Musings on Spiritual Matters

Well, Bama won another National Championship.  Even writing these words is painful.  Well, my beloved Vols did not even make a bowl game.  How painful?  I must admit I envy Bama fans these days.  Every week is a big game, all the big recruits want to play for your program, you can hire the best coaches, and everything is just going your way, well not that big Auburn game, needed to say that.  It must be great to be a Alabama fan these days.  I wish the Vols were doing better.  We are losing recruits, we are losing coaches, and we are losing games.  It looks bad, and there does not seem to be light too quickly.  Now I did not grow up in Tennessee, I did not go to the University, so why be a Vols fan, I was a complete free agent, but some how I became a huge Vols fan.  Maybe I should switch.  Red might even look better on me according to my wife who hates the Vols orange.  BUT I CANNOT!  Vol for life.  I believe ministers feel the same way about churches sometimes.  You hear about this awesome church that is growing, you hear about this great place that can do no wrong, and about the great elders and members and this and that.  And you wish, maybe envy that church, and hope that you could just be the minister there.  Or maybe if your church was more like that church, than everything would be better.  You wonder, why are they so successful, and you cannot be invited to a small church for a gospel meeting.  And there are ministers that move to bigger churches, and you never get a call from anyone.  And you wonder, why does it seem everyone else is growing and going.  I believe ministers feel this a lot, feel down on themselves.  It is normal and natural.  But I remember the words of Paul Rogers, from the Centerville congregation in Tennessee.  He was getting calls to leave, he was helping a church grow, and he stayed for years and years, why?  Because loyalty still counts.  Trust me, a church would rather have a minister who is loyalty than some hot shot preacher.  A church would rather have a loving minister than one using the church as a stepping stone.  So what, that you do not speak on the big programs, your members do not care, and only preachers care.  Love the people that God has given you, and be loyal to them.  Stay committed to the church, and the people will stay committed to you.

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3. College Football Season
4. Tennessee Over Alabama
5. Reflection on Wisdom and Moral Formation and Tennessee Football

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