In Him we Live and Move and Exist...

So last 2 weeks i got to play at Da Spot and at Ruta 66 by myself. Yup I said by myself...well, not quite, I had a little cool help from my little buddy Job, who helped me out on the African Drum at both services and Abraham helped me out on the piano at Da Spot. It was the most comfortable time I've played in a while. I love playing and worshiping God with just a guitar and a microphone. When all is stripped away and you can't help but just focus on the words being sung to our wonderful God just really can't compare. At Ruta 66 I really don't know what happened to me but it had to be the holy spirit of God taking over cause we had an awesome spontaneous worship time towards the end of the praise and worship. A new song that sprang up was just "You are more than Good". As I was singing this is Spanish, "Eres mas que Bueno" over and over again I really just lost it and cracked up my voice from the heaviness of what i was singing. I was really trying hard not to cry to much but i was just too overwhelmed by the presence of the Almighty and Sovereign God telling us that he is always more than good. In the way he lets us live and move and breath in Him. There is nothing we can do with out our God! Nothing. I wouldn't even be able to write this or you read this. Today we are here but tomorrow you never know...we could end up the end of the week in a really bad state we would never see ourselves in...ever. So take this opportunity that God is given you and Be thankful that we can live and move in Him and Thank him for the heart beating inside of you in which only he makes it beat...

Acts 17:28 (New American Standard Bible)

²⁸for in Him we live and move and exist, as even some of your own poets have said, 'For we also are His children.'

Pimp my ride at Kroger...

Usually the trip to the Grocery store is pretty good...even with a toddler and a 1 year old baby. Of course Emmy wants to put everything she likes in the cart and Caleb of course is trying to chew on anything he can get his hands on from the cart. But every once in a while they get to ride the Big Yellow Cart. And they Love it. So do We. Great grocery times.

My Addiction.

I really don't know how it happened...It just hit me all of a sudden. I never actually thought i could be addicted. But it's happened. I am an addict.
I think it really just crept up on me with out any warning. I would tell myself don't do it arny...not this time...NO!...The words just came right out of my mouth without even thinking about it. My mind and heart said something else but my will and desire ran away together to elope...i couldn't believe it.

I'm doing ok now...it has been at least 2 weeks since my last indulgent.

My Name is Arny Sanchez and I'm ADDICTED.

Ever Forget who you are? PART 2

Some how you found the strength to make it back to the place where you park on the beach...The place where, when you turned off the car you were so excited to open the door and enjoy the beautiful scenery and make it a great day. But that joy is nowhere to be found because you are just too tired...I wish i could find a better word, but i think this word just fits...it just says it all.....tired. The ocean tossed you so hard you had to swim more than you wanted to. Your feet would sink into the sand and that drained some more strength, strength you had just fought so hard to get...

Sometimes the ocean is people telling you what to do. It's the agenda given to you.
Sometimes it's the life that you feel was created for you that you didn't ask for.
Sometimes it's the life that you created for yourself and it's not what was expected.
Sometimes it's just the silence you hear in a car...even if passenger side is filled.
Sometimes it's all the noise you hear all day long...But just that..noise...no music.
Sometimes it's lying in a hospital bed.
Sometimes it's studying for a test.
Sometimes it's the tossing and turning in a sweaty bed.
Sometimes it's loneliness.
Sometimes it's sin.
Sometimes it's love.
Sometimes it's faith...

Sometimes the Walk back to shore is getting your agenda done with no satisfaction.
Sometimes it's the blaming all the people you think left your life unfair.
Sometimes it's the excuses you make that made the life you created for you...empty.
Sometimes it's the conversation in the car about everyone else except yourself.
Sometimes it's trying to listen to it all, but it's to much, you hear it all instead.
Sometimes it's prayers in your mind after the doctor leaves the room.
Sometimes it's finding common sense, somewhere in all of our studied brains.
Sometimes it's figuring out the bills, or waiting to hear the front door at 3am.
Sometimes it's confusing Solace for loneliness, of course solace is unheard of.
Sometimes it's not stopping from the walk and gazing the splendor of the ocean again.
Sometimes it's not appreciating who is making the walk back with you.
Sometimes it's not looking up to the One who created the ocean and told it you can only come this far...which is the very beach you are walking on...

Can we ever feel the Joy again? The one we felt jumping out of the car?




to be continued...

Ever Forget Who You Are?

You ever sometimes forget who you are?
Ever forget your purpose?
Ever forget the reason you get up every morning?

In the mist of everything that is going on around you...like being tossed in the ocean...you get tossed long enough you forget where you parked on the beach and where you left your belongings. The swim back to shore is exhausting...Now you gotta walk up down the side of the beach and find where you left everything.

You ever remember who you are...and...uh...for some strange reason...the emotion of relief or gratification is not there at all!

You can see in the distance your belongings on the beach and for some strange reason instead of getting happy inside of relief...you really just get more frustrated cause you see how far it is to get to...(sigh...)

to be continued...

Wise Words...

This is what I mean by Real Songs

This song is by Seabird. It's called Cotton Mouth. It's about Child Word Abuse...
I love the way these guys songs don't candy coat anything, Especially the Christian Life! A lot of people are hurting and we really don't want to look in there direction.

The words give you a chill really so try to pay attention to the words...