If you’ve been reading my blog for any amount of time, you’ve gotten to know me a bit.  You have an idea about my humor, my convictions, my personality and my experiences.  Now, it’s time for you to get to know Chris.  This man of mine is a wealth of wisdom.  He truly does have wisdom beyond his years.  He knows so much about so much.

We are going to have a couple of days each month where you will be able to ask him questions.  I imagine many of you, who know our story, will want to hear his side of things.  You’ll want to know how he felt, what he experienced, what led him to confess and a plethora of other things.

Because he is a leader of pastors in our church, some of you may want to ask him about leadership issues.  He is a phenomenal leader and is more than happy to share on this subject.

Still others of you may want to know things that may have no spiritual significance whatsoever.  Like how he can find the absolute best bargain on the internet because of his mad researching skills or how his team can win the Big 12 championship game on XBOX 360.  He’ll go there, too

So, let’s get at it.

Ask away!  We’ll post his answers/thoughts next Monday in a very creative way.  Stay tuned!

I’m undergoing an inner transformation.

The reason why is that I am just so sick of me.  Sick of me thinking about me, whining about what I am not happy about, thinking about me thinking about how much I don’t want to think about me.

You get the picture.

One looking on from the outside might not see all the yuck I see in me and might even say I’m being overly dramatic. 

Perhaps.

But I know me.  I know the things that run through my head at a speed that is out of control.  I know the impure motives that I attempt to tame and how painful the killing of that flesh is.  I know that the duties I have in my life often cause me to walk in frustration when they interrupt my precious ME time.

I also know that I won’t stay here.  That God won’t let me stay here.  God knows I don’t want to stay here.

So pardon the construction site as I say goodbye to me.

And shoot a prayer or thirty-three up for me.

***My fellow internet peeps, I give you the newest writer to cindybeall.com.  The love of my life, Chris Beall…

I am an activator.

When I get an idea or get the slightest bit excited about doing something….it’s too late to stop me.

It was about 17 years ago.  I had been a follower of Christ for just about a year and had just met the woman I would marry.  I’ll tell the whole story another time but the morning after our first date, I drove to Austin, Texas, and put a down payment on a wedding ring for Cindy (I really am an activator).

The story gets better.  A week after our first date, Cindy went to San Diego to visit her sister-in-law and newborn niece, and I was left missing her.  What to do…what to do.  I know!  Why don’t I call her mom?  I picked up the phone two days before Cindy would be flying back in and called Nancy, Cindy’s mom.

“Hi, Mrs. Moehring.  My name is Chris Beall.  I am a friend of your daughters,” I said nervously.

“I know who you are,” she replied.

“I really like your daughter and thought it might be cool if we hung out together this weekend.  I could take you out to dinner and we could get to know each other before she gets home,” came my reply.

“Well, um, I guess that would be okay,” Nancy said.

That day I had my friend drive me from San Marcos to Georgetown, which was about an hour away.  I knocked on the door and Nancy opened it.  In one hand I had my guitar so that I could play her some of the really bad songs I had been learning.  In the other hand, I had a basket full of my dirty laundry. 

Suffice it to say, Nancy and I had a great weekend getting to know each other.  She enjoyed my bad songs, took me out to dinner and even washed my laundry, including my underwear, for me.  After all of this, she still let me marry her daughter.  Thanks Nancy!

Since we will be spending some time together on this blog I thought I’d give you a snapshot into who I am and how I’m wired.

My name is Chris Beall, and I am an activator.

Who are you?

Clutch -A new blog I’ve recently come across that is geared to minister to pastor’s wives.  If you are a pastor’s wife or know one, send her over!

Chad Markley -Recognize the name?  Well, it was his last name before it was Sarah’s.  I really like this guy.  Great heart. He doesn’t write a ton, but maybe the fact that I’m endorsing his blog today will get a little jump start on the boy and get him to write more.  Will ya, Chad?  

The Noreaster - This month will prove to encourage your faith as you read the many stories that “Nor” has lined up for us in January.  They are storm stories.  Go check them out!

And Happy New Year to you, too!

Oh, it seems like only yesterday that we were filling water bottles and buying non-perishables for the end of world, or Y2K, as we knew it.  Good times.

So, how are alla y’all?  Good?

Oh, the announcement.

Well, ahem, the announcement is, that, I…am…

Wait a second, the kids are playing UFC…Boys, don’t make me come in there.

Sorry, back to the announcement.  I was meaning to tell you that I…am…

Just a sec…Got a call.  Hello?

Wow, can a girl catch a break or what? 

So, I’ve been meaning to tell you that I…am…

adding another writer to cindybeall.com!

That’s right!  There is another individual who is going to help me hold down this here fort here by adding his/her two cents about life and whatnot.  This person is highly gifted in MANY areas.  This person is humbly confident in who he/she is in Christ.  This person has wisdom beyond his/her years.  I am honored that this person is going to minister with me.

But I’m not tellin’ just yet.  If you want to know, just come back on Monday, January 5th.  This will be his/her first post.

P.S.  And for those of you who thought I was pregnant, shame on you.  Shame, shame on you.  Watch your tongues.

P.S.S.  Anyone want to take a stab at who it is?