Here comes another sermon…

Monday June 22, 2009

My morning came way too quickly. I was having a dream that frightened me. Wanna hear about it? I dreamed that me and another child were with our dad (not necessarily my dad – pastor Greg). All three of us were on a frozen lake in a shack on the lake. My dad got out a sword and cut a hole in the ice so we could see into the watery lake below. My dad then put on his scuba gear and jumped into the water and swam around underneath the ice then came back up to talk to me and the other child. He then told me and the other child to put on his scuba gear. I had the goggles. He told us to watch him as he was underwater. After taking a deep breath, down he plunged again into the water. I stuck my head into the ice cold water and my vision got really red. My dad had hit his head on something and was unconscious and bleeding underneath the ice with no way to get out!

I reached in the water and grabbed him out. I then started doing CPR on him. He came to just long enough to say that he loved me and that he wanted me to take care of my sister (the other child). He then died in my arms.

That was such a SAD dream! I couldn’t believe it. When I woke up I lay there thinking about what just went through my head and why I possibly dreamed it. I then figured out why my brain was moving in that direction. I have been reading the book “The Last Lecture.” Its about a 40 year old man who is dying of pancreatic cancer. He is writing the book so that his kids can know about him after he is gone. I think that has been on my mind a lot because I want to live each day to its fullest and I want to accomplish all my childhood dreams before I die. Knowing just how short life is, really puts it into perspective that I need to live today like its my last. Knowing how fast each day goes by, I know that in the snap of a finger I will be in my 90s, watching my grandchildren grow up and possibly having great grand children, and thinking about my new life with my Savior in a whole new world.

So yeah, I was thinking about all that as I lay in my bed this morning. I am not sure I ever went back to sleep, but when my alarm clock sounded, I dreaded getting out of bed. I just wanted 30 more minutes of laying there in peace thinking about life, but the day was calling, and I needed to get ready.

Jeff came to work today. David arrived in the morning to put the church sanctuary back together after last night’s service. I talked to him a little bit and found out about the life of one of the members.

There is a member of the church who is a little bit slow. He comes to the evening service on Sundays and for the past two Sundays he has come to worship wearing women’s clothes. He has girl sandals and a pink sweater.

Anyways, last Sunday – June 21 – this man wore a black wig with a head band, a long black sweater, a skirt, some leggings, and his girl sandals. Without hearing his voice, I would have assumed the person was female.

I talked to David today about him and he told me that sometimes he goes by the name Mary Hues. His real name is Peter. So maybe he has a double identity of some sort. I don’t know why I wrote about that, but there you go. A good laugh for the day!

Today at work, I worked on interviews, pictures, my blog, e-mails, and my sermon. I have a better lead on it and I am feeling really good about it. At 2:30 Jeff dropped me back at home so that he could go to the doctors office. He still has a pretty bad cough today, but he has been given medication to control the coughs and so that he can get better. Thankfully its not contagious!

This evening for dinner we had chicken, roasted veggies and for dessert canned pears with marshmallows and ice cream.

After dinner I worked some more on my sermon. I now have an outline. Its all a matter of me sitting down and actually writing the sermon now. I think I might do that tomorrow, maybe, but I will for sure get it done on Wednesday. No matter what! Thursday I have to get my PowerPoint done. I am also thinking of adding a music video to the beginning or end of my sermon. The song is Hands and Feet by Audio Adrenaline. My sermon title is “Reach Out and Touch Someone.”

Tomorrow I am going to the Melbourne Museum with some members of the church. I am looking forward to a day in town, but I will be out basically all day. From 9AM till 9PM. I am not sure how we are going to stay busy all that time, but maybe the members have some interesting places up their sleeves! If not, I’ll be coming home earlier!

So I think I’ll go read until I fall asleep. Yep. Same book. I am about finished with it. Hopefully I won’t have any bad dreams tonight!