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Food God

IHOP: It’s What’s For Breakfast

So this morning I woke up WAY too early – during the latter portion of the 4 AM hour (!) – and then I eventually got out of bed at about 5:45 AM. I tried to go back to sleep – but to no avail. So much for preparing for a cruise ‘awake’ schedule.

I made plans to return to the Homestead IHOP for the first time since the early part of this current decade. I started off there virtually every weekend morning way back then, but then due to various reasons I drifted off to the Naranja Lakes IHOP about 4 miles up the road where I eventually discovered my favourite waitress in the entire world. (Postscript – She now works at the Florida City Cracker Barrel.)

My long-awaited return to the Homestead IHOP will be a memorable one – for all of the wrong reasons. When I arrived there I was the only customer, but that peaceful tranquility quickly ended. My waiter was the same exact waiter as before, and he remembered me after all of these years. He’s not a very good waiter, but he’s not particularly awful either.

Here’s the problem area. A group of about 5 or 6 young people came in and immediately grabbed the adjacent booth to my table. In a nutshell these kids (perhaps age 18 to 22) were loud, rambunctious, rude, disrespectful, profane, sexist, racist, and a few other choice adjectives that simply aren’t coming to my brain right now. These kids were apparently kicked-out of Denny’s down the road before they got a chance to place their order because of the same bad behaviour in public. (It sounds like I need to return to Denny’s more often.) From what I gather these kids had been drinking all night, all day yesterday, and all night on Friday night in one continuous birthday party celebration somewhere within the vast local area. I believe that illegal drugs were also involved.

Needless to say I couldn’t wait to finish up my delicious meal, pay my bill, and get out of hell.

You know I’m the type of guy that essentially avoids confrontation and controversy (I consider it to be a weakness), but if I wasn’t that type of guy I probably would have given each and every one of them a piece of my mind. Some people are really far away from God. But even so nobody in this world is too far away from God, for He is all encompassing and almighty. He can reach anyone no matter how evil and dark they are. God’s Kingdom here on Earth will always be more relevant and more powerful than any other realm. So why would you wish to be on the forever losing team ?  Reach out to God. He’s got His open arms out there for you. It’s not too late. As long as your heart is still beating and you’re still breathing then it is never too late. He is waiting. The light is on.

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God Life Music People

My Fantastic Journey: It’s In The Lyrics

My fantastic journey is now at the start of its 4TH year – or 37TH month. It is not a straight line. It is a winding road. There are many sharp curves, and if I’m not paying attention and keeping my eyes on the road ahead I could drift off the road and meander into evil and darkness. Sometimes I don’t see what’s coming at me. It’s my job to react appropriately and do what is right to honour my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. I seem to be in a time of recession with my journey. It will be temporary, and then there will be a correction. Robust growth shall follow, and that will be sooner rather than later. I’m getting excited as I refocus on the daylight.

This week on the inspirational hit music circuit I’ve got my main man Lyrycyst. Dude he’s not your ordinary rapper. He don’t need to curse. He’s just praising his Father God while sitting on Mother Earth.

‘So Peter Piper picked a pepper. I’m a pick myself a pack of people. Pull them out this pack of pressure. Pull ’em back, and pack the steeples. So give me the track and I’ll spray. I do it to show you a way to better yourself and the people around you that sit down and ball everyday.’

It’s in the Lyrycyst:

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God Music

My Fantastic Journey: It’s In The Lyrics

2 Kings 1:9-12 (NLT, 2ND Ed.)
9  Then he sent an army captain with fifty soldiers to arrest him. They found him sitting on top of a hill. The captain said to him, “Man of God, the king has commanded you to come down with us.”
10  But Elijah replied to the captain, “If I am a man of God, let fire come down from heaven and destroy you and your fifty men !”  Then fire fell from heaven and killed them all.
11  So the king sent another captain with fifty men. The captain said to him, “Man of God, the king demands that you come down at once.”
12  Elijah replied, “If I am a man of God, let fire come down from heaven and destroy you and your fifty men !”  And again the fire of God fell from heaven and killed them all.

It’s in the lyrics:

Those are The Dreampilots out of Oslo Norway, and that’s their TOP 3 MASSIVESMASH entitled “Comedown”. That’s probably one of the most amusing music videos that I’ve seen in quite some time !

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God

Life Pointe Church Sunday Morning Tossed Salad

– This morning Pastor Travis kicked-off a fresh new message series:

Red Wagon Leadership

– This journey is about serving others.
– When we serve others we serve Jesus.
– It’s about changing and growing and developing as leaders.
– A leader doesn’t just materialize overnight.
– A leader is cultivated and nourished.
– A true leader reproduces himself / herself in other people who need Jesus.
– God created us to be His disciples – His leaders here on His Earth.
– Leaders get their followers from where they are to where they need to be.
– Leaders equip their followers to be leaders who equip their followers …
– Leaders lead and are led.
– Position within the hiearchy is irrelevant.
– It’s really about building relationships with those we lead and those who lead us.
– Leadership is a journey and a destination.
– The journey will get messy at times.
– The journey should not be easy.
– The journey will not be a straight line.
– The journey will curve – sometimes sharply – when you least expect it.
– The world should never tell us how to navigate the journey.
– The world should never tell us what the destination should be.
– We set the rules on the journey.
– We bring others with us.
– We lead those who need Jesus by the hand and set them free.
– You in ?

Luke 9:46-48 (NLT, 2ND Ed.)
The Greatest In The Kingdom
46  Then His disciples began arguing about which of them was the greatest.
47  But Jesus knew their thoughts, so He brought a little child to His side.
48  Then He said to them, “Anyone who welcomes a little child like this on my behalf welcomes Me, and anyone who welcomes Me also welcomes My Father who sent Me. Whoever is the least among you is the greatest.”