September 15, 2010

Today started out well. I had time to spend with the Lord this morning and I was able to leave on my bus route at a good time.

My passage for today is Genesis 12. This is the call of Abram. Have you ever felt like you were supposed to do something or go somewhere, but you didn’t know what or where? This is what Abram faced. God asked him to go to the land that He “would” show him. Every day when we get up all we really know is that we are to go to work, school, or wherever our responsibilities lie. We don’t know exactly what our day will hold, either where we will go or what we will do. Do you trust God every day for the details of what He has planned for you? Are you willing to adjust your plans if God gives you new direction in your life?

I remember a night when I was traveling late. Too late to stop in a bad neighborhood to help someone, but I felt lead to get off the interstate in the worst part of Bakersfield. When I did I found a family broken down. I was able to help them, share the Gospel with them and send them on their way. I was also safely returned to the road and then home. I pray I will always be flexible enough to go and do what God has for me.

I am once again amazed with the teachers at Hydro-Eakly. Today I would like to make a special comment about our Para-Professionals who work with our special education students. Without exception, the Para’s I saw today were exceptional, and I know they are every day.

I was once again able to express to them personally what a blessing it was to watch them work with our children. And such special children they all are. It has been exciting to see the students in Mr. Crisp’s history class create PowerPoint’s to teach the other students about their battles.

I have been trying to stir some things up on Facebook. First, there was a post by a old friend that said, "I can't understand why Pastor Terry Jones wants to burn a copy of the Koran when there are so many Twilight books lying around". I am copying my comment to the post here, " I don't endorse the Twilight books, but while I could be wrong, I've heard of nowhere in the Twilight books where they tell the readers to kill everyone who does not accept and adhere to them. They are also classified as "Fiction" while the... Koran purports to be religious truth and does teach that all who refuse to accept its teachings are to be killed. Let's see, fictionalized evil vs. evil taught and carried out... Yes, let's do keep our eyes on the ball. How many people have fictionalized vampires killed compared to radical Muslims? Sorry, I'm just saying, sometimes we become more worried about fictional books than real problems in the world like an actual religion that denies the divine nature and work of Christ and kills those who disagree with them." Let me know what you think. I am not trying to put my friend down, but I do believe that sometimes we get a little distracted by things that litterally have no meaning from those things that have both eternal and immediate implications on our lives.

I also responded to another post about how the national anthem is being changed by the OU fans to say, "the land of the Sooners" rather than "the land of the brave." I agreed with the post, but simply questions why we would want to change brave to "Sooners" when the original Sooners were cheaters who crossed the line early and illegally to get land in the Oklahoma Land Rush. First, why would we want to be associated with cheaters to begin with (I am an OU fan by the way), and second how could we possibly replace brave with people with no ethics? I also agreed with another commenter that our pledge does not say, "One nation, under God" which would mean that "we are a nation united and I am under God" rather than "we are a nation united under God." Do you see the difference? It is subtle, but it is important if we are to return our nation to it's historical roots.

So often we see poeple posting things we don't agree with, or things we do, and in neither place do we take time to take a stand. I am convinced we are afraid of offending someone. And yes, we should not go our of our way to be offensive, we do have a responsibility to uphold truth. This is critically true when we are dealing with doctrinal and spiritual truth. Are you willing to stand up for what is right and true?

I was home and relaxing some when I received an interesting text. I was asked if I had a slim jim. I used to have one, but it was lost in my old van when I sold it. Anyway, I was still sure I could get into the vehicle. You know, I used to be pretty good at that sort of thing many moons ago. so I get my makeshift locksmith kit (you don't really need to know), and headed to the keyless victoms home. Praise the Lord, I couldn't get in! Not that I didn't want to help them, but it is good to know I can't do something that could get me in trouble if I backslide a little. Ok, (sorry Shell) a lot.

I am now doing my final prep for Wednesday night prayer meeting. Praying God blesses us with His wisdom and growth.