Game Time

It's back!

After the summer layoff, the National Basketball Association has officially kicked off the 2012-2013 season.

Opening night was last night - the reigning champs Miami Heat received their rings and began their quest to defend their title. They started the season with a win by beating their long time and once nemesis Boston Celtics in a chippy game... Love seeing passion and emotion from the first game!

I have loved following the NBA since my teenage years, so when a new season rolls around, I get excited ;)

Interested? Checkout out the place where I get most of my NBA news - ESPN (below)

NBA Home - ESPN

Your Steadfast Love

My good buddy Tom has been preaching on God's attributes. Recently, he talked about God's infinitude, and placed God's great love in that context. The truth hasn't left me...

God is infinite.

God is love.

His love is infinite.

There is no end to our God, His power, His majesty, His wisdom... His love. Our infinite God is infinitely loving. There is no end to His love. You cannot exhaust it.

I almost can't believe it. Then I read...

"Your steadfast love, O Lord, extends to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds."

Believe it. Thank you Jesus.

This song is running through my head tonight, I'm so thankful for His love...

Big Sandy

Wowza. The largest hurricane over the past quarter century.

Hurricane Sandy may be a post-tropical storm now, but it's effects are still being felt, and it's unclear just how far-reaching the storm will be.

Even as far inland as we are from the storm, we are still affected. Right now the wind is howling outside, with some pretty strong wind gusts. Its been cold and rainy, a stark change from last week's beautiful sunshine.

Check out below for maps and updates on the storm.

Be safe, we will be praying for those on the east coast.

The Weather Channel

Sunday Afternoon Coffee

What a wonderful day...

Great service at The Chapel of Somerset. It was a timely word that my friend and brother Larry Meece shared today - the Father heart of God. It's what I needed to hear with what God has been speaking to me lately.

Followed by an easygoing afternoon consisting of...

picking up our local eggs and honey, "leftover" lunch, chess with my son, mark off a few To Do's, peruse the paper with a hot cup of yummy caramel coffee, delicious omelet dinner from my beautiful wife, Wii, bedtime prayers, all ending with some laughs with Liz...

So thankful for moments and days like this.

Time to pack it in for the night. Big day tomorrow - may the Lord live His life through me.

You never know what might happen with God ordering our days.

Blessings...

The Common Good

Love this... Another reminder of just how much we need each other.

A spiritual gift is given to each of us so we can help each other. http://bible.us/1Cor12.7.NLT

Vista Love

There is only one magazine that I subscribe to - Backpacker.

There is something about hitting the back country with your gear, map, and a heart full of anticipation for the adventure ahead.

I love maps, beautiful vistas, fresh air, mountain peaks, forest trails, and the sense of newness and excitement that hiking brings.

Whenever I get my current Backpacker magazine, I love searching for local trails, scoping out the latest gear, checking out the inspiring images from God's creation, and reading the interesting articles.

The pic above is from "The High Life" article in the November issue.

If you love the outdoors, I encourage you! Get out more often, and, get yourself the Backpacker magazine

My Tweeps

Up until recently, I had kind of dropped off the "social networks" of my life. I haven't really utilized Facebook for months, maybe, but I even lost interest in "tweeting," my most used social networking tool.

I'm not really sure if either has added any value to my life, but they are a neat way (or sometimes obsessive way) to keep up with friends.

I had really enjoyed Twitter for a time, yet it lost some of its value in that most my friends didn't use it. It seems much of Twitter's draw and fun-factor comes with it's ability to help you interact with friends/tweeps.

All this to say, I have had a rejuvenated desire to tweet lately, and I am hoping to increase my interaction with my tweeps (twitter peeps) this time around.

So check me out, follow me at twitter.com/jfollman. Would love to catch up with you both here at my blog, as well as in the world of "tweets!"