Chewing the Frat

The loudest stadium is Centurylink Field where the Seahawks play football. It is a stadium with a capacity of 68,000 fans. The crowd reached a level of noise that registered at 137.6 decibels. THAT IS LOUD. As men we love loud things and action, and find it hard some times to stop and reflect upon the silence in our lives. Today on Chewing the Frat lets look at Embracing the Silence to hear from God.

Some of the great corner men in boxing history include' Angelo Dundee, Al Silvani, Eddie Futch, Chuck Bodak and of course Mannie Seamon. Not only does boxing have great "corner men," but the Loyolla University of Chicago has a great lady in their corner, Sister Jean Schmidt. Let's talk about how is in your corner on Chewing the Frat.

Some of the strange things that have been ordered together by people include an order of Peanut Butter and Humus, Bacon and White Vinegar and Popcorn with Pickled Jalepenos. Talk about things that don't go together!. Let's talk about things that don't go together here on Chewing the Frat.

If in the 1800's your co-worker called you a Fopdoodle and that you wife was a Driggle-Draggle, you may want to have a word with them. They just called you a fool and they said your wife is a sloppy person. Even back in the 1800's you had people who insulted you. God's reminds us a few things about insults. Let's talk about handling insults on Chewing the Frat.

In November of 2009 the President was having a State Dinner for the Prime Minister of India. During the event it was discovered that a couple had "crashed" the State Dinner. They were all dressed up in formal attire, had their picture taken with the President and acted like they were suppose to be there. According to the White House, they were not. Sometimes we feel like we need to be someone we are not to impress God. We don't need to pretend to be someone special to God, WE ARE. Let's talk about pretending on Chewing the Frat.

The largest jigsaw puzzle in the world was constructed by 1600 students in Sept of 2011 at The University of Economics in Vietnam. The puzzle contained 551,232 pieces and took over 17 hours to put together. The puzzle was a picture of a lotus flower. Have you ever been at a place in life where you felt that your life was like a huge jigsaw puzzle with all of the pieces out of order. What made it difficult was that you could not see the picture of what the puzzle should look like. The Bible tells us what to do when we feel like a jigsaw puzzle. Let's talk about fixing the puzzle on Chewing the Frat.

Today millions of people turn to Doctors, Lawyers or other professionals in times of trouble and often find great help and advice. When we are facing spiritual trouble, where do we turn. Let's talk about that on Chewing the Frat.

The Fetzer Institute did a survey in 2010 that involved over 1000 adults 18 and over. Over 68% of them said that they believed we needed more love and forgiveness. They survey also revealed that 52% of people believe that someone can get to a point where they should not be forgiven. The most interesting stat was that over 60% of the people survey said that forgiveness needed to be initiated by the person who had done the wrong. How does that match up with the story of the Prodigal Son. Let's talk about forgiveness here on Chewing the Frat.

In 1996, Kerri Strug injured her ankle on her first Vault attempt. She needed another vault, but yet she was injured. Proving to be one of the most celebrated comebacks of Olympic US history, she did her second vault and scored a 9.712 and the Americans won the All Around gold for gymnastics for the first time in history. Olympians are not the only ones who can experience comebacks. We see a great comeback in Luke 15. Let's talk about comebacks on Chewing the Frat.

The 1992 Olympics in Barcelona was where Gail Devers won the Women's 100 Meter Race. It was a photo finish and could only be decided by slow motion. Once the times were announced, Gail Devers won, but the person who came in 5th was only one tenth of a second behind Devers. Imagine if she had quit on second too early, she would have lost the gold. Is there a good time to give up? Let's talk about that on Chewing the Frat.