You either are or you’re not.
All praise to God for this amazing Christmas night text!
by David Docusen | December 25, 2009 | Uncategorized
A huge nod to Kip from Napoleon Dynamite here as I say over and over again, “I love technology…”
Dara and I got on Skype tonight with my family in Florida to let them see the kids open their Christmas presents. It was so much fun to use (free) technology to let our babies feel like they were with my family even though we’re 500 miles away. It’s hard being away from them during the holidays, but it sure was fun sharing those moments as the kids got so excited opening their presents.
I love technology!
by David Docusen | December 25, 2009 | Uncategorized
One of the things that I have been challenged by lately is the fact that one of my roles as a husband and father is to creatively think about making memories as a family. I want my kids to grow up with traditions that we look forward to each year.
One tradition that we have is getting together with Dara’s extended family on Christmas Eve each year. It’s always so much fun to get together with family. So comfortable.
We started another tradition today that we plan on keeping every year: Cracker Barrel with the kids on Christmas Eve morning. We all love Cracker Barrel and it’s just fun to get out of the house for a little bit because so much of these two days are spent inside.
We loaded the kids in the car and were all set to embark on our new tradition. Then we realized the battery in our van was dead. Talk about timing! It was all good, and actually made for a funny memory.
I look forward to keeping holiday traditions as the kids continue to get older. I also look forward to making new traditions in the years to come.
by David Docusen | December 20, 2009 | Uncategorized
We woke up this morning to find that Jack (two years old) had woken up before us this morning, snuck downstairs and opened up one of the newly wrapped presents under the tree.
Only problem? He opened my dad’s present!
