Bench Blogging Resumes

It’s been almost a year since I last blogged from the bench. It is currently 6:23 AM on Saturday morning. I woke up early this morning because I was dreaming a crazy dream. I dreamt that I could fly. All I had to do was jump straight up and start kicking my feet and flailing my arms and I could just take off and fly anywhere I wanted as long as I could keep kicking. My wife woke me up to make me quit kicking in the bed. So, I decided I would just get up and fix a pot of coffee and slip outside and enjoy the morning.

It is pretty nice out here so far. It’s not real cool, kind of sticky warm feeling. The birds are going nuts for some reason. There is a mocking bird nest in our holly bush and that crazy thing keeps flying in and out of there like there is some kind of national emergency… maybe he knows something I don’t?

Our Hydrangea bushes are absolutely beautiful this morning. We have 2 of them that we planted about 3-years ago. They never have done very well until this year. They have these huge purple flowers on them that are so heavy that the limbs can hardly hold them. One bush is already flat to the ground because of the weight of them. The sun is starting to peek through the overcast sky. There is a pinkish hue just east of House Mountain. I can see one Jet streaking through the clouds, leaving a white trail behind it.

Our church picnic is today at Cove Lake. I’m going to take my fishing stuff and hopefully do a little fishing with my son while we are there. Of course I also plan to eat a few buckets of fried chicken as well. I was on a low carb diet the last 4 weeks and I lost 24 pounds pretty quickly. I finally got so sick of not having fried chicken and biscuits and taters and… well, I just really got tired of it. I’ve been eating carbs this week and probably already gained 10 lbs back. Oh well…

I really need to buy another battery for my laptop because this one won’t hold but for about 20 minutes without being connected to the AC. It’s already showing that its about to run out. I guess I’ll move indoors and plug up. I’m getting eat up by mosquitoes out here anyways…

The kids are all still sound asleep in their beds. When I was their age, I would have been up watching cartoons already. Like I mentioned in THIS post, that’s not a big deal to kids anymore.

I can’t believe it’s already time for VBS to start this coming Monday. It seems like only yesterday I was welcoming the children into the church for last year's VBS. I am the director again this year and I’m kind of dreading it actually. I’ve always been excited about Bible School but for some reason this year it is more of a nuisance to me. I don’t quite understand why I’m feeling this way. VBS is one of the most important ministries that a church can do and I believe in it 100%. I am a product of VBS, because that is where I accepted Christ as my Savior. I guess I just get overwhelmed with all of the directing stuff and can’t focus on just delivering the Gospel and it’s become a chore for me now more than anything else. I hope I can put all of this aside and focus on the purpose.

I’ve not been able to start my next Seminary course yet. I’ve not been able to afford it yet. It’s already been 2-months since I completed my last course and I was hoping to already be ¼ of the way through the next one by now. At this rate it’s going to take me another 2-years to finish. I was planning to graduate in 2011 but I seriously doubt that’s going to happen.

It feels good to finally have my ordination completed. It feels like a big burden has been lifted off of my shoulders. It was one of the most important days of my life, ranking just behind the day I was saved, my wedding day, and the birth of my children. I didn’t realize how much that was weighing me down until after it was over with. I was very pleased with how it all turned out. I was overwhelmed by the number of folks that thought enough of me to attend. There were a few people I wish could have been there but they just weren’t able to.

I enjoyed the sermon I preached at church last Wednesday night. It was titled, “When the Door Shuts.” It was about the days of Noah and how the Lord destroyed the earth and everyone in it except for Noah and his family. I compared that day with the present day we are living in and how Jesus said that just like in the day’s of Noah, so shall it be in the last days before he returns. I guess I was more excited about preaching that message than almost any I’ve ever preached before. It wasn’t very hell-fire and brimstone but more of a strong warning.

Well, I guess I’ve blabbered enough for one morning. If you have bothered to read this far then you are either very bored or a family member. Either way, I appreciate you listening. If you’ve got any comments to make then by all means click on the little comment link at the bottom of this post and let me hear about it. Have a good’un.