Pastor's Blog

“Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.” (Psalm 119:11)

Good morning from Grand Bay, Alabama – home sweet home!  Daphne and I arrived home a little after 10:00PM last night after having spent almost the entire day with my dad in the rehab center in Moulton, Alabama.  Daphne felt sorry for her old daddy and drove from Prattville to home which allowed me to sleep much of the way – that was nice!

Since I was out of pocket yesterday, I do not have any “new” updates on anyone but do ask that you remember to pray for those who have been listed in this blog recently.

Larry & Judy will be in Florida this week for appointments with doctors.  Mac McGriff will have a heart oblation on Friday morning.  Pray!

Regular schedule on our campus this morning and evening.  All students, sixth grade through seniors, meet in the CAB at 6:30PM.

By the way, a huge “thank you” to our RA & GA leaders for being flexible and putting the overall good of the church first.  As pastor, I am very grateful.

Dad seemed to be doing pretty good.  He is a really good patient while in a medical facility and just does whatever they tell him to do.  (Not exactly true when he is at home – just saying!)  The “plan of care” meeting went well.  The staff of the rehab center were all extremely nice and seemed to be genuinely concerned about helping dad get better physically which will in turn help him in so many other ways.  I appreciate the many words of encouragement that have been spoken/sent to me and I definitely appreciate the many prayers.  Lord willing, Lisa and I will return to Moulton on Friday and stay through Saturday.

Well, Direct TV and I will soon be parting ways.  They do not know it yet but I suspect they will survive without me.  I have patiently waited for them to restore the local channels that have been removed but that has not happened.  I watch very little television but I do watch the SEC conference (Paul) which comes on CBS.  What am I going to do?  Well, since Dr. Jack Bailey is one of my heroes, I am most likely going to follow his lead and switch to You Tube television.  This will allow us to receive all of the local stations while saving us considerable money.

Speaking of the SEC conference (Paul) and football, the regular season actually gets under way this Saturday night when Florida and Miami play beginning at 6:00PM our time.  I am going to join Rick Bradley on the Florida bandwagon for this one – SEC, SEC, SEC!

Bobby and the boys took it on the chin last night.  They are now six games behind the Braves in the NL East while maintaining a one game lead in the wild card race.  Looks like Les Hacker’s Braves are going to win the NL East – I am going to go ahead and call that race in favor of the Braves.  Pastor Wes Bates’ beloved Cubbies are one half game behind the Cards in the NL Central.  They hold a two game lead for that second wild card spot.  Nationals versus Cubs in the NL wild card game?

I pray that you will have a great Wednesday with Jesus.