thankful thursday.......

today I am thankful for the Holy Spirit. I was asked to fill in this sunday at church and I really felt like I should come up with a new message instead of digging out an old one.......so I prayed all week and this morning the Holy Spirit came through and gave me one. I love it when you can feel the Holy Spirit move. so Lord willing, this sunday will be awesome. hopefully i we be used by God in a great way. well TTFN!



Peace out
sam

quick post

the best thing about the night time..........is definately when maya lays her head on my shoulder and reaches around the other side of my head and holds my ear. one of my greatest moments of the day is when i get a chance to visit maya on my lunch break. speaking of breaks, this one is over......i better get going. to all who read this post, let your spouse know how much you care about them today.

peace out,
sam

things are looking up!

today I (secretly...shhhh) started the love dare. I find myself looking for positive things to say. so on day one I decided i am going to do everything in my power to tame the tongue. this is a noble task only to be undertaken by the purest of hearts. Satan loves to get us christians to use our venomous vocals when ever possible. I would bet that the majority of us never take in to consideration how much our words define who we are ......out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

so things are looking up in the Shaffer household, well except for maya's constant defiance of any and all authority. sarah's evening job has tested me in ways I cannot explain. it isn't having the kids all evening that tests me, it is not having sarah around. I feel like our marriage has suffered and the more time we spend apart the more we drift away from each other. So I am praying that the Love Dare will quicken our marriage and renew the passion that first drew us together.

so to the 2 blogger friends I have, pray hard for me and my wife as we undergo yet another difficult part of our life.

peace out
sam

WORK WORK WORK!!!

Well here I am, it is 2:30 pm on Sunday and am sitting in the breakroom wishing I would have been able to be at church. Praise Jesus that this is the last Sunday I have to work for a while. Today I would like to spend some time talking about one of my favorite people, Maya Jane Shaffer. This little unbelieviably cute ball of sassiness has been starting to be quite onery lately. and even though maya has been not a perfect angel, I find myself becoming increasingly comforted during our evenings together. the fits, the crying, the "NO DADDA NAUGHTY!", every little thing that she does wrong pales in comparison to when she lays her head on me and says"I love you Daddoo". At that point I completely melt and just want to hold her and never let her go.

I am especially thankful for maya today because even though she was a complete brat yesterday when mommy took here to get pictures, I still (without hesitation) loved her and held her as if she were a perfect angel.

BTW.......Carly, thank you for always commenting on my blog. I am a horrible blogger and you post comments even more than my wife.





Peace out.

sam

thankful thursday

today I am thankful for the TRUTH!!!

truth and honesty are two of the best traits I have ever found in a friend. last night after i was done teaching a bible study, one of the men told my father-in-law that I should be the new pastor. I was floored. I have been praying for exactly that. I know that GOD knows what is best and He is always right on time. And GOD's TRUTH is so prevelant in my life and my work and my ministry that I feel HIM guiding my every step and every word. I am so thankful for Jesus, who is constantly teaching me humility ( last week I had to shovel horse manure out of the drain pits at work). I have learned to let my pride go and just let GOD lead. PEACE OUT!!

sam.

crap at work

I have been putting up with mega-crap at work. sorry it has been so long since my last post. I work with a bunch of guys who don't pull their weight and the one that does is leaving! anywho jesus will see me through and protect my sanity. I just have to remember to keep dancing in the rain!!

peace
sam

Finally it is Friday!!!

Friday comes allong but only once in a week, and though we scurry around in our feeble attempts to wrap up our busy week's plans so we can enjoy our weekend, lets try to enjoy the day as if it were our last. Tim McGraw sang a song "live like you were dying". It is about waiting until you are dying before you really live. I prefer a song by 33 Miles called "One life to love". it has a similar synopsis. If today were my last day what would I want my loved ones to know? That in itself is simple, i would want them to know the saving Grace of Jesus Christ. Secondly, I want my wife to know that she is it!! no one has ever touched me the way she has. Moreover, I would want my children to know I love them. Live your life with the intent of never getting another day. The Bible says, boast thou self not of the morrow, Thou knowest not what a day may bring forthour life is like a vapor, it appeareth for a little while then vanisheth away(that is my paraphrase). Remember our plans are not His plans.

I know this is kind of a ramble, but that is what my brain is like. I see it one way in my head and when it comes out it is totally different.

So on fridays, i propose we live like it is our last, afterall our Savior died on a friday.