Okay, if you know my husband Ben, you know that he is a very passionate person. He is passionate about everything he does, whether that be studying scripture, serving the community, helping people in need, loving his wife, trying to be obedient, or collecting things!! Yes, my husband's passion has caused him to become a PACK RAT!! He said so himself when he was teaching last night at church. Ben was teaching on the Lord's prayer and its connection to Exodus...particularly the notion of "daily bread." In his teaching, Ben admitted that he didn't always live into this promise and had a tendency to be a slight pack right storing things up, instead of depending on G-d's daily provision. Let's just say I had to pick my jaw up off the floor because this was the first time I have ever heard him admit that.
I love Ben and his passion...but sometimes it is a bit misplaced. When Ben gets excited about something, he gets really excited and just can't stop himself from wanting more....whether that be star wars figures, knives, bags (or as I like to call them "man purses"), mini horses, water bottles, blankets, etc. So in the car last night, my blackberry kept buzzing. I looked down only to discover that my sweet husband had bid on like 15 different water bottles on ebay. Fortunately, the buzzing was telling me he had lost...but seriously, 15 water bottles. Mind you, we had just recently (within 2 weeks) purchased 4 new water bottles for our trip to Israel. So I say to him, "honey, seriously, don't you think we have enough water bottles, we just got four new ones and you just bought another one on ebay." Then he says to me, "but what about other people, they need water bottles too." Isn't he sweet, always thinking of others. So I say, "I bet we have enough water bottles to give 8 people 2 water bottles each." He says, "no way, that is 16 bottles, you must be kidding me....you can't count the small ones, they aren't sufficient for the hike (referring to the trip to Israel we are about to take)." So I say, "yep, I bet we still do have enough, not counting all the small ones." So we get home and I proceed to pull out all of our water bottles and guess what...16 sufficiently sized bottles!! Plus 20 others!! That's right friends 36 water bottles in my house!!
In tribute to Ben's passion..I will be posting pictures of his collections over the next few days!!
Water bottles, water bottles everywhere!! 36 in total!!
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Maybe he's practicing for baby bottles. But---he has only collected one priceless mother-in-law who loves him dearly. Collection ended!
At least his collections mean he can never say anything if you want another pair of shoes. Mom
Camp Grady Spruce sticker bottle is my favorite! It is so well loved, I use it everytime I stay at the Blevin's abode.
And here is the rock scripture we was talking about
43"Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit. 44He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.-Matthew 21
He needs more. I have some he can have.
Love it, Love it, Love it. Lynn will be wantin' to check out that knife collection. I can't wait to see what's next. Maybe the BenBro Babies....Yahoo! I'm a good sitter, but will have to compete with others, I'm sure!! Love, love, love you both! L&D
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