Coincidence? I think not...

Luke 21:5-34

Jesus Foretells the Future

5 Some of his disciples began talking about the majestic stonework of the Temple and the memorial decorations on the walls. But Jesus said, 6 “The time is coming when all these things will be completely demolished. Not one stone will be left on top of another!” 

 7 “Teacher,” they asked, “when will all this happen? What sign will show us that these things are about to take place?”

8 He replied, “Don’t let anyone mislead you, for many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Messiah,’[b] and saying, ‘The time has come!’ But don’t believe them. 9 And when you hear of wars and insurrections, don’t panic. Yes, these things must take place first, but the end won’t follow immediately.” 10 Then he added, “Nation will go to war against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. 11 There will be great earthquakes, and there will be famines and plagues in many lands, and there will be terrifying things and great miraculous signs from heaven.

12 “But before all this occurs, there will be a time of great persecution. You will be dragged into synagogues and prisons, and you will stand trial before kings and governors because you are my followers. 13 But this will be your opportunity to tell them about me.[c] 14 So don’t worry in advance about how to answer the charges against you, 15 for I will give you the right words and such wisdom that none of your opponents will be able to reply or refute you! 16 Even those closest to you—your parents, brothers, relatives, and friends—will betray you. They will even kill some of you. 17 And everyone will hate you because you are my followers.[d] 18 But not a hair of your head will perish! 19 By standing firm, you will win your souls.

20 “And when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then you will know that the time of its destruction has arrived. 21 Then those in Judea must flee to the hills. Those in Jerusalem must get out, and those out in the country should not return to the city. 22 For those will be days of God’s vengeance, and the prophetic words of the Scriptures will be fulfilled. 23 How terrible it will be for pregnant women and for nursing mothers in those days. For there will be disaster in the land and great anger against this people. 24 They will be killed by the sword or sent away as captives to all the nations of the world. And Jerusalem will be trampled down by the Gentiles until the period of the Gentiles comes to an end.

25 “And there will be strange signs in the sun, moon, and stars. And here on earth the nations will be in turmoil, perplexed by the roaring seas and strange tides. 26 People will be terrified at what they see coming upon the earth, for the powers in the heavens will be shaken. 27 Then everyone will see the Son of Man[e] coming on a cloud with power and great glory.[f] 28 So when all these things begin to happen, stand and look up, for your salvation is near!”

29 Then he gave them this illustration: “Notice the fig tree, or any other tree. 30 When the leaves come out, you know without being told that summer is near. 31 In the same way, when you see all these things taking place, you can know that the Kingdom of God is near. 32 I tell you the truth, this generation will not pass from the scene until all these things have taken place. 33 Heaven and earth will disappear, but my words will never disappear.

34 “Watch out! Don’t let your hearts be dulled by carousing and drunkenness, and by the worries of this life. Don’t let hat day catch you unaware, 35 like a trap. For that day will come upon everyone living on the earth. 36 Keep alert at all times. And pray that you might be strong enough to escape these coming horrors and stand before the Son of Man.”

Greetings Friends!

I hope this note reaches you well and in good spirits. All is well in Miami. SocialBuzzTV.com was launched in 2010 and will be taking over in 2011, thanks to all of you and all of your support! No need to bore everyone with a long drawn out blog post to simply boast about everything happening in my world, instead I thought I would share one of my favorite verses with you and short story that always makes me smile.

In addition to the verse below being the "Verse of the Day" that popped up on my screen this morning, I also read this while sitting on the beach the morning of New Years day 2007 in Corona Del Mar, CA (one of my favorite places on the planet, see pics below) as it was the "Verse of the Day" that morning as well. I was praying and reading my goals for the new year, I asked God to reveal himself in a profound way to really help me feel that He was near and to also show me that better days were ahead, the second I looked up from my Bible I saw dolphins playing around in the water, all I could do was smile, look up, and just say "Thanks" <><

“This is what the LORD says— he who made a way through the sea, a path through the mighty waters, “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.” - Isaiah 43:16, 18-19

May the best of your todays, be the worst of your tomorrows!

May the Lord bless you and keep you in 2011! He has grand plans for your life!

In His Grip,

Sebastian

"Everything we want in this world is right outside our comfort zone!"

where in the world did 2009 go? am I the only one that feels like it FLEW by? I guess thats how time is the older that we get.

I've got to be honest, I haven't updated my blog in almost a year, why? well the answer is quite simple, Facebook, Twitter, email, etc, etc, the multiple mediums of Social Media have completely taken over as our basic means of communication, its just easier, right?

2009 was exciting, I spent the summer in Las Vegas contracted with an Internet company, I shacked up with my best buddy Dave and his family, it was a great time and I learned a ton! About a month after getting back from Las Vegas the contract dissolved and I was back to working full-time with my Consulting business.

