I have a confession to make:  I think I’m addicted to food…

Seriously!  My wife will tell you the words “i’m hungry” come out of my mouth more than “i love you”. In my defense, I’m a guy and we need our food!  And when hunger strikes, everything looks good!  There are days where I almost can’t wait the two minute drive it takes to get from the movie theater to my house for Sunday afternoon lunch.  Our drive home from The Rock goes something like this:  As we pull out of the movie theater, we pass sonic and my mind runs to:  tater tots… cheesy tots… cheesy tots w/ chili… onion rings… onion rings AND chili-cheese tots! Then my loving wife reminds me we are saving money and have plenty to eat at home.  As our drive continues, we pass Carolina Wings… and my mind is consumed with these five simple words:  ALL YOU CAN EAT WINGS! Before I even have time to drool, El Cerro makes it way into view…  At this point, I am ready to spend the only $2 in my wallet and transfer money out of my savings so I can stuff some cheese dip… but we keep driving.  Then… in the distance… salvation calls… Taco Bell! mmmmmm… Visions of Half Pound Beef & Potato Burritos, Volcano Tacos, Chicken Casadillas, and Fire Sauce dance in my head.

As you can see, the ride ride home can be TORTURE!

Well, I was driving to the office the other day, thinking about chicken minis, Bojangles sausage biscuits, and McGriddles when this verse popped into my head:

“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.”

// Matthew 5:6

It was one of those ’smack-you-in-the-face, light-bulb-turned-on, God-spoke-through-the-burning-bush’ type moments!  It was amazing!

In response, I worked up this little prayer (feel free to use it.  All you have to do is replace “cheese dip” with your favorite food and “32″ with your personal record for # of chicken wings eaten in 1 sitting):

Lord, give me a starving hunger for Your righteousness.  Help me to desire Your holiness like I desire cheese dip.  I want to crave Your Word and be satisfied by it like I just ate 32 chicken wings!

How ’bout you?

You hungry?

Who designed the blog?

Let me give a quick shout out to Human3rror.com for his ‘I Like Content‘ Wordpress theme.  I added my own tweaks of course

Why the name ‘matholemu’?

In short, that has been my gamer tag for years.  I remember using that name on xbox live, World of Warcraft, Diablo, Neverwinter Nights, Baldur’s Gate… it just kind of always was my toon’s name.  It later became my online user name for almost everything.  Since ‘Matt Brown’ seems to be quite popular, I was unable to reserve mattbrown.com or anything similar.  So… matholemu.com was birthed!

Why the phrase ‘Rise A Knight’?

Well… this phrase came from one of my all time favorite movies Kingdom of Heaven.  Balian took every ordinary man who was willing to fight and dubbed him a knight.  When I think of knights, I think of loyalty, chivalry, and war.  And then, I came across verses like 1 Timothy 1:17, Deuteronomy 32:41-42, and Revelation 19:11-19.

There is just something about swords and arrows and armor and charging into battle that gets my blood pumping!  Scripture tells us that we are in a spiritual war. I want to be the one answering the call when Christ asks, “Who can stand?!”

Jesus is my King. I will remain loyal and faithful to His leadership.  I will fight for Him even to my death.  And I wear my shining armor for my damsil in distress (that would be my new bride, Kelly).

And to make it even better, this phrase is engraved on the inside of my wedding band!

The vision of this blog

My goal for this blog is to write good content that allows you the opportunity to know me.  The focus of my writings will be on leadership, discipleship and issues men face.  I have a heart for building men of radical integrity, relentless love, and servant leadership.  Plus, you may get a few random tid bits of your’s truly.

What’s with the bird?

The bird at the top of the page shows my latest twitter post.  You can follow my twitter updates here.

A few other notes

I have imported all my posts from fmumatt.com.  You can view them through the archive links on sidebar or search for specific posts through the top navigation bar.

The resources section will be up shortly and will include recomended books, personal growth materials,  helpful links to check out, and help for those who are struggling.

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ENJOI!!!