To Be or Not To Be... Who?

I heard a song the other day that was about someone trying so hard to be just like someone else and it got me thinking. . . Aren't most of us guilty of that even a little? We find someone who is wealthy, good looking, fashionable, popular, or gifted in some way and deep in our heart we want to be like them. In some ways this is not a bad thing simply because we can be inspired, but it is easy to "cross the line" so to speak and it can be much to our detriment. I believe that God wants us to be successful and gifted but, more importantly, He wants us to be identified with Him. He said "I am come that you might have life. . ." so yes its cool to be cool, but let's keep our focus on this: to be identified with Christ is the only identity that brings life!

My cousin Anthony and I went on a fishing trip to Eagle Lake this last week and had a great time. What normally is a 4 hour drive turned into a 7 hour drive because we hit a snow storm on the way up. I was very thankful for a 4 wheel drive vehicle, but this "wonderful" truck also has no heater, so basically I was a human snowcone. We got out on the lake on Thursday and had an excellent day of fishing, landing 11 fish and hooking up about 15. Well, I should say THEY landed the fish. I only caught one 10 inch fish that we threw back (check out the picture)... lame... Anthony and his dad (my uncle Frank) caught most of the fish and there some great catches. All in all it was a freezing, great time.