At my work, I am lucky enough to get all the “normal” holidays and all the indigenous holidays :). *that means I was home on Monday so I could take advantage of having a day off.

My wife is coming back on Friday the 10th and I wanted to have a surprise for her. Just my opinion but I think most men don’t do enough for their wives. Sure – we work hard (hopefully) and sacrifice but what about when we get home? Some men don’t even know how to use the dishwasher or do laundry – for me that just isn’t good enough.

So yesterday I took my father-in-law (Jake) to Sky-Hy for breakfast – went home and put my skinny butt to work.

I was able to accomplish:

• did all the laundry (folded and put away except 1.5 bags)
• did all the dishes
• took out garbage
• swept inside, garage and street
• put up privacy screens on the windows
• got gas & water, picked up my daughter
• cleaned up the house, including shoes, cleaned the entrance
• made supper, ate at the table with the kids
• cried because I was tired, mopped up all the water 😂 just kidding – i don’t have a mop 😂

But the reality is that I wouldn’t have anything if it wasn’t for Jesus making the real moves in my life – my efforts by themselves would be futile.. there is nothing Jason can do if he doesn’t have the empowerment of Christ in his life. The reason I have anything at all, is because of God and that has to be mentioned first here – I want to make it clear that I give God all the credit – yes, I work hard but that means less than nothing, God is the real mover! When he rolls up his sleeves – anything amazing and glorious is possible in our lives.

I make it my business to do more than what is expected, way more.. why? I want to be the best person I can be at everything I do – now I don’t mean a perfectionist. I’ve been lackadaisical when I grew up and I learned to hate that part of myself. When I’ve seen it in others, I found that to be a very ugly trait, and knowing that its in me too – I decided to say “screw that” – I have zero desire to quantify myself as being [fair/average/status quo] – to quote Nada in one of my favorite movies… “I came here to kick ass and chew bubble gum and I’m all out of gum“. For me – living a great life means having my shit together and moving moves. I don’t care what other people think in regards to my potential – I’m too busy taking care of business and that also helps me stay out of trouble.

What also helps me stay out of trouble is reading the bible, although I am far from perfect – I promised myself that I would read the bible straight through from cover to cover – I listen a lot to biblical teachings but I’ve never read the whole bible book by book – so that is a goal for me – not just to read all of it but to understand and apply it. I just finished the book of Numbers and am starting Deuteronomy next.

Jason