Pastor of Fishing

Waiting for a child can drive one bonkers! This is my first child and frankly I am going nuts today here at work. Today is the due date. It is the projected day that my child will enter this world and be born…it is THE day. No odds were made or understood as to when the child will actually come…but it is NERVE racking!

Sitting here today just keeps me wondering how it is that life has happened to me in this way. A child will be born someday soon and it will be MINE?!?! My child to care for with my wife. My child that was given to me as a gift. Many times I sit here wondering what it is that God is doing in my world and I continue to think about my future child. ITS NUTS! Last night sitting on the couch with my wife the realization hit even more as that kid was in her…and I could feel its BUTT! NUTS! Ok so anyways, figured I would write this freakout moment and go back to doing what I do…We wait…for Baby Roth.

I haven’t really gone public with my obsession for Deadliest Catch. It slowly started with Season 1 and then continued to just climb as time went on. Mostly a simple DVR of the show and it was cool. I would watch it…as time went on it got worse…the obsession grew and now…Alaskan Storm.

My wife began to laugh at me two nights ago because I stopped playing Alaskan Storm with my fishing bud Spanky J and immediately hopped on to the XXL Gaming League’s Captains Chat Room . Very new to the whole “Deadliest Catch League” my clout with the boys that I will be fishing against is low. These guys can virutally fish…I mean seriously…LunarJak schooled me last night…anyways I am rambling…

Here is the thing. I got to sit down and chit chat online with Sig Hanson…who frankly can come captain our pontoon boat anytime! It was a trip to just sit there and have some time with a guy that frankly is bringing me one of my favorite foods and having a blast doing it!!! On top of that helped develop a game…that I am totally hooked on!

Ok so what is the point to all this…well here it is. I have gotten tired over time by just watching the Bill Dances and Roland Martins out there for just bass fishing…ok I can catch the Spanish Fly or the Day on the Lake as well and get more variety in my fishing shows. Frankly nothing has captivated me like Deadliest Catch. Its funny how it all works…now I am a crab fishing nerd. Sure I have all my rods and reels and I go out on Visitation (our pontoon) and think I am fishing the high sees…but…a few times when the water gets choppy and we are out trolling…I tip my hat to Sig and the rest of the captains…cause frankly…they got the stones to get the job done!

On that note…Alaskan Storm needs to be played by all to appreciate the grinding it out of the catch…and on that note I shall go and sip some ice tea and plot my strings for tonight…another run on the Viritual Bering Sea!

Over the past couple weeks I have really been devoting myself to prayer. I am not talking just going into my “prayer closet” and praying, but more a corporate prayer mentality. Getting together with others and truly spending time praying. I recently have taken the burdens of my town to God on a regular basis. Now on Tuesday nights we started meetng for prayer at church. Last week was the first time and I can truly say that we were blessed this past week. Its amazing how things go so much smoother when you really have taken the time to give it all to God.

This morning I was talking with a dear brother in arms about submission in prayer. Taking that time to seek God’s face. Do you know what it means to have a heart after God’s? It is talked about how King David’s heart was one after God’s. It amazes me how that works. I know for myself it has been a CONSTANT struggle to fight after what is on God’s heart and not just what is on mine.

The blessings of prayer are amazing. I have become compelled to start working on a prayer / praise log to chronicle the journey. It is time for us as a people to truly be praying together. To focus our collective effort…to be biblical. I really haven’t understood that for a long time, but now its coming through in my heart.

All things take time and God does move us as a people. How do we get moved without being close to the Father and truly submitting to Him. Not just praying with requests…but praises…thanks…appreciation. Do you really appreciate God?

I know many times I have to stop myself and catch my words in how I approach my Father. How have I been so silly to take Him for granted? God is not the waiter…but the master. Anyways…Prayer has been misunderstood for too long…its time folks to really grab a hold of it…and go with it!

I am here today at the bank and it amazes me how angry people get? Sitting here and just seeing how people get so upset with policies that are in place to create security, just because they wish to have it now!

Why can’t people just relax and enjoy life? Has life gotten this chaotic? Just curious if anybody stumbles onto this if they wish to share some insight? I am finding more and more that a relaxed approach to life is healthy.

I love those T-Shirts that say “Life is Good” granted…a little expensive…but pretty cool!