Scott McAlister

I really stink at this blogging thing.  I do good for a while then before I know it it’s been a week since I’ve posted a blog.  Oh well, at least I try.  I want to share with you a quote I heard this week.  I’m not sure actually where it came from or who said but it is thought provoking…at least for me.  Here goes: “We are often educated beyond our obedience.”  So what do you think?  What do you think the author of this little quote meant by what he said?  He is speaking of Christians is my understanding.

Do you hear God when He speaks?  I have learned a lot over the past few years.  I have learned that people will let you down…I learned that little lesson years ago but I still have to relearn it over and over again it seems.  I have learned that the people that you thought would never leave you nor forsake you will in fact leave you and forsake you.  I have learned that no matter how hard you try to do what’s right in God’s eyes people will still doubt you.

Do I sound a little pessimistic?  I don’t mean to.  I guess the point that I am trying to make is that at the end of the day the only thing that should matter is what God thinks.  Lately God has been speaking to me through His Word in ways that I can’t really put into words.  All I can say is that when God speaks nothing else matters.  So have you heard from God lately?

I love to laugh.  I think that laughter is a good medication for the soul.  Here’s a funny story that I read this week.  I hope it makes you laugh!

Murphy’s Law in the Ministry
By Ron Walters

Murphy’s Law warns, “If anything can go wrong, it will go wrong-and at the least opportune time.” Some might even say Murphy was an optimist.

To prove the point, Dear Abby reprinted the following four-day typographical nightmare published by a small-town newspaper:

Monday: For Sale – R.D. Jones has one sewing machine for sale. Phone 947-0707 after 7:00pm and ask for Mrs. Kelly who lives with him cheap.

Tuesday: Correction – We regret having erred in R.D Jones’ ad yesterday. It should have read, “One sewing machine for sale, cheap. Phone 948-0707 and ask for Mrs. Kelly who lives with him after 7pm.”

Wednesday: Correction – R.D. Jones has informed us that he has received several annoying telephone calls because of the error we made in his classified ad yesterday. The ad stands correct as follows: “For sale – R.D. Jones has one sewing machine for sale. Cheap. Phone 948-0707 after 7:00pm and ask for Mrs. Kelly who loves with him.”

Thursday: Notice – “I, R.D. Jones have no sewing machine for sale. I smashed it. Don’t call 948-0707 as the telephone has been taken out. I have not been carrying on with Mrs. Kelly. Until yesterday she was my housekeeper but she quit.”

I am sitting here looking out my window at a beautiful blanket of snow.  I absolutely love snow days.  We don’t get them very often here in the sunny south, but when we do I try to slow down and take it all in.  I know those from the cold north find our amusement with the white stuff a little crazy.  I think that one of the reasons that I love the snow so much is that it slows everything down.  There are school and work cancellations.  The roads are ice covered so most of us stay at home where of course we have already stocked up on bread and milk.  I totally don’t get the bread and milk thing…I stock up on milk and cookies.  If I go during a snow blizzard I want to go fat and full with a smile on my face.  I hope that enjoy your day!