Let us all bow our heads in prayer over these concerns.
AOL. I am bereaved at the news that AOL will be ceasing its dial-up web access. I have been a die-hard AOL subscriber since its inception and still use that storied email address. What is this world coming to when such an icon of internet connectivity is slowly being made obsolete? I am truly grateful that random prayer request phone calls no longer interrupt my online biblical research, but what of the some 160,000 users who still use this historical means of access to the interweb highway? We need to pray for these souls that they be given new ways of connection. Barring that happening, folks will need to depend on faith to connect. And if these people are Babatists, they can reach the Lord directly through prayer. All others will need to dial an operator of some sort. Bless you to the few who understand this analogy!
Alaska. Brothers and Sisters, I recently returned from a ministry at sea in the great wilds of Alaska. While I was unable to bring the gospel to an actual igloo, I did lay hands on a few lumberjacks. As proof of the protective hand of the Almighty, I was there the day of the earthquake in far western Alaska. While warnings of tsunami blared from every media outlet, I slept as soundly as Jesus in a fishing boat during a storm. My faith was confirmed by our ship’s captain who reassured us that we were in absolutely no danger. Praise! Another point of gratitude is the timing of that mission trip. I have been home some 10 days now and will therefore not be in that vast land when pootin’ will trump all. The exact location of this moving activity has yet to be announced, but I can rest assured that former Governor Sarah Palin will indeed be able to see Russia when it does. Amen?
Afraid.  Here in my home state of Texas, many of the Demoncrats have fled the state to protest someone named Jerry Mandering. Are they afraid of this man? Why the absence from the state house? News reports tell me that a certain number of politicians must be physically present in order to have this meeting with Brother Mandering. I don’t know who this man is, but he must be up to no good to cause this kind of avoidance. I’m praying for both sides of this issue in hopes that mutual satisfaction can be met. In the meantime, I am setting out on a statewide mission trip where lines will be drawn in the sand. Hallelujah!
