This will be a concise, fool-proof list for getting any girl of your dreams:
1. Hang out with Josh Ridings and after he makes a complete idiot of himself or offends said lady, swoop in and console her.
2. Hang out with Josh Ridings and his nephew, Harlan, who is 18 months old and a babe magnet...then refer to step 1.
3. (This is the hardest one) Actually talk to the girl. I haven't quite mastered this one yet. I am working on a few key phrases that can't go wrong...tell me what you think:
"Humm, you think it's going to rain today?"
"I sweat all the time for absolutely no reason"
"I can bench press way more than your weight....i think"
So, follow those steps and I dare you to tell me they don't work. Also, please come up with your own stock phrases...these have been in the making for years and they are mine.
Josh Ridings Band
Monday, March 31, 2008
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Hensley/Brown Nuptuals
This weekend two of my best friends got married. This is the first time I have had two great friends meet, fall in love, and tie the knot. It's pretty crazy and awesome. It was also the first time I have known almost everyone in the entire church. I sang in the wedding so I had the super nerdy seat in the choir loft which allowed me to watch everyone walk in. By the way, do you know how hard it is not wave back to people or not make dumb faces at people who are making fun of you from their safe seat in the crowd? It's very difficult. But I watched people from every stage of my life walk in...older couples from my first church, my first girl friend (hehe), friends from college, people from my current church, my parents, etc...and I thought about how much things have changed. It's crazy thinking about how God weaves everything together. I am who I am today because of all those people who I have lived with or gone to church with or played baseball with or whatever....my crazy life isn't crazy at all...God had everything planned out a long time ago.
The funnest part (besides singing, which I really loved...sometimes singing at weddings isn't awesome. Sometimes as in most of the time) was seeing some neato college friends. That's what got me thinking about how different things are now compared to 9 years ago. They have wives and kids and mini vans and I lead worship at a church. Those are all very adultish things. But more than that, I'm not the same 18 year old punk I was when I first met them. I'm still a punk at times but for the past five years I have had some very Godly men come along beside me and gently punch me in the face, which I needed. I can't believe I had any friends back then.
I will never claim to have everything figured out but I will say that I have grown up a lot, which I fought the entire time because I am a baby. But as I stood with Jeremy (who looks like Jimmy Page from 1970) and Jeremi (who is dating a radical lady) and Jeff (who needs to have a twin sister so I can marry her) I wondered if I had actually grown up any. When I see them do I turn back into Josh Ridings of 1999? I hope not. I don't want to ever be a stiff, old, geezer but I do want to know when to act like I am 26, not 14. Anywho, that was a lot of rambling. All I wanted to say is I hope I don't ever stop growing and I hope God continues to prune me even though it hurts...and I hope that the pruning is evident.
The wedding was terrific. I love Emily and her family and I will miss Brent (he is now property of Emily Hensley Brown). They are going to be the greatest couple in Lyman. I can't wait to see which one of my friends bites it next. We all know who it's going to be.
The funnest part (besides singing, which I really loved...sometimes singing at weddings isn't awesome. Sometimes as in most of the time) was seeing some neato college friends. That's what got me thinking about how different things are now compared to 9 years ago. They have wives and kids and mini vans and I lead worship at a church. Those are all very adultish things. But more than that, I'm not the same 18 year old punk I was when I first met them. I'm still a punk at times but for the past five years I have had some very Godly men come along beside me and gently punch me in the face, which I needed. I can't believe I had any friends back then.
I will never claim to have everything figured out but I will say that I have grown up a lot, which I fought the entire time because I am a baby. But as I stood with Jeremy (who looks like Jimmy Page from 1970) and Jeremi (who is dating a radical lady) and Jeff (who needs to have a twin sister so I can marry her) I wondered if I had actually grown up any. When I see them do I turn back into Josh Ridings of 1999? I hope not. I don't want to ever be a stiff, old, geezer but I do want to know when to act like I am 26, not 14. Anywho, that was a lot of rambling. All I wanted to say is I hope I don't ever stop growing and I hope God continues to prune me even though it hurts...and I hope that the pruning is evident.
The wedding was terrific. I love Emily and her family and I will miss Brent (he is now property of Emily Hensley Brown). They are going to be the greatest couple in Lyman. I can't wait to see which one of my friends bites it next. We all know who it's going to be.
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