Thankfully 2010 has been incredible thus far! I FINALLY got some wheels and am back on the road after a long 2 years!

(Folks meet LUCY...)

Its amazing how thankful you really are for 4 wheels, when you don't have any! God has blessed me in more ways than I can fathom and I'm thankful every minute of everyday for everything!

In addition to my Consulting business my buddy Dave and I have launched a brand new Google Advertising Solution for Local businesses that we're extremely excited about, we believe strongly that "THIS IS IT!"

Another strong goal for 2010 is to write a book, I've already begun the initial process, its just finding more time spend on it. Its going to be a cookbook for Single Dads. I've tentatively chosen the title of:

Seb Sautes! -- A Single Dads Guide to Survival in the Kitchen!

I'm really excited about it, however, at the current pace of things, I'm thinking this will be due out LATE 2011. I'll be sure to keep everyone posted!

Kayla is doing incredible, 3rd grade is EXTREMELY challenging to say the least, but I'm thankful that the workload she has really keeps her on her toes!

I'm headed to CA next week for a few days and to celebrate my birthday (the big 3-1!), it'll be so great to reconnect with all of my So Cal peeps!

I hope all of you are doing fantastic! That's all for now!

In His Grip,

Seb

Why does it seem like time passes so much faster the older we get? My goodness, I haven't even given a second thought into stopping to update all of you on the "Adventures of Seabass n' Kayla"

All is well and moving along in Miami. As we speak Kayla Marie is celebrating her 8th Birthday! We traveled to Oma's yesterday for a late lunch, cake and of course presents. Today, ironically she has a field trip at school, BONUS!!

Business is becoming more consistant, thankfully. I am still volunteering about 3 days a week at church serving as the Media Director for the Worship Ministry and I must say I am THOROUGHLY enjoying the experience, the team, and the blessing of the relationships that are being formed, God is Good, all time!

Summer is right around the corner so that means 2 things, non-stop Summer Camps for Kayla and some down time for Daddy, woo-hoo!! My Sister/BFF just relocated to Homestead, FL (about 30 minutes from me) in Feb, it was a total God thing once again. Who would thought my big Sis would get a job offer from CA to FL shortly after Kayla and I arriving back. WOW still kind of surreal, but so thankful she's close. Shout out to Tante, she really should run for President!!

Well thats all for now folks, its Monday, a brand new week, full of brand new opportunities!!

It is my hope and prayer that all of you are doing well. Don't forget to look me up if you make it to Miami!!!

Blessings!!

In His Grip,

Seabass <><

Greetings All!

I hope as you're reading this, you too are ready embrace yet another fresh start with a BRAND NEW year! PEACE-OUT 2008!

Wow! What a surprising turn around these past two weeks have been. A few days before Christmas I felt like Scoorge himself, as I wasn't looking forward to an extended break with NO plans and business slower than molasses in the winter. Then was quickly reminded how tight my sister and I truly are, as we proceeded to move into our Mom's house for a WEEK STRAIGHT!

Most would say how in the world can you tolerate the "Rents" for an entire week, but through many laughs and trips down memory lane, we gladly made it through and we're bummed that it had to come to an end. (At least Toma and I were) :p

Following that week my Dad and Step-Mom we're in Orlando visting my Aunt Betty and we're eager to see Kayla so I decided to take them up on an offer to tag along and hopped on Amtrak with the kid and headed North. It was great to see everyone and spend some QT with my Pops, enjoy my wonderful Aunt B's hospitality and as most of you saw, Kayla and I had an absolute BLAST tackling 3 Disney Parks in one day. Yes we blissfully endured 13 hours of long, long lines, but worked through the wait time with great conversation and of course lots of laughs. Kayla refers to it as the best day of her life! (insert tear here) =)

At the moment we're back on the train headed South, with one more stop BACK at Moms house for one more free meal and some good NFL Football this afternoon. GO PHINS!!!

So funny how life works out, especially when we think one way, and things work out for the better the other way.

I'm not real big into New Years resolutions, but I may mix it up a bit this year and attempt to tackle a few, first of that being, taking things for face value and trying not to get ahead of today, and know that's all we really have, even if its not guaranteed.

This year I challenge all of you to go after something different, change your thought process and most importantly, don't settle!

I'll leave you with a great quote I heard a few weeks ago that spoke volumes to me...

"Everything you want in life is right outside your comfort zone."

May God bless all of you this year and bring you everything that makes you happy! =)

In His Grip,

SeaBasS!

Greetings All-

I hope this reaches you in good spirits and great health. Correct me if I'm wrong, but am I the only one anxiously bidding farewell to 2008?! WOW! What a year, to say the least.

As most of you know, my journey continued this year as I relocated back to Miami in May.

