Teaching an old dog new tricks!

Some new tricks this old dog learned this past weekend at Grace Center in Franklin:
1. Journaling
a. Quiet yourself down
b. Fix your eyes on Jesus, Father God, Holy Spirit
c. Tune to spontaneity
d. Write it down

2. Soaking-Just resting in God, not bringing Him a prayer list, or trying to accomplish anything other than just me and Him time.

Sometimes it's little things!

Today at lunch, God got my attention. I was in the Books-A-Million looking for a certain book, agravated that the books seemed out of order. They were not in alphabetical order or by author and in my mind I was having an imaginary conversation with the manager.
ME: Why are these books not in some kind of order? I can't find what I want. They are all in random order?
BAM Mang.: Sir, which book are you looking for?
ME: What does it matter?
BAM Mang.: I'll help you find what you're looking for?
ME: Is it just my imagination, or are ALL the books in random order?
BAM Mang.:(Quietly)Sir, we do that on purpose so that people who come in to look for one book might see another that they want also.
ME: That's what I figured......

So.....I came across a book with the title, "I can't see God because I'm in the way" or something like that by a guy named Bickle and another dude. No, it wasn't Mike Bickle. I put it back and began to really just browse. thinking....Hmmmm......
Then some kid passed by me and gave me a "knowing" look. Just like he knew what was going on. Hmmmmm.........was I talking out loud to myself? Maybe he was a Messenger sent from God: an angel sent to bring me a message?
Then I checked my watch. Time to go back to work. I'm gonna be late. What are they gonna do fire me? We're closing our business soon. The journals caught my eye, Earlier, I considered writing a journal about "Finding Myself" in hopes it would give me an idea about what I want to do in the "after closing store reality". I saw several neat journals, but I thought, No, I'll just get me a notebook and start in it. I'm NOT paying $16.00 bucks for a journal. I don't care if it is leather bound!
Then I went out to my car and drove back to work,relatively uneventful except for the black P/U truck that was going 25 on Albert Rains Boulevard. Ah! Boulevard....there's a word for you......I passed the truck, practiced my forgiveness, and got to work six or sevem minutes late. One of the few employees still working asked me if I wanted some old notebooks that had been used for route lists. He had torn out all the used pages. They were all different colors. One was a pepto bismo pink. "Yeah, I'll use 'em". The memory flooded back to a prophetic word about something that someone would give me. So.....I guess now I have set of journals and maybe the start to a new life. Maybe a book......

True Confessions

I want to be more passionate in my love for Father God, Jesus and Holy Spirit.
I want my love for Them to consume my life and all around me.
That has not been the case. It's not that I've been a bad person or a rebellious sinner; I do sin and I try to confess it and forsake it as soon as I can. I am making it a point to spend more time with Them.