FRIDAY, 3/8/24
Sleepless night! My shortcoming has been before me all night! Confession time! I attended three quarters of a girls high school soccer game last night and then went even deeper by staying for almost half of the boys game. It was not good – at all! Felt unclean. Stopped and bought some food on the way home and could not even eat it! Came home and took like three showers trying to get it off me! No success!
Here was my plan – slip in, sit alone, be seen by no one I knew and then slip out. God would know but no one else would. Plan foiled immediately. Even parked outside of the gate so I could deny being present. Walked through the gate and there stood Dana Taylor. Are you serious? Ok, I am good as Dana will be out of town this Sunday on a business trip so she will not be sharing with others at church about my weak moment. Headed up the steps to find my seat and a police officer calls out, “hey Bro. Teddy!” Busted! He used to play RA basketball at Friendship. His son plays on the team. Bless his son. He said, “why are you here?” to which I replied, “just trying to do a little witnessing!” Ok, it cannot get any worse. Wrong! Sitting alone, no one around me and then this lady is coming back to her seat a few rows below me, sees me and says, “hey, my long time friend!” NO! She is originally from Grand Bay and I have known her since her high school days. Her daughter plays on the team. Bless her daughter. She says, “why are you here?” to which I replied, “suffering!” Humiliated I now am just waiting on halftime of the boys game to arrive so I can leave. How could it get any worse? A couple seated down to my right gets up to leave and while walking past the section where I am seated they look up, see me and come to sit by me. “Why are you here? We did not see you earlier.” Now it is total humiliation! Be sure your shortcomings will find you out!
Hey pastor, how about prayer needs, thanking Henry & Sue Wyse for taking Jason to his radiation treatment yesterday, Scott Fontenot’s retirement, time change “spring forward” this Saturday night, regular schedule on our campus this Sunday, opening ceremonies at 3:00PM on Sunday afternoon, “I WAS GLAD” emphasis, “I Am A Church Member” and other stuff? After the night I had do you really think I can write about all of that? Folks, I am emotionally distraught!
They say confession is good for the soul. If that is true, why am I feeling this way?
By the way, the two schools involved in the soccer games last night were Christian schools. Based on the fans comments, et cetera, one could have a difficult time believing they were followers of Jesus. Just saying!
Gotta go, seeing a professional counselor first thing this morning!
I pray that you will have a great Friday with Jesus.