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Jeremy Moffitt informal Senior Picture

Jeremy Moffitt with his Tuba in his senior jacket in 2004!

Who let the dogs out ??

How many DOGS are there should be the question ? Lets see, we have Angel and Sammy. They LOVE to bark and carry on because I guess that is something that just comes naturally. They bark at anything that moves and if they can make something move that normally does not move they will do that and bark anyway. Once they get bored at creating their own amusement they then bark at Fergus across the street who is Nurse Shannon's dog who has been abandoned in Chuck's yard for the last several years. Fergus and Sammy and Angel all love to holler back and forth and back and forth all day long if given the opportunity. I have found that if I schedule a SFE (scheduled flyswatter event) on Sammy's short little body that it tends to cause him to stifle the noise. Tracking him down and actually hitting him with the flyswatter can be an aerobic event. The fact that I know I am going to have to chase him around and around the tree sometimes causes me to be lazy and just threaten him from the porch. Sometimes that works and sometimes it does not. I am glad that he can not get on the Internet and read my blog. That would just ruin it for me altogether. Oh yes, lets not forget the mutts up the street. They like to bark all hours of the day and night and all that needs to happen to set them off is for the wind to move one single leaf on ANY tree located within 20 square miles of their back yard. Is it still unlawful to kill someone else's dogs? Most days I don't want to kill the neighbors dogs (or birds for that matter (snicker) but I would like to find the mute button. Can I find some pills that will instantly mute the dogs in the neighborhood? You know, they open mouth to bark and NO SOUND comes out.
I need to research that immediately. I thought about buying a dart gun and some tranquilizer darts but that would mean that the event UDE (unscheduled dart extraction) might be seen by a neighbor and then the local police department would have to have an UV event (unscheduled visitation) which we certainly dont need.

Now that I am sharing my lovely story about the CND (canine noise dilemma) I am reminded that atleast one of the children (not mentioning names) (yet) (snicker) from our little commune (SLC) (slumlord commune) down at the bottom of our hill (gully?) has taken barking lessons from the dogs. Instead of barking though the child stood in the middle of the street the other day (OMG) (@v@) and screamed at such a regular and high pitched interval it caused a UCC (unscheduled child chasing) by yours truly. Luckily for the child I was having visions of all the calories that I was going to have to burn to get off my rear end , put on my shoes and launch myself out the door, across the porch, down the stairs and over the ditch. Gosh, that would have been worth video taping huh ? Luckily for me I counted the cost and just inserted my ear plugs (STILL heard the child anyway) and tried to tune them out.

I have to share another event with you. Are you surprised? Angel is experiencing a OMGIAIH event (Oh my gosh I am in heat) which in turn has caused a OMGIAHE (Oh my gosh I am horny event) for Sammy. Things have been interesting around here lately. Can you imagine Sammy running all around the house chasing Angel for all he is worth with tongue hanging out? (not going any further with that mental picture @@). I think that the hormones have gotten to poor Angel though because we saw her turn the tables by starting to chase Sammy around the house and taking on some male tendencies that I probably wont bother with describing. (@@) Lets just say that we have had to make sure that we have all had to resort to wearing tennis shoes, knee high socks and knee pads just in case Sammy comes running around the corner of the house and mistakenly identifies one of us as a 60 pound Lab.......

Meanwhile back at the ranch we can see a cloud of dust in the distance as the herd of saber toothed space chickens are headed in our direction. I can see that Paul Bunyon is going to have to run fetch the gun so we can defend ourselves..... Maybe Nurse Shannon and the REAL man in her life can learn how to kill and pluck SPACE CHICKENS......... I wonder if they are edible??

My dogs are barking

No, I am not talking about Sammy or Angel even though they do tend to bark on a regular basis. The dogs I am talking about are my feet who are not very happy with me at the moment. I spent the last three days working a 3 to 11pm shift at the County Office Building which included making rounds in a 9 story parking garage. I can not begin to tell you how much fun that was. NOT..... I know, I am reminding myself of the fact that it IS a JOB. I was scheduled to work today from 3pm to 11pm BUT I will be bowling tonight instead. I advised my company that I go to church Sunday morning and bowl on Monday evening and that I can work OTHER hours during those days. Nevertheless they scheduled me anyway. I called the on call supervisor at 6:30 am on Saturday as I was headed to a 7 am to 3pm shift and woke him up to advise him of my NEED to be off today so I can bowl. He was not too happy that I called him at 6:30 am. Oh well.... The joys of supervision at a security company. heheheheheheh

Lets see, now for the fun stuff. We experienced the following events this morning before we got up to start our day.

UAD = Unexpected Appliance Death
UTW = Unexpected Trip to Wallyworld
UBA = Unexpected Bill Arrival
SHS = Scheduled Hammering Session


Katy was awakened by our Terrier Sammy at 6 am wanting to experience a UPB (Unscheduled Potty Break) so she got up and let him outside to do his business. Then Katy attempted to initiate a SCP (Scheduled Coffee Percolation) which failed miserably in a UAD (see above). That in turn caused Katy to experience a URTPIB (unscheduled Return To Prone Position in Bed) where she lamented the fact that the light was on with the coffee maker but no one was home. At this point I am awake faced with having an NDC event (NO DARN COFFEE) which in turn meant that I would soon experience a UTW (see above please). Once we meandered back from WallyWorld I went to the mailbox (huge mistake) and experienced the UBA (see above) and then wandered back down the hill to be advised by Katy that she needed to experience a SHS (see above) so that she could hang some pictures.

