Firemen

Today I was driving Dawnee home from the pool in Eagle Rock... got off the exit, and right there on the corner of Alvarado and Glendale were 3 or 4 firefighters, all going up to cars with these boots trying to get people to put money in the boots to raise money for some sort of a cause.

I bet all the homeless people that typically stand at that same exact corner asking for money were a bit upset that they couldn't go to work today. For whatever reason, I find it interesting that the Fire Department took a page out of the homeless's book. I just wanted to share.

J-Cub

Santa Barbara

Dawn and I spent Easter Sunday in Santa Barbara with Kenny and Deborah Jones and their lovely children... one of the greatest families on the planet... its so nice living in LA where its easy to go and see them sometimes... yet sad to me that even though we are so close now, we still so rarely go up there...

When we are here we feel so much love, fellowship, community in a way that sometimes we lack in LA... its crazy, its one of the biggest cities in the world and we are constantly surrounded by so many people, yet often feels so lonely.... so just to get out of the city and up to see friends we are close to can be so inspiring... perhaps something I will write more about later.

We are going to the Habit in a bit, then heading back to LA and to work tomorrow. I am going to try really hard to get the "Something Must Change" first mix this week and show it around a bit.

Hope you all had a blessed Easter.

J-Cub

Always moving forward

My lovely wife Dawnee and myself had to get our car aligned today... dealing with our car has been a constant struggle, it seems like everytime we fix something, there is something else the matter (ie, today when we got it back from the alignment, it wouldn't start)... never ending cycles it seems, as before that we had to fix the brakes, the tyrods, etc. its just an old car and apparently thats what happens with old cars... but while we waited for the two hours it would take to get our car done, we went into Sizzler and got the all you can eat brunch... and for the two hours we waited, we just sat and ate and ate and ate some more, had coffee, and some good conversations... A lot of stuff is going so crazy right now... tons of stuff changing at work, we are having a baby in September, we are constantly busy yet trying to find time for each other and to put more focus on our dreams, trying our best to serve God and Love God, Love people, etc., without getting lost in the busy-ness of life and its demands... so it was good to just take a couple hours do talk about life, think about life.

Its always moving forward. Every day is another step leading us closer to not only the end but to the glory of everything that God has called us to be and has for our lives. I don't know where we will be a few years down the road, I have some ideas, and most importantly I have some dreams and I believe that my life will be guided and lead by God through a path of dreams and desires he put in my heart finally pan out and show that he really had a bigger plan then anything I could have mustered up on my own.

I want to have the heart of God, its the only way I will ever change anything in this world, and its the only way that we will continue to move forward, because he is always trying to grow us, but he won't use everybody. How do I be used? I believe by always moving forward toward the things he puts in my heart, and not letting my circumstances ever get in the way of my call.

Greater things are yet to be done.

J-Cub