We are God's original masterpiece. (click full story for video)

All I can say is WOW and AMEN!

My little Chloe.

Well if you don't know my smallest girl you won't appreciate this as much. Chloe is a energetic, beautiful, kind, loving, funny and crazy little lady. She is also as many girls are very Drama filled and head strong. Last night during our normal bedtime rituals we had a great picture of her attitude.

First let me explain to you our normal bedtime ritual:

1.) Have all children use bathroom.
2.) Make sure Chloe has her bedtime milk and blanky.
3.) Tuck all children in and kiss them good night.
4.) Explain to them that they need to stay in the bed unless they are sick, bleeding, house on fire or needing emergency help.
5.) Explain to them to be quiet and go to sleep.
6.) After 5 minutes go back in the bedroom and tell them to go to sleep.
7.) After about 10 more minutes threaten earlier bedtimes if they don't go to sleep.
8.) Finally hear silence... (Sometimes Chloe needs to be separated into our bed to chill out while the others go to sleep).

Well in between step 1 and 2 Chloe was the last one in the bathroom. She was reaching to turn the light off and I pulled her down off the cabinet after she finished and put her in the hallway. She fell in the floor and cried. I was like what did I do. I asked her and she said she wanted to do it all by herself. I wondered to myself what that meant. So I just said OK then do it. She stood up walked in the bathroom and walked right to the bed. What I had apparently did was disrupt her attempt to walk out of the door facing by herself. She was happy and I couldn't help but laugh. Oh me ...independence is funny stuff at 3.

What to do...What to do?

This weekend we went to the Newsong festival in Leitchfield, KY. We enjoyed watching great Christian bands perform and praise. On the way home Friday night we stopped at the McD's Resturant in Leitchfield, KY to get some grub and head out. There was a gentleman that was asking everyone for a ride because his van was broke down. He said his name was Matt and he was in the Band called Run Kid Run. I so wanted to believe this guy and give him a ride with us. Then I remembered I am in charge the safety and well being of other peoples children. I battled with what to do. I mean you hear the words of Christ to help those in need. But now in a world that we live in world where people disguise themselves as people in need and can bring harm those willing. So I decided the best thing I could do is offer to call someone for him and explain that I could help him with a ride because I had youth in the van. He assured me he understood and we headed home. The whole ride there I just wondered if his story matched up. As soon as I got home I looked up on the net and found out he was from the band. After talking with the leadership of the church they assured me that I did the right thing.

What ills me is that I live in a world where I can't trust anyone on the road needing help. At one time you could help a stranger on the road (band member or not). Now because of a fallen world we can't. All I can say is Marantha!

Vain Worship?

"These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. They worship me in vain..." (Matt. 15:8-9a, Isaiah 29:13)

We are getting ready to head to the Newsong Festival this Saturday. As I thought about the music and how it will be enjoyable to listen to "our" style of songs. I wondered if we have become focused on the bands and not the lyrics. Entering the festival you will notices different groups playing while youth and adults jump up and down (me included). The question is : Why are we jumping up and down? Is it because it is a natural reaction the the beat and sounds? Or is it because we are so focused on the meaning of the songs that brings praise to our father? I will leave you to answer that question on your own. I already know my answer.

I then thought man we need to get the youth of today just as excited to be singing praise songs at church as they are at concerts. My mind raced on how we could do that. Then......There was a still small voice in my head that hit me hard. The question was : What do you do when the older Southern Gospel songs are played at church, conferences or on the radio? My answer was : My first response is I don't like it because it is not "my" kind of worship. Then after I think that I either change the channel or tune it out. The second question came to me : So what you are saying is that you can only worship me with "your" style of music? Man did that hit home. We don't go to God in worship under our conditions. We go to God in worship. Wither it be southern gospel, contemporary music or any other type it is not about us. It is all about who he is and the focus is on him. The minute we do any thing else is the minute we don't fully experience true worship and worship in vain. Man has God revealed something to me. I now will enter his presence with the understanding that the blessing is just to worship.

Site Work

Yes things look messed up right now. I am in the process of changing Templates. All should be fixed within the day.

So we met Optimus Prime

Friday me and Bro Eugene (Associate Pastor) went to Nashville to visit a family while their child was in surgery. Needless to say we had a good time going to Nashville and visiting. On the way back we looked out the window and saw this:


We had our first encounter with Optimus Prime from the movie Transformers. Notice anything strange? lol!