I guess it never really occurred to me until now that I should number these things, so, since three others have come before it through the years, this is officially installment No. 4. The vast majority of the time, I have one thought on my mind and, therefore, one subject in my column, but sometimes I have, as it were, a head full of tiny squirrels that need to be gotten on paper. And so:
1. Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana, on a Fox News interview last week, quipped, “The price of gas is so high that it would be cheaper to buy cocaine and just run everywhere.” I don’t care who you are or what side of the political aisle you are on, that is funny! This man is the first politician who comes to mind every time I think of Proverbs 17:22, “A merry heart doeth good like a medicine.”
2. I recently came across a short video online. It was taken and posted by a preacher (I use that word loosely) who drove onto a Christian college campus, took a video of girls he did not even know and posted it online making fun of their clothing which, in his opinion, was not modern and up-to-date enough. I could not help but wonder, do people who do things like that even have a clue how creepy they are?
3. The economy is so bad that even the extended car warranty people aren’t calling me anymore.
4. I preached a salvation message last Sunday night from the parable of the five foolish virgins, and a man in our homeless ministry came to the altar during the invitation. He looked up at me and said, “Is this where I need to kneel if I want to get saved?” A few minutes later, he and one of our altar workers got up from the altar, and, with huge tears streaming down his cheeks, the man said, “I got saved! I have oil in my lamp, now!” That never, ever gets old.