Sunday Wrap Up

Wow, what a weekend! Long, but exciting! It all started our with the LM/Kings football game Friday night. I really thought Little Miami would win by 2 to 3 touchdowns in a high scoring game. But when Lance Fanthorp (LM's leading scorer and recently set a Ohio state high school record in receiving yards) went down with a injury in the first quarter, then I begin to change my mind. As the game went on, I begin to think to myself "this thing is going to come down to a kick from Gabe." I just knew it. So many times this past spring and summer Gabe while practicing at the school, we would say "this one is to beat Kings." Even in practice, Coach Jordan would say the same thing many times. And what do you know, it came down to just that...not to beat Kings but to give Little Miami a chance to send it to overtime so they could beat Kings. I'm proud of Gabe. He's a good kid. He loves God and he does whats right. He's not a perfect kid. He has his faults. But God doesn't just bless and favor perfect kids or people. God defintely put him in that situation so that He will be glorified. I pray that He will!

One last thing about the game. My mom was with us Friday night and Saturday. It was great having her with us. She has been working a lot lately giving flu shots in Indy. Gabe dedicated the game Friday night to my dad...his papaw. He wrote it on his shoes and went out and bought special wristbands and wrote it on them as well. Maybe he was in the in that great "cloud of witnesses" in heaven watching the end of the game. If he was, knowing dad, he had a little tear in his eye...not a sad one, but a joyful one.

Two great services today with the presence of the Lord just so awesome in both. This morning's message was a true word from the Lord. If you weren't there, you need to watch it on the sermons page when we get it up. If I have ever believed anything in my life, I believe that we are headed for a time of God's habitation with His bride like we have never experienced before. Yes, we will have our time in the wilderness before it comes. But its coming and my prayer and my cry is "God come down and visit your people!"

Have a wonderful week!

-Pastor Randy