My Turn 15 Random Things About Me

Well my wife posted fifteen random things about her for our new friends to learn a little more about her so here is my shot at it!


1. For about ten years I turned my back on God and it took me almost dying for me to turn my eyes back to Him, but believe me when I say He has my attention now and I know He is real because He showed me on that mountain side!

2. My mom is one-legged lol. Sorry something silly to put here, she lost her right leg in a corn picker accident 56 years ago! Wow but she can still kick it OLD SCHOOL!

3. I actually have 3 sons and 1 daughter but due to some regretful decisions when I was not walking in Christ I only have Austin and Julie in my life now! Jarrod and Jacob are my other two angels!

4. My father died when I was 17 and in the middle of my Senior year of High School (1992) Yikes that was awhile ago, I took it really bad and blamed God ....see no. 1

5. I currently work for a trucking company, but my real love is Sales. I used to work for an Insurance company and I loved it. Wish I could do something similar with a salary!

6. I am a huge Star Wars freak...ok I don't get crazy enough to get all dressed up like a wookie (although having the hair would be nice, you know a little nookie with a wookie!) but I still love Star Wars.

7. My absolute favorite thing to do with my kids is to go swimming.

8. I am a huge BUCKNUT! I love the Buckeyes almost as much as God....ALMOST!! I can't get mad at Him because He wouldn't lose to the stupid SEC! Oh yea I almost forgot to include the wife in this equation too!

9. My biggest secret is that I desire to do somthing like "Dancing With The Stars" Well I want to learn how to dance like that anyways! Shhhh Big secret!

10. I kissed my first girl when I was the ripe ole age of 5. LOL. She and I are still friends and I named my youngest son after her youngest brother! He is like my little brother he is pretty awesome.

11. I have another secret. I love Classical music. You know....Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin, and Tchaiovsky.....Love em to death. I used to listen to it all the time when I was a teenager!

12. I called off mine and Diana's wedding two weeks before the first time it was supposed to happen. She was a little upset, but I knew the timing was off, after about two months of her being very upset with me she realized we had made the right decision and in June 2006 she blew me away in that awesome dress she had!

13. About 95% of the time I am listening to Klove or Air 1 on the radio and if you are a christian I believe you should be too. I once heard someone say that you might as well practice praising God everyday now because when you get to heaven that's all you are going to be doing!

14. The BEN-GALS Stink!!! I am a Buccaneers fan! HA HA We have a Super Bowl Ring and one of those is better than two Runner Up Rings! Long Story as to how I became a Bucs fan.

15. My biggest pet peeve is having my feet being touched! I accidently, because of my reflexes kicked Austin in the face when he was about 3. Sorry Bub!

A Sunday of Celebration

Man is tomorrow shaping up to be an AWESOME Sunday. First there is church, which might I add is the one thing that I look forward to every week. Church at CP ROCKS!!! Awesome messages every week and Outstanding worship every week, man I love this place! Next is the fact that a whole bunch of people are getting baptized this week. I am actually getting re-baptized, my lil sis-n-law is getting baptized and now we found out that my son wants to get baptized as well....HOW AWESOME IS THAT! Then after all of this EXCITEMENT we are starting Small Groups training! OK Who planned all of this was it you Ray? John? Chris? ......No..... it was God. He knew that this Sunday was going to be very special and WOW is it working for His favor. The timing and excitement of all of this is very overwhelming and I cannot wait for tomorrow. God is awesome and He is in control. Try and let go and enjoy the ride people! Oh yea and I got to see baby Elijah last night and that makes me want one more and more! He is soooooooo cute!

