Reading James (Honestly)

nobody@vox.com(clinthudson) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:03:20 -0400

James 1:2-4 Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.

It's amazing how much God can speak to you in just a few words that were written and inspired decades ago.
I've been struggling to conjure up the strength to speak to my mountains and make them move as of late. I just felt like there was a missing ingredient that was keeping my labor unfruitful. I stumbled upon that missing ingredient in James Chapter 1.

My failings weren't in my efforts or my direction, or even my motivation for that matter. I realized that I was falling short in the joy department. And as it turns out not just joy, but pure joy! I was all up for the trials and finding a way to make a "David and Goliath" moment out of them. But, I discovered through my study of James that the victory doesn't come with the defeat of your trials, rather, victory is in experiencing pure joy in the midst of them, actually because of them. James even goes to the point of making it a definitive statement. This decision to count your trials as a joyous occasion is what gives way to wisdom and maturity by way of perseverance.
My course is set to follow the path that God has laid before me, only now I can resist complaining, and sulking along the way, knowing that with each step I can experience pure joy! What more could you really ask for?

Clint Hudson

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Re-Establishing My Blog

nobody@vox.com(clinthudson) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:23:13 -0400

No doubt I've been MIA as of late. My blog has fallen into deep neglect. It appears that either I have been to busy updating my life 140 characters at a time, or I just haven't had anything to report. (It's not the ladder.)
My mid-years resolution is to use this as a platform to journal what God is doing in my life. That resolution engages in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1......

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Jack performs live in "The Living Room"

nobody@vox.com(clinthudson) — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:09:34 -0400

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Jack endorses our President. Broccoli Obama.

nobody@vox.com(clinthudson) — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:08:28 -0400

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Snapshots from a full life!

nobody@vox.com(clinthudson) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:54:53 -0500

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The Pirate of Pizza Inn

nobody@vox.com(clinthudson) — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:45:24 -0400

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This past week my mom and Brantley took our son Jack to his favorite restaurant in the world... Pizza Inn (obviously you can tell that by my blog title). Literally, Jack would eat pizza from Pizza Inn everyday of every week, no joke.
So as they usually do on Wednesday, mom and Brantley grabbed Jack and took off to our friendly neighborhood pizza joint. They had been there for a few minutes chomping down on some pizza when Jack started freaking out. He kept hiding behind Brantley and peeking out towards the booth across the way where a guy with an eye patch sat with his family. Brantley asked Jack what it was that had freaked him out, a question that he would later regret asking. Jack pointed across the aisle at the man with the eye patch and blurted out, "Papa! It's a pirate o'er there! He scare me!"
Oh the things that kids will say. I'm just glad he was with mom and Brantley and not Amber and I when he chose to cast judgment on the visionally challenged.
Mucho Amo,
Clint

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My Tuesday Video Blog for Chasen

nobody@vox.com(clinthudson) — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 11:47:52 -0400

Tuesday V-Blog (September 16th, 2008)

My boys from Chasen are and will remain some of my closest and best friends! I am truly thankful for the time that God blessed me with such awesome friends and great fun while we lived life in the fast lane.
Much love to my boys,
Clint

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Meet My Boys

nobody@vox.com(clinthudson) — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:53:36 -0400

Our boys are finally here! Owen and Isaac were born Tuesday morning (9/9/08) around 10:30am! Isaac came first weighing in at 5lbs 7oz, followed 12 minutes later by Owen who weighed in at 6lbs 1oz. They are both inexplicably healthy and absolutely perfect little boys.... miraculous considering their early arrival! Later today we will take them home and begin our lives as a new family of 5!
Proud Papa,
Clint

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Jack's Birthday (The Wonderpets Save The Day!)

nobody@vox.com(clinthudson) — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:10:03 -0400

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I'm a little late in posting about Jack's birthday but life has been a bit overwhelming for the last few weeks to say the least. It's tough to play the roles of both parents and a nurse at the same time, but that is the role that I have assumed during the final stage of our pregnancy while Amber remains on bed rest.
Anyway, back to Jack and his crowning achievement of turning 2 years old. Jack is currently obsessed with this Nickelodeon show called "The Wonderpets." It's actually a really cute show, honestly I find myself singing along with most of the songs, but that's probably due to the fact that those songs are the only songs playing in my house around the clock! So since Jack is all about the Wonderpets right now, we decided to throw a Wonderpets birthday party for him. We went all out too! I made Jack a wonderpets cape, we had an extremely talented friend of ours make us a wonderpets cake, and then of course Jack recieved everything wonderpets that ToysRus could potentially offer us! It was an awesome party, and Jack had an absolute blast! We are so proud of him. I am truly blessed to have such an amazing family!
Mucho amo,
Clint

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Jack's New Drums!!!

nobody@vox.com(clinthudson) — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:09:49 -0400

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My son Jack will turn 2 this coming Saturday! His first present that he received from his Papa and Gam-ma was his very first drum set! He loves music more than anything in the world so he flipped when he saw them for the first time. It's so cool to have a son who loves music as much as his daddy... I mean how many kids say that their favorite band is Coldplay at 2 years old, haha.
(of course the first song that he said he was playing was "Crazy Beautiful" or as he calls it, "whoa whoa")

By the way, still no babies! Am is still on bed rest and having contractions everyday. We are officially taking bets as to how long she is going to hold out!

Mucho amo,
Clint

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