Fishing Report: Not this week.
Hunting Report: Deer smarter than me. I sat in the cloudy windy rainy woods and saw nothing. Deer evidently were cuddled up and warm somewhere deep in the woods.
Pride we all struggle with it and if you say you don’t well aren’t we proud of ourselves. My story is simple I had a lot of pride for many years. I ate what I wanted, I exercised or didn’t when I wanted, I did what I wanted when I wanted, I did dangerous work because I thought it was a way to gain respect from my peers. In reality all of those things were just one thing Pride. The cost was, is and will continue to be high. I now have a very limited diet with a lot of no’s; no pork (I love pork), no beef, no chocolate, no wheat, no corn, no high fat food, no caffeine, no sugary sweets. Now when I cheat it is a small bowl of oatmeal (I’m not to eat but 2 servings of carbs a day and one is even better). My gallbladder is gone, my colon is scarred and my liver doesn’t work right. I have an infection that comes and goes and kidneys that produce stones evidently for gravelling a driveway. All of this because of pride and doing what I thought was best because I could do what I want. I now have to exercise 2-3 times a week but not more because I don’t recover like my peers, I have to take amino acids so that I can exert myself at the gym or in the yard, without them I can only go for about 20 minutes. I worked long hours (70/week) and had way to much stress for nearly 20 years which led to some of my health issues and a lot of fat which I now have to lose I am down nearly 40 from my peak but have at least that much to go. I ignored my wife and kids much of the time because I was consumed with being a great worker, I loved work, and I had an affair with my job. What was I thinking I have a truly lovely wife and beautiful kids? What was I thinking you ask? I was thinking about ME no one else. Oh, occasionally I would take some time to be with them but more often than not, I was at work or so stressed and tired that I did not live life with my family. My peers thought my job sounded exciting but truth be told it was exciting to them because they didn’t get to do my job they had theirs. The bible says in Proverbs 16: 18 Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall. Haughty what a great word, here is the definition; disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant; supercilious. That was me just ask my wife and kids. Ask you wife and kids if that is you. Guys you can run from it for a while but God has a long Staff, you know He is a Sheppard; He will use it to reach out and hook your leg and get your attention. God reached down and grabbed me and said “WHAT ARE YOU DOING, LOOK AT ME, ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME, LOOK AROUND CORY YOU ARE LOSING EVERYTHING AND YOU ARE GOING TO DIE!” He did get my attention. If you have read this and you know me you know that I will be paying for my pride the rest of my life. My diet may never change, my marriage thanks to God and my DW (devote wife) has been restored and is better than ever, the relationships with my kids is getting better but I missed 10 years because I thought work was more important. I am happy that this happened to me. God showed his love to me by chastening me. If He would not have gotten my attention I would have died a young man and missed my wife and I raising our kids, giving my daughter away in marriage and helping raise my grandkids, not to mention watching my kids catch big fish and just enjoying life. Take it from me pride is disdainful, eat right balance work and life, love your wife and spend time with just her no TV, no kids, no distractions and do the same with your kids together and separate. I am here to tell you PRIDE will KILL YOU fast or slow you are still alone and dead.
Hunting Report: Deer smarter than me. I sat in the cloudy windy rainy woods and saw nothing. Deer evidently were cuddled up and warm somewhere deep in the woods.
Pride we all struggle with it and if you say you don’t well aren’t we proud of ourselves. My story is simple I had a lot of pride for many years. I ate what I wanted, I exercised or didn’t when I wanted, I did what I wanted when I wanted, I did dangerous work because I thought it was a way to gain respect from my peers. In reality all of those things were just one thing Pride. The cost was, is and will continue to be high. I now have a very limited diet with a lot of no’s; no pork (I love pork), no beef, no chocolate, no wheat, no corn, no high fat food, no caffeine, no sugary sweets. Now when I cheat it is a small bowl of oatmeal (I’m not to eat but 2 servings of carbs a day and one is even better). My gallbladder is gone, my colon is scarred and my liver doesn’t work right. I have an infection that comes and goes and kidneys that produce stones evidently for gravelling a driveway. All of this because of pride and doing what I thought was best because I could do what I want. I now have to exercise 2-3 times a week but not more because I don’t recover like my peers, I have to take amino acids so that I can exert myself at the gym or in the yard, without them I can only go for about 20 minutes. I worked long hours (70/week) and had way to much stress for nearly 20 years which led to some of my health issues and a lot of fat which I now have to lose I am down nearly 40 from my peak but have at least that much to go. I ignored my wife and kids much of the time because I was consumed with being a great worker, I loved work, and I had an affair with my job. What was I thinking I have a truly lovely wife and beautiful kids? What was I thinking you ask? I was thinking about ME no one else. Oh, occasionally I would take some time to be with them but more often than not, I was at work or so stressed and tired that I did not live life with my family. My peers thought my job sounded exciting but truth be told it was exciting to them because they didn’t get to do my job they had theirs. The bible says in Proverbs 16: 18 Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall. Haughty what a great word, here is the definition; disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant; supercilious. That was me just ask my wife and kids. Ask you wife and kids if that is you. Guys you can run from it for a while but God has a long Staff, you know He is a Sheppard; He will use it to reach out and hook your leg and get your attention. God reached down and grabbed me and said “WHAT ARE YOU DOING, LOOK AT ME, ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME, LOOK AROUND CORY YOU ARE LOSING EVERYTHING AND YOU ARE GOING TO DIE!” He did get my attention. If you have read this and you know me you know that I will be paying for my pride the rest of my life. My diet may never change, my marriage thanks to God and my DW (devote wife) has been restored and is better than ever, the relationships with my kids is getting better but I missed 10 years because I thought work was more important. I am happy that this happened to me. God showed his love to me by chastening me. If He would not have gotten my attention I would have died a young man and missed my wife and I raising our kids, giving my daughter away in marriage and helping raise my grandkids, not to mention watching my kids catch big fish and just enjoying life. Take it from me pride is disdainful, eat right balance work and life, love your wife and spend time with just her no TV, no kids, no distractions and do the same with your kids together and separate. I am here to tell you PRIDE will KILL YOU fast or slow you are still alone and dead.
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