I dont know if I can handle any more scheduled or unscheduled events at this point. Hopefully the coffee will be ready and I can get on with the rest of my day. LOL....

The Purpose Driven Life days 1,2 & 3

The following thoughts are conveyed in the first three chapters of this book.

A. It is not about me but God
B. I am not an accident
C. What drives my life ?

At Battle Plan Ministries website at the link listed below we have 160 members and thus far only 6 men have engaged in making a committment to do this devotional for 40 days. I wrote a message yesterday to encourage the men to take the step and just do it. I can see where some folks just might be intimidated by the thought of journaling their thoughts, meditations to these devotional chapters in an online log. Nevertheless, as a leader there I felt compelled to lead by example and to share my thoughts. My fear is that someone will see me for who I really am as I share my heart. My HOPE is that everyone will see the real me and my personal pursuit to be who God wants me to be despite my sinful nature. So, with that in mind I choose to be transparent. I choose to be that way not to bring attention to who I am but rather to reveal who God is to me and through me. So, now that I have said that I will begin to share my meditations with you. I also hope that as you read what I write that you too will receive this as a challenge to buy the book "The Purpose Driven Life" and join me in your own personal journey.

The Purpose Driven Life Website

Battle Plan Ministries


40 Days of Purpose


Chapter 1: It all starts with God


Coll 1:16 for everything, absolutely everything, above and below, visible and invisible, everything got started in him and finds its purpose in him

Point to ponder: It's not about me

Question to consider: In spite of all the advertising around me, how can I remind myself that life is really about living for God, not I?

I live in a materialistic world that tells me that I deserve a break today. If it feels good do it. Everything about our society is centered on what I can accomplish for myself. Before Christ I was my own God sitting upon the throne room of my heart. My meaning and satisfaction and purpose started and ended with my flesh and emotions. At the point of salvation the Holy Spirit opened my eyes to God the Father and showed me how my sinful nature made me an enemy with my creator and separated me from Him. Through Gods grace I was able to enter into a personal relationship with God and found a new purpose for living. Instead of satisfying flesh and emotional needs I now desired to fulfill Gods purpose for my life. My spirit was awakened and given the ability to see Gods love, mercy and character. The road to sanctification is a daily struggle to remove self off the throne of my heart and to put Christ first. Christ died so I might live eternally with Him. God created me for His good pleasure and purpose. My struggle is to realize that life is not about whom I am or how I feel or how much junk I can accumulate. The only way that I can connect myself to Gods true purpose for my life is to continually pursue Him through prayer, reading of His word and being obedient to His bidding.


Chapter 2: I am not an accident

Verse- Isaiah 44:2 - I am your creator. You were in my care even before you were born.

Question to consider- Knowing that God uniquely created me what areas of my personality, background and physical appearance am I struggling to accept.

I sometimes struggle with the fact that I want to pursue people in deep personal relationships and very few folks make an effort to get beyond the superficial aspects of daily living. I want to talk about matters of the heart and it tends to scare people off. I tend to be strongly opinionated and I call things for what they are. I know the importance of tact and being politically correct but my Christ view usually conflicts with the normal worldview of most people. That typically puts me in a position of being separate from others and lonely. I sometimes wish I was not a people person.



Chapter 3: Living on purpose is the path to peace.

Isaiah 26:2- You Lord, give perfect peace to those who keep their purpose firm and put their trust in you.

Question to consider- what would my family and friends say is the driving force of my life. What do I want it to be?


I think that my family and friends would say that my family and being religious are the two driving forces in my life. I have a handful of family members who view my church activities and Christ view of my world as being super religious. They do not understand that my religious activities and Christ view has been born out of years of sanctification and trials by fire. I can look back at my life and see several instances where my life was driven by fear, resentment and anger and need for approval. Every since I was 17 years old and God entered into my heart I have wanted to serve Him in any way that I can. I used to perceive serving God as something that could only be done in the context of full time ministry in a traditional church setting. As I lived through the consequences of divorce in the Southern Baptist Convention I had a rude awakening about ministry. I was told that I was not good enough for ministry because of my divorce. I was shown by God that I could serve him on a personal level in my life and that my faith and obedience in the non traditional moments of ministry were able to touch the lives of people in the community all around me. God showed me that He could use me for the purpose of glorifying His Kingdom without being licensed or ordained. God showed me the importance of ministry to my family first and then the church and community. I am learning that when I look outside of myself for Gods purpose and desire in the community and lives of people around me that as I engage in these activities God reveals His purpose for me personally. I am also learning that when I seek Gods purpose that when I find it the experiences is not always emotionally charged. I must pursue God daily on a personal level without requiring God to make me feel good or do something in my life to make me happy. I have also learned that it is easier to be in survival mode living life reacting to circumstances instead of living life proactively with a planned out purpose.