mickholt
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December 6, 2014
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Character, God's Will, Stand-Up
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Character, dissapointments, God's will, Marine Corps, Semper Fi, Stand-up Comedy
Raising the flag at Iwo Jima
Hardly seems possible. The Wizard of OZ, Santa and the Tooth-fairy seem more likely than to say that 25 years ago today I was eating my first breakfast – having not slept for more than 24 hours – on Parris Island.
My Marnie adventure was just beginning and everything was moving so fast that I had little time to think. That’s not a bad thing – really.
My time in the Marines is a mixed bag of emotion for me.
On the one hand, I spent the required amount of time, overcame all the obstacles, met all the requirements necessary to become a Marine. I walked across the parade deck and was declared a “Marine”. That can never be taken away from me.
mickholt
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March 18, 2014
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Character, God's Will
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God's will, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Parris Island, USMC
Photo By; katielips (Creative Commons)
I remember driving down the street to the first house we lived in when we moved here. It had been maybe 6 years since I had seen the house or really driven anywhere near it but in that moment I needed to connect with a part of my past. It had been far too long. It was a long drive but it was worth it. You could call this an attempt to get at something familiar before I embarked on what I believed would be the biggest change in my life and to that point – it was. However, I thought it would be the door to open up the whole world to me; a passage to another dimension – well, not literally but going from nearly not graduating high school to leaving for Parris Island in less than forty eight hours – I think another dimension really captures the heart of what I was feeling.
mickholt
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February 28, 2014
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Character, God's Will
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God's will, grace, mercy, new creation, new creature, Seinfeld, Star Trek
How much time do you spend beating yourself up for things you wish you had done? Or things you wished you’d done differently? Or things you’d wished you’d never done? Or, or, or…
That guy you dated for WAY too long, the girl you dumped WAY too soon, a class you wanted to take, a movie you wanted to see maybe you zigged when you should have zagged? I bet you have your own that you’re already thinking about.
mickholt
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February 3, 2014
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Character, God's Will
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butt-monkey, Character, Dorman, eternity, God's will, grace, impact, Jesus, Jesus Christ, mercy, Michael Craig Dorman
So, last night – last week by the time this publishes – I wrote about two deaths, my cousin who was about a year older than I am and my friend Mike Dorman – from high school. Well, really I knew Dorman in eighth grade but whose keeping track? I thought specifically about the memorial service we had for Dorman here in Tampa.
More on that in a bit.
Through some of the comments I received I stated to think about the impact we have on the lives of people around us and most of us will never know that impact this side of Heaven.
And maybe that’s a good thing.
mickholt
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February 1, 2014
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Character, God's Will, Jesus
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forgivness, God's will, grace, Jesus Christ, mercy
Photo from Find a Grave
It’s funny how something that happened more than six years ago can be mentioned and bring to mind a flood of raw emotion that I really thought I had dealt with. Turns out I did nothing more than bury the feelings so deep because I was not equipped to deal with them then.
I am not 100% sure I am right now, either.
The anger, frustration and sadness, I felt in 2007 was at times overwhelming. The complete futility I felt at the news of my cousin’s death was only compounded a couple months later when I learned of the death of a high school friend.
mickholt
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January 27, 2014
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Character, God's Will
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disappointment, forgiveness, God's Grace, God's wiil, grace, Jesus, Jesus Christ, mercy
Photo by: pol sifter
Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus (Phil 3:13-14 KJV).
I am working through a month long challenge wherein nearly 1700 people have committed to writing at least 500 words a day. Every day we’re given a writing prompt; some use it some do not – it is not part of the challenge to write what we’re told to write just that we write.
mickholt
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January 24, 2014
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Character, God's Will
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Character, God's will, grace, Jesus, Jesus Christ, mercy, work, work for God
Photo By: ndboy (Creative Commons)
Colossians 3:23-24
“23 Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, 24 since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving (NIV).”
How many times have you read that verse and applied it to your J-O-B?
1? 10? 50? 100?
If you’re like me, you’ve probably done it more times than you care to remember. And the truth is, there is absolutely nothing wrong with that application.
mickholt
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January 20, 2014
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Character
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"I have a Dream", Character, Erin Andrews, forgivness, Fox Sports, God's will, grace, mercy, Michael Crabtree, MLK, NFC Championship, Richard Sherman, Seattle Seahawks, Super Bowl, Tirade, Tony Dungy
After last night’s NFC Championship game between the Seattle Seahawks and the San Francisco 49ers– a really good game I thought – an outburst by a member of the Seattle squad, Richard Sherman, really ruined the moment for the Seahawks and started – at least one – Face Book debate about Sherman’s behavior and it was made to be about race almost immediately.
For the record – and I said this on FB last night – I don’t care that he exclaimed that he was the best corner back in the league. I think you MUST think that about yourself to make it – in the NFL and life. If you question your skills, ability or value than others will too and that could easily come back to haunt you.
Mick Holt 