My Queenie

Wow, Sometimes its hard to tell someone to their face how much you appreciate them especially when it goes to their head! So I decided to do it on here for other people to see as well. I know that the last couple of years have been very hard for my Queenie, dealing with me on a daily basis cannot be an easy task. I know that she has a very stressful job and sometimes wants to take it out on everyone in her path! I know that I haven't been much help to her the last 9 or 10 months financially and at home. It is kind of hard to do sometimes especially when depression sets it. Thank God I have overcome that and depression can be flooded out with things like Joy and Peace and most of all Faith. I know that the church change has alot to do with this on both our parts, we both were just kind of going through the motions at Dove. Don't get me wrong I loved Dove and the people there are phenomenal, might I add just like Center Pointe! But the change to Center Pointe has also brought stronger Faith in God on my part and a new appreciation for my wife's desire to serve the Lord (man that gets me excited), until we were at CP I had not seen that side of her...she is really looking forward to the Small Groups , and what they will bring! The change has also brought me a steady job...its pretty awesome that only a few days after us committing to being members at CP, God gave me the job I desired (or one of the two anyways) and the opportunity to take some weights off my AWESOME WIFE'S shoulders. She has been carrying our family through some pretty horrible months and with not much help from me. I have told her I am sorry a million times but those are only words, I have to work on showing her every way that I can! One is that I can fulfill what God has commanded me to do and that is to "Love her as Christ loved the church". I know He will give me the strength that I need to prove that to her and to provide for her the way that God intended. Queenie I Love You and You are the MOST AWESOMEST WIFE IN THE WORLD!!! Thank you for standing beside me the last few months even when you felt like giving up!

Canoe Trip???

Diana and I have been talking for awhile about getting some people together and going on a canoe trip, and who better to round up than those wonderful people at Center Pointe. Pastor Ray in a go kart is one thing but in a canoe that can be tipped over hmmm now that's entirely different! Well here's the thing, I have done some research and its about $31 per person, I thought maybe some Saturday in July would be a great time to do it although it would have to be one of the last two Saturdays because we are booked the first two already! Just an idea, leave me some feedback and lets see what everyone thinks! Lisa don't forget to tell Dave! If enough of you on here want to do it we will have Dan announce it at church (that ought to be colorful) and see how many more want to sign up!

More Graduations

My daughter Julieann is graduating kindergarten today and although it is not quite the same accomplishment as High School it is still a big deal to me. She has attended Village Christian School for the entire year and we actually enrolled her a year early to most school standards because her birthday falls late in the fall. I am overwhelmed by how much she has learned, she reads, she is very good at math, she has learned a new Bible verse each week which has been fun for me and my wife and has taught us a lot as well. She is growing up to be a young woman of God. It is amazing to see at age five and a half(she has to have that half in there) how much she loves God...she loves Klove as much as I do if not more...she can sing most of the songs that play on there and Robin my little sis who attends the same school used to listen to all kinds of non-christian crap/music is addicted to Jesus music and to Jesus Himself now. It truly has been an amazing year and I truly cannot wait to see them both grow in the Lord even more as their school careers advance.

More Songs

This is a song that I kind of wrote after a couple we knew had visited Center Pointe and pretty much tried to find everything they could not to like it. I personally think they don't know what they are talking about, but hers the thing IT'S OK because I know that my God is a big God and He has me and my family at CP at this time for a specific reason and I cannot wait until that is fufilled, IT SO EXCITING....Its the most AWESOMEST feeling ever. So without further ado....

Stand Together

Eyes on You

Loving all that You do

My heart in Your hands

Let it work Your great Plans

Chorus

Stand together

lost in His Love

Stand together

lost in His Love

Bridge 1

By His stripes we are healed

Forever in victory

which by His blood it sealed

When we stand together

We get lost in His Love forever

Bridge 2

One calling One prayer

One Answer to get us there

One purpose One Plan

Only One road to His Land

On my knees

praying Lord let my song be

A Holy Sacrifice

Let it bring You new life

In this place

Amazing Love Amazing Grace

In this Place

Lord reveal to us your face

Something I wanted to share with my new family

This is an email that I had sent Dave Hinman who is an elder at our old church as well as one of the greatest men I have ever known. He has a wonderful heart for God and would do absolutely anything for anyone. He truly has been and will continue to be an awesome fixture in my life. I love him like a father and he knows it!

