Try Again

Failure is not an option? LOL!!!!! I heard that line on a movie that I watched the other night. Well, in my world failure is not only an option, it is common! When the Bible states that, " a righteous man falls down 7 times (or in my case 7, 423 times!!) he gets back up. So, my theory is try again. Keep going. Get back up. Don't look behind you, just keep going. I WILL get there, i will succeed, why? Cause I will try again!......... Just a Thought

The last peice of Chicken

I was reminiscing about a childhood moment this morning. I grew up in a large family. Me, my two brothers, two sisters, Mom and Dad (before they divorced), cat, two dogs and a goldfish named "sharkey". We lived in a modest 3 bedroom home in an older community. Needless to say it was crowded. But, wow, what great days they were! I remember setting at the dinner table one Sunday afternoon. My mom had made some homemade fried chicken, mashed potatoes and green beans. What a meal! I remember setting there stuffing myself and enjoying my self as I argued with my brothers. Then, it happened... I looked up to see the last piece of chicken setting in the bowl that was lined with a paper towel and a little bit of grease coming through. No one dared reach for the last piece, it was taboo. You just don't grab the last piece of chicken. You think about it, but don't dare bring it up. Years later I would learn that there was a method to that table setting. I found out that the last piece of chicken was always for my mom. You see, my mom would not eat it until all of her family was satisfied. She would it some potato's and green beans while we stuffed our selves. Wow! Unknown to us it wasn't just the last piece of chicken, it was moms main course. As it is with Christ when He would hang on a Cross, while our sin debt was "satisfied". Yet, even as he hangs there it can become taboo. Thanks God for "preparing a table for us....." He waits, for the last person on earth to take the last piece. Just A Thought.........

coffee

I love coffee. Any kind of coffee. I remember being in Quito, Ecuador and tasting the pride of the country, Bannanna's and coffee. Its the universal beverage. With coffee i can think, converse and just enjoy good company. Coffee gives me the pep I need to get going and stay going. Yet, at the same time it causes me to just slow down, think and enjoy. Un like the over rated soda that most of us just guzzel down. Coffee and life are one in the same. If its fresh (coffee) then its goooooood. If its been setting in the pot for two days and then reheated then its baaaaaaadddd. Such is life. We have to keep it fresh. We have to slow down long enough to enjoy it. We cant just let life get cold, only to try and live off the "warmed up memories of yesterday". Maybe God would say, "pull up to the tabel and let me brew you a fresh pot of coffee". Want a cup? Just a thought........

RUMORS...AGAIN

Don"t ya just love what we can hear through the famous "grapevine". I got a phone call last evening from a board member in the Church I pastor (www.crosspointwlr.com) He is a great guy. He wanted me to be aware that someone called him, (someone who used to be a member here 12 years ago LOL!!!!!!), and heard through the wonderful grapevine that CrossPoint Church had filed for bankruptcy! Wow! Well, our Church does not have millions in the bank, but we are far from that statement. I love it. We are a healthy Church that has some awesome people who give faithfully, but you have some "concerned" person wanting to confirm the fate of CrossPoint.... and he has not given a dime in over 12 years!! Yes, I was fired up about it at first! Now? well I still am. Why didn't he just freakin call and or send some money insted of feeding the rumor! LOL. I love rumors, when they are about me.... its water off my back. Mess with my family or the good name of CPC, well the old testament wrath just might "mana-fest!" Hmmmm, O wonder what grape vine juice tastes like? Probebly like the water that God puked out of his mouth in the Book of Revelation. Just a Thought..............

PRESSURE

I remember when I was a kid my Grandma making tea. I would watch as the steam would slowly roll off of the release valve. Then, it would happen. I would run for cover and cover my ears! All of the sudden that little bitty tea kettel would blow out a whisteling sound that scared me to no ends. But, oh man Grandma's tea was good! Such is life. To be honest I feel like I just want to run for cover and hold my ears. in the Bible paul said, "we are pressed but not crushed." Well I feel like (even though I'm not) I am crushed. Pressure is for a purpose. Its in the "press" that we are molded, tried and made tender by the Holy Spirit. Life is not fair, yet, God is good! Tea any one? Just a thought...........