Open book

I am new to the whole blogging thing.  I am not really even sure if anyone will read this, but I suppose that it will give me a place to collect my thoughts, so at the very least I can look back in 10 years and say to myself wow, I did not know anything back then.

I would assume that the only reason you are reading this blog is that you already know me but in case that is not the case, let me introduce myself.

My name is Mike Levitsky, I am currently 27 years old, am happily  married and live at home with my wife Stacy and our cat Snickers.  Did I mention that we are expecting a baby in about 4 months.  Little baby Samuel, at least that is how I think we are going to spell it, I will have to check with Stacy to confirm that.  I am super excited to be a dad, I have never been one before so I don't really know what to expect.  I have gotten the usual "your going to be up all night and lose sleep" from the unhappy parents and the "there's nothing better" from the parents who know what a blessing children are.  I don't know what to expect, both my brother and I were ADD so I might have a little crazy man running around the house.  What ever he will be like I know that it will be amazing.  I am so amazed at God's designs, I am in awe anytime I stop to think about it.  Think about it, Right now thousands of impulses are going to my brain to control dozens of muscles that move bones covered in flesh that can feel the keys I am pressing.  You are reading the words I am typing with a super complex optical system, with so many systems involved, and it only takes one part of that system to render it useless.  Wow, but I digress.

To pay the Bills I have three jobs.  I work full time as a teacher (Music, P.E. and Bible) at the Packinghouse in Redlands, CA.  On Thursdays, after work, I teach music lessons at Immanuel Baptist, this is my second job and I also play drums for Immanuel Baptist, which is how I spend my Wednesday nights and most of my Sundays.

Along with my work, I am also working on my masters of divinity at Golden Gate Baptist Seminary in Brea, so far I am doing well and have really been enjoying the classes.  My hope is to be a pastor, although this does not seem to be something that will be happening soon.  I am just waiting on the Lord and I am perfectly content with my current situation.

I hope to post many things here.  Some will interest you, some may bore you, some may offend you or you may disagree with me, but at the very least I hope to challenge you to think about God, yourself and your purpose for living, how you will spend your life because you know, you only get one.  My hope is that someone somewhere will get something out of the things I have learned in my short life and the will, in turn, help them in their life.