Rocky Road and YOLO

It is a vague memory now as I celebrate "my last claimed birthday" on Friday.   I will be 39  (of coarse when 40 comes next year I will have gotten over the shock of it and want to have  a big celebration) ,but back to the point of the vague memory.  When I was single and living in Dallas every Monday myself along with thousands of other Dallas singles attended Metro Bible Study. The worship was great, the preaching was profound and it was a chance to hang onto the college life a bit as all those in attendance were, like you, missing those recent years they spent in academia.  Tommy Nelson of Denton Bible preached a series through Ecclesiastes.  The overriding point was, live well, work hard and obey God, and when all that is done enjoy life.  Have some "Rocky Road Ice Cream."  , which happened to be his favorite.  I am not sure how many weeks He preached this series but every week he would say "have some Rocky Road."  and when the series closed he served everyone a scoop.YUM  !!!   It was his way of saying what is recently been popularized in our culture as YOLO.in case my mom reads this blog that means ( You only live once.) 

•  Find  Tommy Nelsons book on Ecclesiastes here:" A Life Well Lived"

Seems like an easy enough concept to grasp, I like it. Not one of the biblical truths that seem controversial or hard to achieve.  Yet it is hard.

• hard to let the kids play in the mud, or sprinkler even though they need baths anyway.
• hard to spend that money you have earned on something impractical. ( like ice cream, or a date night.)
• hard to let loose and, you know , read a magazine when you can think of something more productive to do, like cleaning out a closet.
• hard to have long overdue sex with  your husband because you can only  think of the 12 things you forgot to get at the grocery store.
• hard to primp a few extra minutes with a new makeup tip you saw on pinterest because it simply seems frivolous.
• hard to spend time in the God's word because the baby is eating dog food again.

Am I the only one that has a hard time with the Rocky Road Rewards that lie in front of me  given by our gracious, loving, life abundant giving God?

you know the times I choose to live the mantra YOLO I find a new/old me emerging. One that loves and gives and frankly works even harder.

Ecclesiastes 3:12-13
"I perceived that there is nothing better for them than to be joyful, and do good as long as they live. that everyone should eat drink and take pleasure in all his toil - this is god's gift to man."

a few times lately that I had Rocky Road:

After a rare rain storm!

Austin Fashion week event with girlfriend!  I even won a door prize.

  Gettin' wet!

A Cupcake after school!