A New Kind of Penguin

This may come as a shock to you, but I think that a new breed of penguin has been discovered!!!

What? You haven't heard about it yet?

Well, I found out in a rather unexpected way. The other day I was at Whole Foods in Sugar Land killing some time with Amanda (That place is a little on the expensive side for me... and I don't care if my food is made out of preservatives or rice flax or whatever, so long as it tastes good!). We were walking around looking at all of the expensive organic food, and then we decided to meander over to the toy section where they have organic toys I guess. While we were over there I picked up a toy that and this is what it looked like-

Please note that there was no doctoring of this photo, and that the tag was attached to the "Emperor Penguin".

So what do you think? Cool new penguin? Deformed penguin? Or.... Whale Shark?

I'm gonna go with Whale Shark.

But this brings up something that is up for debate in some circles. For me it isn't. That is, the "Uniqueness of Christ". Which means that Christ's role as savior is His and His alone - it is not up for debate. You can't say that, "Well, Christ works for me, but if he doesn't for you, then whatever you believe is also right."

I don't want to get into politics, but for me there is a passage that sums it up - 
"I am the WAY, the TRUTH, and the LIFE. No one come to the Father, but through me." John 14:6.

Scripture is clear that there is only one way to salvation. We have been given a wonderful gift in Christ. For me that gift has meant more than I can write down in this last paragraph, but I will try to summarize. It means that I have a rock to crash upon in times of turmoil. It means that I have someone rejoicing with me in all my successes. He has been the foundation of my marriage. It means that I can look forward to the day I am in heaven. But most of all, it means I am loved.

Free Stuff

What can I say, I am a sucker for free things! Free t-shirts, free food, free keychains - whatever it is, when I hear the word "free" my ears perk up.

That is why when my wife emailed me the other day saying that she saw that a local restaurant was giving away free food I jumped on the chance. This, however, was not a single time food giveaway. This was free food for a year! That's right a year's worth of free stuff. Be still my heart.

What restaurant was doing this you ask? Well the email said that if I was one of the first 50 customers at Bullrito's (a burrito place like Chipotle or Freebirds) that I would receive free burritos for a year.

I received the email at 8:30 and immediately left the house to try and get my spot in line. I arrived and found that I was #33!

2 1/2 hours later I walked inside and was greeted by the new employees who handed me a bag with a Bullrito's t-shirt, a Bullrito's bumper sticker and, a coupon for free queso, and a wonderful little card that had 52 little burritos on it. That is right, I get one burrito a week for a year!

If you aren't jealous yet, then I guess you either aren't into burritos or aren't a fan of free things. But when I got that card, I was pumped!!! The burrito I got that day wasn't too bad either!

So, once a week you can find me at Bullrito's eating and loving my new card. So what will I do next with all my new found free food? The answer: share it! If any of you out there ever want to give the place a shot, I would love to take you sometime and use my card to get you a free burrito. That's right, I will buy you lunch! Just leave a comment and I we will figure out a time that works for us.

Hope to hear back from everyone soon!!!