Another trip

Today I have been up since 3:00 AM so I can be in OKC to learn the church operating system that will help us stay organize. I can say that I am running on fumes but have had a good day hanging out with God. I have never driven to the airport I departed from and realized that houston is a very large town and thankful that nobody was on the road. Did you know that the airport does not open till 5:00 am? Even if there are 3 people who can work a desk, nobody can check luggage in till 5:00 am, great stuff.

I actually got through TSA rather quickly since nobody was in line, I was there before the donut stand people were, how sad is that. Well I got on my small airplane. Running through my head on take off was the idea that this plane was put together by the people who would supply the least expensive parts, work for the lowest amount of wages, in the shortest time, etc. So I put my iPod on, read some scripture (Galatians 5) and enjoyed my 1 hour flight to OKC.

When we arrived to our gate to unload from the plane I looked out my window and say NWA airlines. Now for those from the 90's you should laugh, Flava Flavaaaaaa!! At 8 in the morning I was a little out of it but I enjoyed the joke. Then when I walked through the air terminal OU has these huge advertisements about how they are the highest ranked public university in academics or something like that. I thought to myself so out of 5 maybe, you are number one in the whole state of OK, hmmm...great! or in the words of Thomas Young "Stellar".

Well I found my way to one of the most exciting meetings anybody can go to... not really!!! I think I personally drank a whole pot of coffee to stay awake.

Once the conference was over I went to go eat at Toby Keath's restaurant. After dinner I went to the OKC Memorial. On the Wednesday the federal building was bombed I was a sophmore at OBU. I still remember the morning and how I walked into the Student center and saw the coverage of what was taking place. I also saw a group of students stop thinking about themselves and start seeking to minister. Seniors in the nursing and counseling areas went downtown to help out. My friends and I tried to give blood but we were turned away because of the out pouring from the state.

As I walked through the memorial in my 15 min. because I was parked at the post office and you could only stay there 15 min or get towed. I walked through the memorial thinking about a ton of things and realized how we do "Bark at the Moon" quite a bit. For those who do not understand the phrase, Pastor Thomas at The Sanctuary Fellowship is doing a serious called "Barking at the Moon" or basically getting our people to live lives that matter. I was there in that memorial reading the signs, seeing the pics of children, and noticing the chairs of that stand for those who died that day. I think about how in our news we have a football star that has now lost everything because of pointless acts, I think about how we get caught up in things that just don't matter and we make those things a priority of worship.

For those that are saved by grace and call Jesus Lord and Savior how are you "Barking at the Moon". What is it that you allow to become your worship for the day instead of God. I just had to be reminded how quick life goes by. I look at my daughter and get so amazed how she is growing up so fast. She can actually operate a computer, how scary is that. Just the other day she could not even feed her self and today she can get her own pudding. Life is short or a vapor, today what are you doing not to miss out on seeing God's glory around you?

I have to keep things in perspective... people are important, and God has to have the freedom to use us to spill his Glory out on people (John 2).

Have a blessed day!!