Pastor Eddie's Past Blogs
March 29, 2007 - I had lunch with Richard Kelso and jimmy doriot today at sakura. it is a great japanese restaurant in germantown. as I sat with both of these great friends, i realized how blessed i am. to be able to have men in my life who care for me, pray for me and want the very best for me in life is priceless. as i have been sitting here this afternoon, i realized that there are men who don't have that. they are having to go through life alone, hurting and afraid. as we talked to day, i made myself a mental note that in 2007 i want to find as many of those men as we can and to provide them men who are not perfect by any means, but men who will walk with them and uphold. thanks to all of the men that god has placed in my life. also thanks for picking up the lunch tab richard.
March 6, 2007 - Today is my day off. I am so thrilled. Let me explain. For the past 26 weeks, I have been getting up at 4:30 and going to the Quest for Authentic Manhood Bible study at church. it has been a great study and something that all men need to go through, but still, it fell on my day off, so I never got a chance to sleep in on my day off. Anyway, so today is the first day of my new sleeping in late and of course, wouldn't you know it, i woke up at 5:00 and could not go back to sleep. matter of fact, that is the reason I am writing this blog at 6:30, because I am wide awake.
anyway, i am trying to decide what to do today. I have so many things that flood my mind of things that i could do, but I don't want to waste my time and things that really don't matter today. i guess what i am saying is that i don't want to squander a day. matter of fact, that is a good thought for all of us men for each day that we live. we only have 24 hours in each day, no more, no less. i invite you today to ask god how he would have you spend this day, it may just surprise you with what he thinks is important compared with what you think is important. Just a thought. go and enjoy your day, i certainly am. see you tomorrow night
February 28, 2007 - Today is Wednesday and I get so thrilled for our weekly Men's Fraternity meeting. As I ask myself why I enjoy it so much, i realized that it is not the preaching or the choruses that I try to lead. It is actually just hanging out with brothers in christ. Really, I look forward to hanging out with you, praying for you and hearing what god is doing in your life. I know it sounds so simplistic, but it becomes my weekly energy boost.
I just wanted each one of you to know that you are so important to christ, this church and especially to me. I would hate to wonder where I would be today with you my fraternity brothers here at first assembly. i just wanted to let you know that you are priceless.
February 23, 2007- Thank the Lord for the weekend. It has been a long week, but a good week. I was so excited to get back with our Men's Fraternity meeting this past Wednesday night. It was a powerful night in Men's Fraternity. There seemed to be such a powerful presence of the Holy Spirit there. My prayer is that your were touched and changed by His power. The question that I want to leave with you this day is what are you expecting? Let me clarify. What are you expecting on Sunday morning. When you come into the service, are you expecting something from the Lord, or are you just coming and not expecting anything. Let me challenge you now to begin to ask and expect something from God. The scripture tells us that we have not because we ask not. Start today asking and seeking and then you will be on the road to seeing God's mighty hand in your life. "They that seek me will find me if they seek me with all of their hearts." That is not my promise, that is HIS.
February 20, 2007 - Well, I can tell you that I am now feeling old. I had a tooth break in half over the weekend. Yep, I am falling apart. It actually happen in the morning service so it was an interesting task of trying to preach with a hole in your mouth. Well I went to see my Dentist, Dr Stan Waddell. He did an incredible job as always. What was so incredible is that he took a small little part of what was left of my tooth and he reconstructed a temporary for me that looked like a brand new tooth. I was amazed. He did amazing work, but then I realized that restorative dentist is one of his specialties. He takes the broken and shattered parts of people and makes them new. As I was thinking about this, I realized that Jesus is in the same business. Not the business of dentistry, but of restoration. He takes the shattered and broken parts of our lives and he creates a new man that is better than he was before. I am very thankful for my dentist, but I must tell you, that the one that I am really thankful for is Christ. The reason is that one day Jesus came and mended my broken and shattered life and made me know. I did not deserve it, nor could I every pay Him back, but yet he did it. Today I encourage you to be especially grateful to the one who restored you. For Past Blogs, please click Here