Starbucks, I have wronged you

I had a horrible experience in the past with a certain Starbucks. The customer service level did not measure to the standards or mission statements that are publicly displayed on the website. This made me frustrated. So, I decided to not visit that Starbucks location in the future. This past week, Derrick spoke about forgiving those who you think have wronged you. After prayer this morning, I was convicted of not showing forgiveness to Starbucks. This may seem small to some, but to those who have heard me speak about my experience know how passionate I was about this issue I encountered and customer service levels. 

You don't even have to be spiritual to know that you should let things go and not hold on to any wrongs. And we've all heard the saying to forgive and forget. One thing I am not good at is the forgetting part. I will always have the memory but I can tell you that I can forgive. With all that, I forgive you Starbucks. But, this does not mean I will forget because my memory does not allow me to do that. 

I hope Starbucks can forgive me. 

Fading to what

As I sit in a place of worship, I can not recall a time when I didn't think of one of my friends who should be sitting in a place of worship. Sometimes it hurts me because I know they are missing something in life. They tell me that they are missing something in life and when I examine their lives, I know exactly what they are missing. I get excited when they come to a place of worship and speak highly of it. They say they love it and will come back. But tomorrow brings the same "stuff" they encounter everyday. Then they get bogged down by LIFE. They get roped back into what they just gave the Cross the night before. What happens then?  Can we be their "tomorrow" and be the bridge to the Cross for them until they realize that they have the strength to worship daily on their own? I'm convicted every time I think of a friend that I know does not have a bridge, because I should be that bridge. 

Kid at Heart

I attended Kids church today and was inspired. I watched the kids as they sang and danced around the entire room with so much energy. They were having pure fun. Girls screaming the song while the boys had their arms out to their sides and were trying to fly because the song was about superheroes. I remember when I was that young and had so much fun anywhere that had music and I was free to go around the room while I was dancing and singing. Why don't we do that anymore? Are we scared? Are we embarrassed? Do we feel restrained because we might scare people away? Let the kid come out again and have some fun when you hear the music. JUMP, SCREAM, SING OUT LOUD! FLY AGAIN! 

Music Not For Me?

The other night as I was listening to a song, I began to tear up. (Yes, I do have a sensitive side) The music brought me back to a time when I was in love with music. I loved music so much but as time went by, the arts started to fade in my heart because of critics. I use to be very involved with the arts but just feared critics. I was scared of what they said, I was scared of what they would share, I was scared they would crush me. Why do I have this fear? I can give a speech in front of 300 people and not be scared. This fear has caused me to dislike music and the arts. I won't try because of this fear. 

Fear can take control of your life like it has mine. And still continues to control this aspect of my life but I am slowly trying to overcome this fear. Let fear not take over because you begin to miss things in life like singing with friends, and may cause your life to come to standstill that will not allow you to move forward in certain areas of your life. 

Life devoted to buttons with letters

Well, this is my first post and I find it necessary to explain the title. The title is a nickname of mine that was given to me by a good friend named Jason. He just decided to call be "Broey" one day and it stuck. It can be interchanged with "Broseph." 

I have been bugged, picked at, persuaded, and nudged to get a blog and here it is. I finally have taken the step to blog. I hope this is worth the while. 

Anyways, my life is devoted to buttons with letters and numbers. I am on my computer all the time and actually have to take Saturday off to make sure that my hands do not become permanently attached to my Macbook. My life now consist of many electronic/media outlets. I have a cellphone, macbook, facebook, twitter, and now a blog (also had a myspace but that just didn't work well for me). This is disturbing to me at the moment just because the amount of time we spend on electronics is vast, but this is not news to us. We all know that we spend a lot of time on these devices and outlets. How accessible do we want to be? According to what "everyone" is doing, the answer is: VERY ACCESSIBLE! Call from a cellphone, email on computer along with facebook and other networking tanks, twitter to inform others of your doings, and blogs to tell the whole world what you thing. People want to know what you are doing and we inform them. Just remember, step away from the outlets once in awhile and remember the organic environment around you. Do not be consumed by electronic devices 24/7. Go out and enjoy what was not created by human hands.