Stop Digging Up The Past - Part 1
by Pastor Ritchie on Feb.01, 2010, under Discipleship, Leadership
My very first pet was a Tabby cat named Puff. I am not sure why I named him Puff. Maybe he was puffy or maybe that name was simply a product of the creative mind of a small child that has not been stifled yet. All I know is that Puff was cool and aloof and he liked me. He did not even scratch me when I held him by the throat. I did not know that I was choking him. He must have been able to sense the love.
One day Puff did not show up when I went outside to feed him. That was odd, because He always came to get his grub on. (I know, I know. I am trying to quit that kind of talk, but I am kind of “gansta” since I grew up on the mean streets of Mayberry.) So I broke THE cardinal rule that my mom had set for me – “Do not cross the creek for any reason!” I am not sure why that was such a big deal since the creek was only about six inches deep and about a yard wide. But my cat was missing so I took my Indiana Jones self, put on my cowboy boots and my favorite pair of shorts and crossed the creek and prepared myself for the long journey to the tobacco barn. It was about fifty yards away.
Tune in tomorrow for more of the story.
Ritchie
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February 1st, 2010 on 12:18 pm
I liked the first part of the story. Like the evening news, you have left me hanging until after the commercial break which is tommorrow.
Well everyone, after the fast, I got my meat on. I missed this the most. While I hate peta, I sure like META. Men eating tasty animals. Anyways, more seriously I really loved the fast. I really felt very close to God many times during the fast. I feel that in my prayers that I have been praying for God to use me and to work through me and many of my desires are of the things of God and not myself.
I did include a sermon from Northland in Florida. They are the most technologically advanced church I am aware of. They simulcast their services around the world and periodically, you worship with a church in the Ukraine with them singing one chorus live and the local congregation singing another. If you look close, you will see one of the lead singers for Mercy Me. I saw them perform last week while watching another service. Anyways, they showed a PSA of ordinary people on missions trips discussing how God is using them. It was very cool.