Nicole's Engaged!!

 

 

From: Cherisse Zelesky [mailto:cherisse@garyzelesky.com]
Sent: Monday, December 30, 2013 8:25 PM
To: Gary Zelesky
Subject: Nicole's Engaged!!

 

hope to see you there.

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We are excited to announce the future Mr. & Mrs. Alex Vigil!     Please join us for hors d'oeusres and a variety of refreshments as we celebrate their engagement and the beginning of a New Year!     January 1, 2014 6:00PM - 9:00PM  5665 Kingswood Drive Citrus Heights, CA 95610   Please RSVP Cherisse at 916.276.2257 or via email at cherisse@garyzelesky.com

 

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Moments!

As I approach the wonderful age of sixty the questions I ask myself are very different than even a few years ago. I am not concerning with what I have or don’t have but my concerns are more about who I have or don’t have. The question I ask daily and even sometimes hourly is, “what moments are being created that will be worth taking about after I am gone”? Gone is a heck of a closer now than when I was a punk 30 year old! When I look at my family as the days rush by I wonder if I am spending the kind of time with them that truly matters. I find very little satisfaction in the things I do anymore as I consider what I am becoming rather than what I am accomplishing. The ministry like all jealous lovers desires much more than one should ever give and to maintain balance (whatever that is) becomes what’s most desired of me. Moments are the one thing I consider as I make my next choice. What will my family remember but more importantly what will my God remember in the moments I have created? 

 

Fathers!

I think within the walls of the church fathers hear more about what they need to do rather than simply being praised for what they are already doing. Don’t get me wrong there is always room for improvement however dads need to know the things they are doing right. I know most guys find their identity and significance in doing (task) not being (relationships) but I think we need to remind dads just how great they and capitalize on those wonderful attributes. Our sons and daughters need to hear others speak well of their dads not remind them how much more they need to do but not how much more they need to be. Show me first by your example what father is and then you will have the right to tell what a father does. I just want to say to all of us who have failed on many occasions to be the perfect father to our children, “well done for the right things you have accomplished”!  I do what’s right when reminded of the things I have done right!

 

So busy!

Every guy I talk to is always telling me how busy they are. What is busy anyway? Why are we so busy? What are the things that have brought men to this crazy frenzy called busy? I mean isn’t busy totally different than productive? It seems to me that one is out of control and the other is in control. I think we as guys like to say we are busier than we really are. We like to talk about what we do not what we are becoming. Busy keeps you from what is truly important! Busy is guilt driven not purpose or passion driven. Busy drives us but seldom leads us. Wow are we busy… the devil loves to keep men busy so they never TAKE the time to discover productive. We have filled our calendars but our lives are so empty. Busy…how’s that working for ya?

 

The call!

The call! What does it mean to have passion for anything? I mean I hear all the time that we as Christian men are to have passion for the Lord, for worship, for serving in the church and of course for our families. Sometimes I wonder why few are asking what we have passion for? What is the thing or should I say calling that we feel called to? What is the one thing that God put in our hearts not man? I have spent a lot of time asking men around the country what are they passion about and when the question is asked I get this deer in headlights response! Isn’t the call of God placed at a higher level of responsibility than the call of man? Doesn’t the voice of the Father need to be heard over the voice of man? No wonder guys are so used up rather than built up! We obey man more than we obey the Father who promised His burden is light. But when one doesn’t know their call they will spend their life knowing the cover-up! Too many men live in quiet desperation.   

 

The call!

than the call of man? Doesn’t the voice of the Father need to be heard over the voice of man? No wonder guys are so used up rather than built up! We obey What does it mean to have passion for anything? I mean I hear all the time that we as Christian men are to have passion for the Lord, for worship, for serving in the church and of course for our families. Sometimes I wonder why few are asking what we have passion for? What is the thing or should I say calling that we feel called to? What did God put in our hearts? I have spent a lot of time asking men around the country what are they passion about and when the question is asked I get this deer in headlights response! Isn’t the call of God placed at a higher level of responsibility man more than we obey the Father who promised His burden is light. But when one doesn’t know their call they will spend their life knowing the cover-up! 

 

Bye!

So are freaking out when it comes to just getting away. Maybe you have put yourself on some quilt trip or maybe the demands have become your security blanket for the need to please. Whatever is keeping you from saying bye to all that life requires one thing is clear… you need a getaway in the worst way. I have just returned from Mancation 2010 which is our men’s getaway. All the guys who went had one thing in common. It wasn’t easy getting there! There were lots of excuses but no reasons for taking time out of life to live. How can men hear the Fathers voice with so much noise around them? How can they possibly know the game plan without ever going to the sideline? No noise, no demands, no tugs just a lot of silence broken occasionally by the wind in the trees and the voice of the Father. I admit that “me time” is something that I need but feel guilty in taking. There is always something to do but little time to stop and learn how to be. Only recreation can produce recreation that allows a man to find why he is here! Bye…