Thanksgiving 2008

Roxanne and I are at Bear Creek Cabins near Ft. Payne, AL this week due to the kindness and generosity of our dear church family.  For Pastor Appreciation, the church gave us some days here and we decided to take them at Thanksgiving.  So for the first time ever we will be away from "home" on Thanksgiving.

But our boys are coming (in between basketball games and airplane flights) to be with us.  Also, Kevin's girlfriend will be with us but Keith's fiancee is having to work all week and can't come.

This is a beautiful place on top of Lookout Mountain.  We are isolated but with the extras of city (thank God for Verizon air card and Dish Network!!).

I will be gone this Sunday, as well, which is very unusual.  I normally always take the Sunday after Christmas off but this year we were hoping to be moving into our new building that week so I wanted to be home.  So I decided to take Thanksgiving week off.  It feels odd, but good.

Speaking of our building -  parking lot issues are pushing us back from a January opening.  The building itself will most likely be ready by January 1 but at last report, the paving people can't promise us a paved lot by then.  So, we'll wait patiently til February or March.  

Thanksgiving - actually my favorite holiday of the year.  Why?  Its fall - I love the weather and colors.  The meal - it don't get any better than turkey and dressing.  Family - get to spend time with boys and now future daughter-in-laws.  Overall - more laid back and certainly less commercial.  

More writings about President-elect Obama

I began this list on Thursday, Nov. 6.  I am going to continue to add links here of things that I find in the next few days.  Check this section out often for new additions.

Dr. Richard Land has an insightful "open letter to President-elect Obama." Read it here.

Tom Goodman, A Southern Baptist pastor of Hillcrest Baptist Church in Austin, TX also wrote some very good thoughts about the election. Read them here.

Beth Moore shared these comments. Read them here.

Life Action Revival Ministries Director, Byron Paulus, wrote from the view point of revival.  Read here.

My Commitment to the Next President

To the next President of the United States:

1.  I will honor you in the highest office of our country.

2.  I will pray for you and your family to be protected.  

3.  I will pray for wisdom in selection of your cabinet and the transitional team for your upcoming administration.

4.  I will pray for wisdom to deal with our enemies so that we may live in peace.

5.  I will respect the right in a free society to disagree with you in policies and program, but I will do so in a respectful manner with my choice of words and attitude.

6.  I will accept you as one who has been placed in this position by God; thus you will be accountable to God for your leadership and actions.

7.  I will pray for you to live in dependence on God and a life of personal integrity in all your dealings.

8.  I will not seek to judge your motives for why you do what you do.  Only God can do that and He will judge all your seen actions in connection with your unseen motives.

9.  I will pray for you as you are serving in a time of divine judgement on America and with a nation greatly divided.