Sunday Rumination (6-15-08)

15 06 2008

Hey Element Church!  Here are my thoughts on the day.

— Family is SUPER sick.  Sabrina still can’t get out of bed.  Mariah started throwing up at 5 PM last night, Jonah at 10 (covered his bed), and Sab at midnight.  Makalah, Jaydah and myself have escaped it so far.  Please pray for us.

— HAPPY FATHERS DAY!  I got up and was welcomed on the counter with cards from each kid and one from my wife.  Sabrina also made me a really cool shadow box with some memoirs from my Grandpa Maness who just passed away.  It’s REALLY cool.  Thanks Sabrina!  It was the perfect way to start the morning seeing those things from my family.  Mariah even, half asleep and feeling horrible said “Happy Fathers Day Daddy!” at about 4:30 AM.

— If I can be half the dad mine was I’ll be more than successful.  What a privelege for my brother and I to have such a great example of being a man.  I hope Jonah can say the same of me when he’s 33.  Thanks Dad!  I love you.

— 1 person accepted Jesus today as Savior.  That’s cool!  He actually was brought to me after service by on of our great volunteers and said “Jeff, this could you pray with this young man.  He’d like to ask Jesus into his heart.”  (not exact words)  We went into one of the other theaters and he prayed for Jesus to forgive him and come into his heart.  How cool is that?

— 438 in church today.  Good turnout in both services.  Neither one was way down.

— Should have preached on hell today cause that’s about how hot it was in the theater.  HOLY COW it was hot.  One girl passed out during worship.  (And it wasn’t cause of how hot Adam is LOL)  We got the AC on late and it just never did catch up.

— Took aim at homosexuality today.  By far the toughest sermon mentally for me to take on.  I felt VERY prepared but uneasy for some reason.  Feeling it now.  Mentally drained and tired.

— I felt the message was well received.  I REALLY felt more together in the first service.

— Should I even say it?  Yeah.  The band rocked it again today.

— Our volunteers simply rock.  We had about 100 out for a volunteer appreciation bbq on Friday.  It was awesome to see all our volunteers an families hanging out.

—  Alright, I am very tired and got the kids pretty much by myself with the wife down and out.  I’m gonna lay down for a bit and take care of the fam.  PIZZA AND A MOVIE when mom is sick.  lol

Following Christ,

Jeff