Archive for November, 2007
November 29th, 2007
Awesome stuff:
“As obedient Children, do not be conformed to the former lusts which were yours in your ignorance, but like the Holy One who called you, be holy also in all your behavior because it is written ‘you shall be Holy, for I am Holy’.” 1 Peter 1:14-16.
I was doing the devo-thing this morning and mis-read where in the Word my “Daily Bread” was directing me. As I’m working on obedience in my walk with God, I found this passage keen and quite worthy of adding to my collection of “tent stake” verses, even to the point of sharing the verse with you. As a guy, it’s difficult in this day-and-age to be disciplined in purity. Way too many images, scenes, music, webpages, etc are out there that can cause a guy to stumble. With these “tent-stakes” I’m striving to stay on the up-and-up with the WHO Christ calls me to BE. Other Tent-Stakes include: John 15:5, 1 John 3:6 and a verse that I’ve (for a while) strived to truly live: Phillipians 3:7-8. These are just a few of the “stakes” I’ve collected over the years. Praise God for His Word revealed to us, and the Holy Spirit in whom “we can do all things” (Phil. 4:13).
November 28th, 2007
Really good wine. Amazing good wine. Had the future plan in progress explained to me today by the “boss” in Deming today. Nice. All sorts of growth for me avail as I grow with the company and help facilitate more sales growth. Enjoy a bottle of DH Lescombes Imperial Kir this holiday season! Raspberries abound in this wonderful sparkling wine. I had some of the ports our company makes a few nights ago, my fav is the “pirate bottle” St. Clair Port. Just a tad sweeter than the DH port, but of the ports the Chocolate port from our Enchantment Vineyards label was the most enjoyed. A snifter of that and a good cigar = good times, good times!
November 16th, 2007
OK, back at it! Back in the Saddle! Hopefully will be able to make time for posting once-a-week if not more. Thanks for your patience.
Life has been good, very good. Going up-ladder in a different industry so far has had it’s bumps, but the industry is way-more fun than window-coverings. Helps when the product is delightful. Being a hit on the wine-tasting circuit with a few top-sales labels in the state is nothing to sneeze at either. biggest and most state-of-the art in the state of NM is admirable, and 77th in the state in terms of size. All of these facts feel real good when considering my employer and product.
New Mexico Wineries is the producers of some great wines: D.H. Lescombes, Blue Teal, St. Clair, Mademoiselle, Plum Loco, Summer Peach, Wine-a-Rita, San Felipe to name more than a few. All produced in Deming, NM with grapes loving the sun outside Lordsburg, NM. I’ve been hired to oversee the sales representatives as Sales Manager, with 5 (soon to be 6) people to serve. What a blessing! Finally able to pass on all the great coaching tips and account manager skills I’ve been taught or developed (by God’s grace) in my 3 years with Skandia. Where with the last job I was a Window-covering expert, now I’ll expand my knowledge to cover wines and hopefully be more than a novice sommelier. The week after turkey-day I’ll be back at the winery to improve in “widget”-know how, so I can be more in-touch with the market/industry I’m now in.
St. Clair Bistro is related to our winery, it’s where all of our wines are available to taste and purchase. The food is reasonably-priced ($8-$17), and really good. the wait-staff are experts in pairing wine to the menu, so give it a try. Jess and I ate there last weekend with my folks… fabulous.
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November 16th, 2007
So sorry to not have posted in some time. Have had a tremendous opportunity come my way, and with it busy-ness. My New employer is New Mexico Wineries, the fine producers of an assortment of different labels. I’ll get more into that in a future post, but for now just acknowledge I’m a slacker, and owe you (my patient reader) for your grace when I’ve been too busy to post.
More soon.
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