Fine Ale, Super Harry and a Whole Load of Creativity!

i flipping love beer! drunkenness is pointless and i hate the feeling of being dehydrated which comes with too many beverages but i love beer. i do. i just love it.





for years i was a guinness man, but recently i've turned from the usually hideously priced, but oh so satisfying black stuff to real ale.





laurie (my best friend, girlfriend, soul mate) has just left after a weekend visit. we see each other about every 2 weeks. it sucks like a dyson. she left. i was sad. i sat down at my computer. i felt like blogging...........i couldn't think of anything to write.....so i went down the co-op and bought 2 bottles of old speckled hen. flipping good beer.





so many blogs are just people moaning and i don't want this to be like that. my weekend was fab..... for a start SPURS WON A MATCH!!!!!!!!!!!!can't flipping wait to see all the action on match of the day 2 later...... and i think harry redknapp is the perfect appointment for us. gills also won so football wise top weekend!





8.55 on saturday morning, me and the beautiful laurie were on our way to london. tube to camden, bought a banana and a pear, then a short walk and we were there, london zoo! we were both very excited and skipped most of the way to see the giraffes (laurie's favourite). isn't God creative!!!!!! the zoo was ace. so many wonderful animals; giraffes, lions, tigers, zebras, monkeys, snakes, arsenal fans, bats, hunting dogs, gorillas and possibly strangest of all, okapis?! check out the picture!....it looks like a dog, a zebra, a horse, bugs bunny and martin keown were involved in a horrible high speed collision!

1.45 on saturday afternoon, me and the beautiful laurie were on our way from the zoo to camden market (via the zoo's gift shop of course, she bought me a lion notebook). we love being in camden. we wander. we natter. we eat falafel. we drink tea at the worlds greatest tea shop. one of us loves stopping at every stall to look at the earrings! haha. it's fab. isn't God creative!!!!!!!! so many different cultures, dress senses, personalities, faiths in this world and it seems to me each of them sends a representative to camden market. i love it.

i love my God, and learn lots about him through the bible and time spent in His presence. but i also learn so much about Him through people. through their smiles, generosity, boldness, individuality, sense of humour and patience to name but a few. okapis are great but us people are made in God's image. maybe not in outward appearance, i'm not sure if God has 2 arms, 2 legs and a head like me, you and Jesus do, but in character.

i love the fact that the creative genius who crafted this universe also created me. created okapis. created the many weird and wonderful people in camden. created all of us. how good is that?

joke to finish: (courtesy of laurie)

what do you call a man on your doorstep wth no arms and no legs?

matt

sermons or shinpads?

so the weekend rolls round and it's the same old question.....

no, not why the flip did spurs dispose of 3 quality strikers and replace them with a confused russian (pavlyuchenko), a promising 11 year old (campbell) and 37 midfielders...

the question is:

sitting in rows vs running in mud

trying to stay awake vs feeling alive

boredom vs action

CHURCH vs FOOTY

haha maybe thats a bit strongly worded but hopefully you get my jist.

'there's no childhood more delightful than one poised between sport and imagination' Eric Cantona

'football is the beautiful game' Pele

i love footy. i'm never happier than when i've got a ball at my feet. i totally agree with eric and pele, as a 24 year old boy i love nothing more than watching top class footballers on the box and then trying to emulate them on a sloping mudbath of a sunday league pitch.

'the Lord is like a father to his children,

tender and compassionate to those who fear him'

King David (psalm 103 v13)

'i am the bread of life. no one who comes to me will ever be hungry again.

those who believe in me will never thirst.'

Jesus Christ (john 6 v35)

i love God. i'm never happier than when i feel close to my heavenly father, this closeness made possible through what Jesus has done for me.

if i had to choose between my faith in God and the beautiful game however it would be like hull taking on any of the london clubs at the minute.....no contest! my boots would be well and truly hung up.

God i love, church however i find boring. i have the attention span of a goldfish with ADHD and usually find myself texting or daydreaming by the time the speaker has cleared hs throat and adjusted his beige tie!

i played football this sunday (we won 4-0) and looked around at my team mates in the changing room, most of them a similar age to myself and just as ugly. i knew that God loved each and every one of them but also that the church is crap at reaching out to, and is irrelevant to these young men. young men like me.

church: a body of people who are welcoming and non judgemental, love each other, care for each other, pray for each other, laugh with each other, cry with each other and learn about faith with each other.

i believe this is how Jesus intended his church to be.

the fact is, if i go to a church service on a sunday i wish i was playing football, if i play football i don't wish i was in church.

thank you for reading, please comment and let me know your thoughts on this.......

a joke to finish:

Jumper cables walk into a bar

Bartender says : Ill serve you, just dont start anything.

haha!

Lets try that again......

ok so i realise if i press enter after typing the title of a blog post it gets posted straight away....and as i don't know how to erase it, my 1st ever blog post is completely blank! not a good start. oh well i'll probably get bored of writing on here by tuesday next week so i suppose it doesn't really matter.

"did you here about the 2 brooms who had a miracle baby?!?!?!"

"they hadn't even swept together! haha"

WHAT THE HELL DOES IT MEAN TO BE A CHRISTIAN?!?!
be a good person?
go to church?
be a judgemental idiot with your head up your own bum?
drive a volvo?

although alot of these arguments have more weight behind them than emile heskey, i don't think any of them completely answers the question.....

my idea of what a christian is or should be seems to change daily as i crash through life making mistake after mistake, everyday trying to figure out what it's all about!

"A Christian is someone who knows what Jesus has done for them and this truth governs their lives"

this is my opinion at this time (1.42am on a saturday morning)
agree?
am i way off the mark?
i'm not entirely sure myself but i'd love for people to comment if only to prove i haven't wasted the last half hour of my life.

i'm also a spurs fan so if you want to leave a comment just to mock me your probably never gonna get a better chance!

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