Ramblings in Alabama

This morning I left for a business trip to Alabama. Once I got to the hotel, I was flipping through channels, trying to find something to watch on TV, and came across a debate of Democratic Presidential candidate hopefuls. Below are some questions asked, statements that were made, followed by my sarcastic remarks:

• What would you do in the first 100 days of being in office if you were elected?
  • Bring our troops home because we would like to give terrorist nations a chance to get organized and then start the war on American soil


• How would you improve the education system?
• Provide free preschools to all children because our coloring skills are not up to par


• Are you in favor of creating a mandatory time of military service after high school?
  • Not necessarily military, but one year of any kind of public service in exchange for 4 years of paid college because we want to devalue college education more by providing it for everyone; and, by the way, we have a plethora of good teachers to make this possible.


• What would you do in the first 100 days of being in office if you were elected?(Another response)
  • End the Genocide in Darfur(Great Cause) by leveraging China to use their influences by boycotting the Olympics since they are scheduled for Beijing because we want to offend, not only China, but the rest of the world that supports the Olympics.

So, after the debate, I was flipping again, and found Ocean's 11. What is great about that movie is that a man knows what he wants, knows he can have it, and takes it (the money and the girl).

What would happen if the Church (all Christians) knew what we wanted (what God wants), understood that all things are possible with God (Mark 10:27), and then made it happen.

After I watched the end of Ocean's 11, I turned off the TV and listened to this morning's message at Fellowship North. I can't help but feel that God is lighting a fire here and in many places. A paradigm shift is coming. The churches are going to become the Church, a wonderful bride of Christ (Revelation 19:7 and Revelation 21:2).

Ephesians 4:11-16 says it best:

It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, to prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.

The we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of men in their deceitful scheming. Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that is, the Christ. From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.

How Beautiful...