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last week, i promised bryce that we would take him and a couple of his friends to see the new movie i am legend, with will smith. which meant, i was going to have to deal with the christmas mall madness on a friday night with a possible winter storm looming on the horizon. i was really looking forward to this…….not.  upon entering the parking lot (after the 3 miles of break lights) i started looking for my victim. you know, the one walking out of the store that you eye from across the parking lot to see which aisle they are heading down so you can take their parking space?? i spotted mine and so did the car the next aisle over.  i knew it was on then.  i sped up and started weaving through the parking lot like a man on a mission.  no longer was getting the boys to the movie on time the objective…..i was going to win this battle of dominance, not matter what.  after all, i was in a full size ford bronco and my opponent was driving a…………mini cooper.  my ego would just not allow me to be embarrassed by a cooper. 

as we both started down our respective isle, i began to think of all things…….what would Jesus do in this situation.  after all, i not only had my boys in the truck but also their friends that i had just met. what type of impression would i make by trying to beat the other guy. after all, Jesus would have given up the parking space and moved on.  let me say this. it is very difficult to try to be Christ like when you have 5 boys yelling, “you can beat him dad!!!” “you can beat him mr. kinley, don’t let him get it!!!!!” “faster, faster, faster!!!!”

i am not going to reveal the outcome of this “competition.”  let’s just say that we made it to the movies on time….

God bless and remember this little verse in Proverbs 11:2

 
FIRST DEGREE
A married couple were asleep when the phone rang
At 2 in the morning.
The very blonde wife picked up the
Phone, listened a moment and said “How should I
Know, that’s 200 miles from here!” and hung up.
The husband said, “Who was that?” The wife answered, “I don’t know, some woman wanting to know if the coast is clear.”
 
SECOND DEGREE
Two blondes are walking down the street. One
Notices a compact on the sidewalk and leans down
To pick it up. She opens it, looks in the mirror
And says, “Hmm, this person looks familiar.” The
Second blonde says, “Here, let me see!” So the
First blonde hands her the compact. The second one looks in the mirror and says, “You dummy, it’s me!”
 
THIRD DEGREE
A blonde suspects her boyfriend of cheating on
Her, so she goes out and buys a gun. She goes to
His apartment unexpectedly and when she opens the
Door she finds him in the arms of a redhead.
Well, the blonde is really angry. She opens her
Purse to take out the gun, and as she does so,
She is overcome with grief. She takes the gun and
Puts it to her head.
The boyfriend yells, “No, honey, don’t do it!!!”
The blonde replies, “Shut up, you’re next!”
 
FOURTH DEGREE
A blonde was bragging about her knowledge of
State capitals. She proudly says, “Go ahead, ask
Me, I know all of them.” A friend says, “OK,
what’s the capital of Wisconsin ?” The blonde replies, “Oh, that’s easy: W.”
 
FIFTH DEGREE
What did the blonde ask her doctor when he told
Her she was pregnant? “Is it mine?”
 
 
SIXTH DEGREE
Bambi, a blonde in her fourth year as a UCLA
Freshman, sat in her US government class. The
Professor asked Bambi if she knew what Roe vs.
Wade was about. Bambi pondered the question then
Finally said, “That was the decision George
Washington had to make before he crossed the Delaware ”
 
SEVENTH DEGREE
Returning home from work, a blonde was shocked to
Find her house ransacked and burglarized. She
Telephoned the police at once and reported the crime.
The police dispatcher broadcast the call on the
Radio, and a K-9 unit, patrolling nearby, was the
First to respond. As the K-9 officer approached
The house with his dog on a leash, the blonde ran
Out on the porch, shuddered at the sight of the
Cop and his dog, then sat down on the steps.
Putting her face in her hands, she moaned, “I
Come home to find all my possessions stolen. I
Call the police for help, and what do they do?
They send me a BLIND policeman.”

why is it, we are surprised when the holidays get here?  its not like we don’t know when they are coming. but yet when they arrive, we flip out. i know for angela and i, this time is especially busy because both bryce and jared have birthday’s this month.  not to mention our wedding anniversary is this month also.  and no……we did not plan it this way either.  we could never have guessed that our boys would have been born 7 days apart.  today was jared’s. he turned 11.  next sunday is bryce’s and he will be 15. he will soon be getting his driving permit which in and of itself is extremely scary.  i will probably start drinking heavily when that happens.  mainly to numb the fact that i have a son that is old enough to drive.

one last thing.  don’t allow this season to become so busy that we forget why we are celebrating.  i want to leave you with this story so that we will not “miss the real reason.”