Men's conference

I got the opportunity to attend the 19th annual Men's Conference at First Baptist Church Woodstock in Woodstock, GA this past weekend.  Let me sum it up with one word: AWESOME!  In other words, I really really enjoyed it.  The topic of the weekend was The Attraction of Distraction.  It was basically about what keeps us from giving God our best and the things that distract us and draw us away from God.  It also applied to our spouses and children.  The things that I learned I can definitely apply to my everyday life and God really convicted of some areas of my life that are not congruent with God's Will.  I attended one of the breakout sessions that was how to be a better dad and I learned alot of things that I have not been doing very well.  Things such as:  do not discipline when angry, act like you want your kids to act (do not say "do as i say, not as i do"), kids want your approval badly but do not confuse approval for love.  Love your kids unconditionally, even when you have to discipline them and help them understand that no matter what they do, you will love them.  There were about 6500 men at this conference and it is just an amazing sight and sound to see and hear that many men worshiping God at one time.  An amazing and life changing time! 

Thank God recruiting is over for this year.  Auburn ended up with a great class: #2 or 3 on most recruiting sites except of course Rivals (who is owned and operated by a bama grad, go figure).  The future looks very bright for Auburn and the West will be very competitive for years to come. 

AU's bball team is terrible but they have some good players coming next year so I'm ready for this season to be over with.  Baseball season starts in about two weeks and Auburn should have a pretty good team.  I hope I can go down for a few games.  Anyway, til next time.....