How did that happen? Well its quite simple, I came to Miami in April to see my best friend get married, little did I know that the weekend to follow would change 2008 all together.

After the wedding I spent the weekend with my long time friend Derrick and we discussed life, business, and all that goes with it, at the end of the weekend I knew it was time for change, so I proceeded back to Newport Beach and checked out of California, at least emotionally.

The plan was to go back to CA for a couple more months, plan the move, and arrive in July, yaaa, not so much, that plan was expedited by me selling everything I own on Craigslist, coordinating a move in, oh in about 3 weeks, grabbing 2 one way tickets to Miami and calling the rest history, yes I am nuts to just clarify! :P

Since arriving in Miami I continue to get the question, "So why the move back?" and in all honesty my CA time had run its course, Kayla missed her Mother, and I for all intents and purposes was completely convinced that change was inevitable and going back "Home" just made sense. There's nothing like it.

Business continues to be struggle in the midst of this "lovely" economy as we're all aware, but the eternal optimist in me continues to remind me that it will all turn around in due time, as it always does!

I can't put a price tag on having some assistance with Kayla now, even though I've mastered the Daddy Program, SANITY is vital! Can I get an AMEN?!

Kayla's Mom and I have great parenting relationship and regardless of her challenges of being a Mother in the past, she's here today and part of Kayla's life and that's really all I can ask for.

I am really looking forward to seeing what God has in store for 2009. This year has been a great opportunity to grow, reconnect with old friends, spend time with family and just count my blessings.

Well that's all for now folks! If you make it to Miami or you're already here, look me up, I'd love to catch up!

Kayla and I would like to wish all of you a very Merry Christmas and prosperous and healthy New Year!!

God Bless All of you!

In His Grip,

Sebastian & Kayla <><

"For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope." Jeremiah 29:11

Greeting Folks!

Wow, I just caught myself, I haven't stopped to type a few words in quite some time, so I deemed it necessary update those you close and across the country on whats crackin' in good ole MIA. I hope this reaches all of you happily and in good spirits!

Let's see if I can come up with a word to sum up life for past 4 months, oh ya, HEC-TIC!!! (all one word).

Summer has just flown by. Kayla left in early June to launch her annual summer tour, it started with the Grandparents in SC for a month, then she returned to spend a few weeks with Daddy in which I conveniently placed her @ the Miami Seaquarium Summer Camp, where she splashed around with Dolphins, and fed Sea Lions smelly fish for 2 weeks.

She had a ball, but one question, where were these camps when we were kids?! I vividly remember being dropped off @ the YMCA or being babysat by my Big Sis and forced to watch Day Soaps...After the Seaquarium she headed up the pike to hang the Grandparents in Delray Beach, where she attended a day camp there and make a ton of new friends, and got a chance to spend some QT with Oma Suz and Papa Dave, those 2 weeks were also a great reminder to the Grandparents of how rigorous and challenging a 7 year old can be, they claim it was a piece of cake ;) After leaving the Grandparents, she headed around the corner to Boca Raton to hang with the Mom for a couple weeks, she had a great time, and just returned back to me Sunday, its great to have my Baby back =)

Business is coming along, my partners and I launched a Loan Modification company about 2 months that assists people with saving their home and lowering their mortgage payments, the company is called Loan Modify USA (http://www.loanmodifyusa.com/) Things are going great, yet another blessing to have the opportunity to be in business with one of my best friends on the planet! I really feel I've learned and grown so much just since I've been back in Miami, there is definitely something to be said for having an "air-tight" team.

Well unfortunately the bills don't pay themselves, so I've got to get back to what I do best.

I hope all of you are going great and I hope to see you soon. Come to Miami, its HOT HOT HOT!

Don't be stranger!

In His Grip,

Sebastian

"People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them."

-George Bernard Shaw

Hello All-

It's 630am and I was just out on my patio watching the sun come up, having my coffee and thought what are great time to stop and drop you all a line!

First of all here's the view from my patio...

Was Miami a good move? Uh you do the math...

I hope this reaches all of you in good health and smiling! Yes, we finally made it to Miami, we made it through our 1st official week! It's been quite the adjustment from the laid back atmosphere in Newport, to city living in Miami! The good news is, we LOVE IT!!

God really orchestrated the entire move down to the final details of where Kayla would go to school. Her school just so happens to be literally 200 ft. from our front door, its called Southside Elementary Museums Magnet School, (say that 5 times fast), it's absolutely charming. The school requires the kids to wear uniforms everyday and of course the little princess looks adorable in her little Navy plaid skirt and baby blue polo, TOO CUTE! (I must be a Dad when I get stoked about little details like that)

Business is just plain crazy, at the moment, I have my hands in fire, I'm currently working with some real estate stuff and then switching gears to focus on our Marketing company which is 360 Entertainment. We market company's products through local events that we host here in the Miami area.

