The Father of my first teenager?

My son Austin, turns 13 today, Wow that is truly hard to believe. He is growing up so fast and has become quite the young man. I love his spirit of worship for God (he gets that from his grandma Smith and I). He reminds me so much of myself sometimes and that scares the crap out of me! I honestly think that what scares me the most is the fact that in 2 and 1/2 years he will be driving.....YIKES. Most of all I am very proud of him for the young man that he is and for the love he has for God through all of the hard times that I have put him through and that his Mother has put him through, I know that when he is an adult he will look back on these experiences and know that God has something better for him in store. One more thing about Austin's bday that is special not only to me but to him as well, He shares his bday with my "little brother" Jake Kirk (so happy bday Jakey). I love you Austin.

New Verse of the day!

Psalm 77:14

You are the God who performs miracles; you display your power among the peoples.

For those of you who have been praying whole heartedly for my Aunt Betty thank you very, very much. Please continue you to pray for her for a healing miracle from God, and for her family. A couple of my cousins are not taking this in a good way and are looking for anyone they can to blame for it, especially God! My Cousin Brent and I have always been like brothers and he is blaming God and my Mom for the fact that his Mom is not healed yet. Just please keep him and everyone close to this situation in your prayers. It has really just been another way that Satan has been attacking me lately, and man has he been coming from all fronts. Thanks, Scott Smith

A little football humor!

Due to the upcoming football season tomorrow, I thought a little humor was in order. If you haven't seen this side of Peyton Manning be prepared to laugh and fall on the floor and spew soda pop from your nose! This is a skit from a couple of years ago on Saturday Night Live!

Yet another rough day! Let's restart VOD!

After a not so good day today, I went into my bedroom and sought out the Lord for some direction. I asked Him to show me how to deal with a situation laid out before me and low and behold 5 minutes later He showed me this verse and it spoke to me in such a huge way!

Romans 16:17-20 (New International Version)

17 I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Keep away from them. 18 For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of naive people. 19 Everyone has heard about your obedience, so I am full of joy over you; but I want you to be wise about what is good, and innocent about what is evil.

20 The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet.
The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.

The Ultimate Encourager!

A few years ago, I was struggling with my "path". My mother had advised me to read Proverbs once a day because there are 31 of them and she challenged me to apply the concepts I read into my daily life. I had not been doing that for over a year and then a couple of weeks ago, Paul Peterson was at church and mentioned that we should read 1 Proverb a day and 5 Psalms, I confess I have been faithful in reading the Proverbs but not the Psalms. Last night I came home and needed a little extra "God" encouragement, I had kind of been hard on my wife the last few days, even though she is the most spectacular, faithful, extraordinary woman I have ever met. Wether I have told her or not she had exceeded ever expectation as a wife that I could have ever asked for and I know that her strength in putting up with me has got to come from God. So Last night we get home and I start to read Proverbs 31 from "The Message" and it was like I was supposed to read it and of course I really was supposed to read it. It really spoke to me about my wife and I went in to apologize to her, but she was still a little upset with me so I had to wait until this morning!

But if you need encouragement and you are not reading your Bibles on a daily basis, I offer this advice, get plugged in to a Small Group, hang out with friends from church, get as close to people who love God with all of their heart and be blessed by them as much as possible, let their light shine through to you, it will encourage you.