Email

Hey guys, I really miss you and your wonderful family. Diana and I were talking about coming up to visit but we just cannot tear ourselves away from our church! We are so happy there. We are actually considering leading a small group which will be awesome! I have been absolutely on FIRE since we started going here (well after I got past a couple of things that Satan was using against me, like leaving Dove)...God has been speaking to me alot lately about His plan for me and that he has a unipue plan for everyone and He is preparing me to speak about it, not sure when but when He is ready I will be too! I have been in the Word alot lately researching not only what he has been telling me to but other things as well! I also have gotten back to writing some songs and I also started a blog as well Diana has also! Give Racheal a big hug and a kiss for me ......I really miss her (tears forming). Dave maybe we can all get together for breakfast on a Saturday that you have available. I also wanted to let you know (cause I know you had been praying for it) I found an awesome driving job that is the kind of money I was looking for and HOME EVERY NIGHT! God ANSWERS PRAYERS :-). We so want to be a bigger part of Center Pointe and I know that God put us there for a reason. God has been so awesome, it seems like He is moving in a huge way in my life, my marriage, my kids life, my familys life, our church, our hearts, and everyone we run into. Diana invited friends of hers from work to church and they are coming back again which is another blessing. God has just been very good as He always is. One more thing before I go this is a link to my blog feel free to get on here and post comments and keep up with the Smiths! http://proudlyservingchristmyking.blogspot.com/ Dianas' is http://smithdiana.blogspot.com/ We Love you guys and miss you terribly, Scott

A Little Background

Dave and I have known each other since I was about 4, He and his wife (Robin) attented the same church as my parents and instantly he and my dad became friends and even though my family had changed churches a few times when I was 15 we ended up at Wilmington Fellowship Christian Church (formerly known as Christian Community Church ...where The Hinmans and the Smiths used to attend together) later to be called Dove. Our paths had crossed again and now we were going to church with the Hinmans again. Little did I know how much God planned to bless not only me but my new wife through them. In 1991 at age 40 my dad passed away from a massive heart attack. To say the least I was destroyed not only mentally but spiritually, my walk with Christ had been fading as a teenager age 17 hanging around with negative influences. Dave did absolutely everything he could do to reach out to me, all I had to do was call him or her would call me and say lets meet at Taco Bell for luch or the Little Giant for breakfast and BOOM we were there, and he would listen with an open mind as Dave always does and to this day I don't know if he knows how much he has BLESSED MY SOCKS OFF.

It wasn't until 11 years later (and many sin filled unhappy years) that I would meet my beautiful wife Diana and that we would start to grow together toward God. The awesome thing about this is that I hadn't attended church in probably 6 or 7 years (I had kept in touch with a select few). So we started attending Dove again and this time I knew I wasn't leaving (lol). Diana and got engaged a few months later and had asked Dave to perform the ceremony and he whole hearted accepted, He and Robin spent quite a few evenings counseling us and helping us to understand where God stands on a marriage. They are just two of the (my new word) AWESOMEST people you will ever meet. I cannot wait until they come to visit at CP. I know that they will love everyone there as we do! I thank God everyday for them being a part of my life and the impact they have had on my wife is even more awesome. She knows now through me and the group of people at Dove and also CP that you can truly be accepted by people through Jesus no matter what the pending circumstances are. Both Diana and I have had kind of a rough non-christian young adulthood which led to us doing things that put us through more struggles than it had helped. But God being the big God that He is has driven, pushed, pulled, dragged, carried and loved us through each hardship. Even when we aren't looking for Him or walking with Him, He is always right there. Leads me to two of the most AWESOMEST songs, If you haven't heard them check em out! Jeremy Camp "Right Here" and David Crowder Band "Never Let Go". Because He indeed never lets GO.

Ray this is for you (in my best Darth Vader voice) "Indeed you are powerful as OUR Emporer has forseen"

My Songs I have written!

