First things first.
Happy Mother's Day
This weekend we took some of the youth out to Ray Roberts State Park. We were really worried about the weather Thursday and Friday, but it ended up being beautiful. There were 21 youth. That's actually a small group for the size of youth group that we have, but they were still a handful. I enjoyed every second of it. One thing though, next time I will make sure I let other people help with the planning. My control freak nature took control and I wouldn't ask for help.
Next week I have a couple of interviews and the Star Wars opening to look forward to. The first interview will be with 7-Eleven and the next with First National Bank of Texas in Killeen, TX. These are my first on-site interviews, so I'm anxious and nervous. I usually do pretty well in the interview, but I like to be prepared before hand.
In the service the morning, our pastor John Rosenberg told a story of a young man who had been born out of wedlock in a small town. He was a social outcast and hated going to anything social including church. But his mother was a staunch Catholic and demanded that he go to church every Sunday. He would sit at the very back and usually slip out as soon as the benediction was said. One week they had a new priest who surprised them by walking to the back to say the benediction. As the boy tried to slip past him he grabbed him by the shoulder and asked, "Who are you?" As the boy sat their stammering and stuttering the priest exclaimed, "Oh! I can see the family resemblance. You're a child of God! Go out those doors and receive your inheritance." The young boy recounted later how much those words changed his life and his walk with God. He finally felt accepted no matter what the rest of the community thought about him.
