ONE RED PILOT

The past couple of days the fam and I went up to Charlotte to hone in a a place to live. My wife and I have never been huge fans of a mini-van but we rented one to make the trip easier with the kids. Guys…this van was AWESOME! The whole time Carrie and I were figuring out financially how we could buy one!!

The doors on the side opened and shut by the push of a button, it had SO much space inside, the drive was very smooth, it had an ipod hook up, and I felt like a family man and I liked that. Keep an eye out for the Davis Family because we might soon be pimping a sweet mini-van!

Nate

I enjoy it just as much as the next guy whenever I can get my hands on it but I’m worried. Instead of kids hearing Led Zeppelin for the first time and wanting to learn how to play it on six strings, they can go and play it on 5 colored buttons. Instead of hearing Stuart Copeland and being amazed with his high-hat work they can sit down with a plastic drum kit and think they are doing what he does. Just the other day someone came up to me and said they “got a Gibson”. I was so excited for them, very surprised, but excited. I asked what kind and they stared at me. It turns out they got a Gibson model toy guitar for Guitar Hero.

Listen if you’re in your mid 20’s and up…get you rock-star fantasies out on Rock Band and Guitar Hero all day long. If you have kids and they show interest in music, don’t let them play these games. Put them behind a real guitar or drum set. Put them behind a piano or stick them in voice lessons. You may have the next great worship song writer in your house. The next Bono may be your son! We has parents just to to encourage it!!

nate

Woke up Sunday morning @ 5:45 am and left for church. My mom stayed with the kids until I got home around 1:00pm. I usually take a nap at this time but the house was a wreck so I started cleaning. Kids woke up from their naps around 3:30. We had snacks and hung out around the house…I was still cleaning. Around 5 we got dressed and headed out for pizza before going to church at 6:15. We got home from church around 7:30, gave the kids a bath, i cleaned a little more, and then we waited or Carrie to come home by watching cartoons and eating strawberries. Carrie arrived home about 8:30 and our world was normal again…we missed our mommy.

Things I accomplished on Sunday:

-Led people to the throne of God

-cleaned the whole house and did the laundry

The weekend was awesome but I’m glad to have Carrie home. Our house isn’t the same when she’s not here…felt empty…it’s full again.

nate

Saturday recap…

After our strawberry adventure my mom stayed with the kids for nap time and I went and had lunch w/Lee who was cruising through town on his way home. After lunch I came home and the kids and I hung out for a few hours before we went over to a family friends house for dinner. After dinner, back home for bedtime…

Things I accomplished on Sat:

-fun family activity with kids

-lunch with a friend

it was a good day,

nate

Sat morn of daddy fest involved me, the kids, my mom, and Strawberry fields forever, man we had fun. Ella just enjoyed picking them and throwing them in any direction and Nathaniel ate about the same amount he put in the bucket. When the dust settled we left with 2 dirty kids and about 8 pounds of strawberries…good times.

I sent my wife to Atlanta today to spend the weekend with her best girlfriends. It’s Friday, she comes home Sunday Night. That means 3 days of Daddy being in TOTAL control. I’ll be documenting the weekend and posting as we go…should be entertaining. Uh Oh…gotta go…Ella just went…well you know.

nate

It’s Thursday, it’s raining outside, and I’m at home with 2 toddlers. Pray for me…

I’m on ichat…stop by and say hi: oneredpilot

nate

I read some really thought provoking blogs this morning and I wanted to share them with you all…

Swerve

Perry Noble

nate

My daughter Ella is in this great phase right now. Her favorite thing to do is anything that’ll get my attention. She’ll always say “daddy watch” and then do some type of dance move or make a funny face. We have a laugh and about 30 seconds later we repeat the process. Nothing about this annoys me…I love every second, even after the 15th time in 10 minutes. The other night God hit me with something…

Do we live a life that we would say to Him…”Daddy watch!”?

2 Chronicles 16:9 says “For the eyes of The Lord move to and fro throughout the earth that He may strongly support those whose heart is completely His.” God is searching for men and woman who will leverage it ALL to advance His kingdom. When He finds those people? Strong support from the Creator of the Universe!!! Not a bad deal huh? So, what’s our problem?

Let’s be honest, do you live a life that you would run into the eyesight of the Lord? As He is searching the earth would you run out waving your hands saying “God it’s me!! My heart is strong for You, my life is pure and solid for You!!!” Or, would you run and hide behind a rock? If I’m going to be honest…right now I’d probably go to run into His eyesight, second guess myself, and turn and hide. I don’t want to love Jesus that way. I don’t want to minister the Gospel always second guessing myself. I want to live a life that I am always asking my daddy to watch.

This is a gut check for me…how about you?

nate