A Different View?

   I took a different way to get to work today... I had a breakfast (Thanks to Odessa Regional Medical Center for the breakfast and appreciation gift!) meeting and came to work from there.

   I found it somewhat disconcerting.  The traffic flow was different. I found myself at different traffic lights becoming anxious because I couldn't anticipate the changes as I do on my normal route. I saw different things. It wasn't comfortable! Some of the things I saw were nice to look at, while some of the things I saw weren't so nice to see...

   So what's the point? Glad you asked!  It is really easy (too easy!) to go the same way to work everyday. It is really easy to do the same thing the same way every time we do it.  It is easy to become predictable.  It is so comfortable to be in our rut.  Ritual and routine is nice, however, we miss out on so much if we limit ourselves to the rut of it!

   There is a danger in being comfortable. We can lose our focus and not see what is around us. There is a difference in seeing and really seeing. Ritual and routine can cause us to become comfortable and not really see what the Lord might want us to see.

   Take a different route to church, work or wherever you go sometime... Take a close look and ask God to show you what you need to see!



  
  

Excellent Customer Serivce!

A brake light on my truck was out, so I stopped by the Kent Kwik Lube at 42nd and Grandview in Odessa to get it looked at. The guy removed the lens and replaced the bulb. When finished, I asked how much I owed him and he said, "Just a handshake." Wouldn't take any money...

Guess where I'll go to get my oil changed?

Any ideas how this might apply to church?  I do!

Randomness

   Driving Odessa's 42nd street isn't all that different from driving Westheimer in Houston. Not as long, but similar driving styles...

   Anyone that isn't convinced that Odessa can't support more than one Starbucks, needs to join the 8 other cars in line at the drive-thru at 8:20 am most morning...

   Men: You NEED to be up to date with your colon and prostate screening! Women: You NEED to be up to date with your breast and gyno exams!  Someone whom I was looking forward to getting to know better apparently didn't and had a tumor burst filling him with infection that may take his life! Git 'em done!


   Isn't Fall the absolute best time to live in West Texas?

   Isn't it great to be a Christian?