Some really big deals are starting to unfold and I'm just blessed to be a part of everything. Everyday there is something new to learn and run with, I love it, it's right up my alley, my new business partners are great, its like we've been working together for 10 years, yet another affirmation that I made the right decision!

Well I'm glad I found some time this morning to stop and write, I've been thinking about doing it for a few days now, but finding a free minute to do so has been quite challenging.

Once again I wanted to personally thank all of my CA folks for coming out to see me before I left, that really meant the world to me, you guys rock!!!

Blessings to all of you! Don't be a stranger! Come to Miami!

In His Grip,

Sebastian <><

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Greetings! - So it's be quite some time since my last post, however I have blogged as a faithful MySpace ADDICT, I just haven't taken the time to share my thoughts on BlogSpot...so here I am folks!!

It's been interesting 2 years to say the least, as most of you know I'm now a full-time single Dad since Kayla's Mom CHECKED OUT as Mom back in January of last year .

I must say, it has been nothing but a blessing and a daily reminder what my calling is and how thankful I am to have her in my life, not to mention how consistent she is with ALWAYS needing me, which in turn keeps ME in line.

In September of this year I really started to view life differently and decided to go full throttle with personal change and getting right with God, after years of conviction and SWEARING my way was it, I am now convinced the Lord has grand plans for me and loves me more than some dumb girl ever could...(Kayla being the exception of course)

Dating still seems to be an on going challenge, still haven't found "the one" some prospects have been great, others we thought were great turned out to be the opposite, but like my WISE Sister always says, there is one FACT about life...IT GOES ON! (Ain't that the truth!) Being single for the past 2 years and meeting random people and going on random dates still seems to have done one thing, strengthen my knowledge about what I DON'T want.

Overanalyzing, scrutinizing and swearing there is a deeper meaning is an activity I do less and less of every day. My main goal when I wake up everyday is to NOT pledge allegiance to the CRAZEEE and to find myself FAR from its roller coaster thought process.

My business is still going well, just trying to make a dollar and spend $.50 - some days/weeks are better than others, but everyday I wake up and GO, GO, GO until a better day, beats working for the man, right?

I'm in the process of starting a Golf outreach ministry with my church, serving God really seems to be filling my cup these days, I've met some incredible people over the past 4 months that are true, genuine people who really care about my best interest and really what to know how I'm doing, as opposed to the majority here in Orange County that look right past you as they say hello, go figure...

Well that's all for now folks, I hope this reaches you all happily and in good health. If you make it to CA look me up, I'm a GREAT tour guide (so I hear...)

Ciao!

Blessings,

Sebastian <><

"Prayer begins where human capacity ends. Rev Run-"

So as I continue my excruciating, self-inflicted journey of finding Mrs. Right, I quickly come to a large amount of realizations.

First of all, this whole online dating/match maker KRAP, has gotten a bit out of hand, here's what I mean, besides the fact that, that is where I met the "ex-finance" (should of been nuff said right there), it is literally impossible to truly get a feel for the type of person you are dealing with "virtually"

I can't tell you how many countless times I send a link to my MySpace page never to hear from that person again, assuming that they thought I wasn't the hunk they had expected or...they saw pictures of Kayla and figured I was looking for the whole package deal, make-shift Mom, and Mate, etc...yeeeeah, not so much.

So to avoid any mass confusion I hold off on the single parent news, until once the ice has at least a crack in it. It's not lying, it's carefully chosing the correct information to give initially.

My Sister and I continually ponder the fact that as we all get older, once we finally do meet someone things move at a SNAILS PACE, yeeeah, that seems to work REAL WELL with my lovely CHRONIC case of A.D.D.

It's true when you were in your early 20's meeting people was easier, I think, and we really didn't care how long something did or didn't last, these days the person we meet, and connect with, could in fact be someone we spend a substantial amount of our life with in the future, unless of course you live out here in CA, then you're destined to be divorced mid-way through, is that what gives up the GULP in the back of our throat, or is that GULP from the shock that we actually met someone with more than half of brain, and hey what do you know, some chemistry?

I try to balance to the difficult task of "Feeding the CRAZEE" (more on that subject later) and meeting new people, I've never been much of a multi-tasker anyhow, so this really seems to throw me for a loop.

Each and every day I ty to come up with some intuitive way to win the love of my life over, yet, every time it's a DISASTER, and when I'm not busy doing that I'm searching for a backup plan, which thus far has back-fired every time (more on that subject later as well) Is what I'm doing realistic? I sure think so....of course I do :OP

Better run, I could type more but that would limit my time to "feED the CRAZEE" Take good care, and stay tuned! More from the Circus to come...



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