His Name

Yahweh, Jehovah, Emmanuel

Name above all names

conquerer heaven and hell

Conquerer, Lord, King of all Kings

Name above all names

We lift to you our hearts and sing

Christ, Majesty, Eternal Saviour

Name above all names

Who could have done more

Chorus

You counquered the grave

from heaven above

sacrificing Yourself

for those that You love

Walking the Path

To the King of everything

our hearts open to you we sing

Chorus (x2)

By the grace we have in you

You cleanse our sins making us new

Powerful and mighty, Wonderful and True

All that we are is because of You

By the grace we have in You

You cleanse our sins making us new

Chorus (x2)

All things working for Your good

Honoring Your blessing as You said You would

Walking a path that leads to You

Cleansing our hearts and making us new

Chorus (x2)

Newborn children in Christ

Accepting Your power, Accepting Your might

Walking the path thats leads to You

Cleansing our hearts making us new

Chorus (x2)

Hallelujah You are holy powerful and mighty

Hallelujah you are strong

I hope you enjoy!

May the Lord Bless you

Scott Smith

Have you been ignoring God's plan for you?

Wow, I am on the blogger scene now and I love to write so this may not be such a great idea because I may be spending all of my time on here. Well lets start with this...since I have started going to this wonderful new church (oh I AM going to make a plug for Center Pointe here because the people are amazing and the messages are amazing and I am glad God put me and my family there) it is like God is in my ear each and everyday with something new.....I am not saying that He wasn't in my ear before giving me instructions at our old church but maybe (me being the pigheaded man that I am) I wasn't listening or accepting what He was saying. So the first time I ignored Him (that I actually new it was Him was back at Christmas), I had delivered some basketball hoops and some other stuff to this company in Columbus and there was this man who at 6am had come in for a temporary position that day and this guy just wreaked of alcohol...I mean it was kind of disgusting to even sit by him. God told me to pray to with Him, I didn't listen. Over the next couple of days after that I felt really bad for that man and I thought to myself (and told my wife because that's what I always do) what if I had prayed for him right there, who would it have hurt? Would he have given his life to Christ? I have never led anyone to Christ but I think that is mostly because I haven't really tried or maybe God just wasn't ready to use me yet, but I can tell you this I know deep down in my heart that God has a plan for me (and God bless her my mom has been saying this for years), I also know this because the Lord has been really preparing me to share this with someone else and maybe even the whole church if necessary. I am ready for that. This past Saturday I spent the afternoon at Kings Island with my family, as we were leaving I pass this man (maybe 30 or so) who is right by the exits and all these people are passing him by and he is just standing there crying, I walked by then God told me to go back and pray with him, I turned around after a moments hesitation approached the man and asked him if he was OK. He said he was fine and that it was just his contacts but the look on his face showed otherwise, I asked him again if he was OK and he assured me his was, I shook his hand and gave this man a hug and said "may God Bless you" to this man. I know I didn't pray with him but me even approaching him and doing what I did is a huge barrier for me. I don't know what effect if any it will have on this man but I do know the effect it had on me. I was already excited about the week and how it had gone, God had answered a major prayer request from me by providing me with a job that is allowing me to be home every night with my family and still make the B & B I need to provide for my family. That was huge, Diana and I are really wanting to plug into our new church and be a way bigger part of the ministry and this job allows us to do that. Also to anyone who reads this: I have to say that I love pastor Ray and his desire and passion he has for leading people to Christ, I read his blog almost daily and I can tell you that his excitement streams like windows media player through this computer! One last thing: I have a couple of family members that visited this past week who also attend a Baptist church and I would like some prayer for them. There were some things at CP that they are just not used to and it kind of bothered them but I think what bothers me the most is that idealistic view of how things are supposed to be, they have these set views on how church has to be and to me Ray gets it, CP gets it, it is all about leading people to Jesus our Lord and Saviour and nothing else, NOTHING ELSE, should matter. I mean come on people, 4 people gave their hearts to Jesus on Sunday we should be worried about that and not petty little differences of opinions....OH MAN I AM PUMPED UP NOW!....Now that's something to write home about!