Cooking up a "no ordinary life"

Our Daily Bread
I have been highly motivated to cook more since getting involved in a dinner group at church. Most of the cooking experiences in my kitchen have been great. A few failed. Why did they fail? I usually didn't follow the recipe correctly or I added my own flair to the recipe!

According to today's devotional, our spiritual life has a proven recipe that has worked for thousands of years -- "Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go. 8 Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. " Very cool. We get into trouble when we don't follow the recipe or we add our own flair?

Does this mean we are little robots? No. Almost every recipe has a "season to taste" instruction. God allows us to season to taste without messing up the entire recipe! How cool is that?

Lord, thank you for the proven recipe for my life. Thank you for letting me add my own seasoning!

Technology Thursday
I noticed that Verizon Wireless is promoting their 4G network now. They plan to have it rolled out nationwide in the next two years. What does that mean? 4G stands for Fourth Generation. It is the latest iteration of the data network offered by large wireless phone carriers. Sprint already has a 4G phone available. Verizon only has a few wireless Internet connection devices right now. The exciting part for Central Ohioans is that Columbus is one of the test areas for the new network. We get to experiment with it first hand! Woohoooo! When the phones are available, you should see much faster Internet access and downloads on your mobile phone or devices. Very cool. Keep watching. Other providers are rolling out their networks as well.

Other Stuff
D2 class was interesting last night. A seemingly simple chapter turned into some very good discussions! It was great! We have a lot of reading to do for next week. I will start on it tomorrow night.

I am taking a close friend out to dinner and a movie for his birthday tonight. I am looking forward to helping make his birthday special.

I am not as busy at work now since my big project was delayed until February. We are still working stuff and moving things forward. Very cool.

Hang in there, my friends! I will be upbeat and steady. That is what I do...