  Today Has Been a Good Day for Thinking! My early-morning blogging session kind of set the tone for the rest of the day.
I got to my office and discovered that my secretary had a doctor's appointment. We're in the middle of changing phone companies, so the phone's not ringing a whole lot. The maintenance crew did their usual Friday gig on Thursday for some reason. So, I put some urlLink Charlie Hall and urlLink David Crowder in the old CD player, ground some urlLink Komodo Dragon for the coffeemaker, and had a great, uninterrupted!
day of thinking, praying, and studying. Besides working on Sunday's talk (finishing my "Real Reality" series, "What Not to Wear," based on urlLink Ephesians 6:10-18 , here are some things that crossed my mind, entered my heart, and made their way into the Moleskine. (No certain order, just random, may develop them more later. ) Peter Pan Christians: What do you do with believers who refuse to grow up? Loving God with all that I am: PASSION, PRAYER, INTELLIGENCE, ENERGY, according to urlLink Mark 12:28-34 . What was it about Jesus that made Him such a magnetic, compelling leader? What made His disciples  especially the early ones  follow Him without prior knowledge? - The testimony of John the Baptist. They were already following John  and he pointed Jesus out to them.
- Their own curiosity. If John said such amazing things about Jesus, what did he mean? - Jesus call to follow. Come, follow me. See for yourselves. - Spending time with Him. - The promise of a new kind of life. Not necessarily an easier life. A life that would require a new set of skills and a willingness to learn. urlLink Fishing was their regular work. Their new life would be kind of like the old life, but different.
Leading those who are someone elses followers. (Thanks to Todd Hunter, from some un-updated blog somewhere on the Web! Just kidding...! ) If believers are to be disciples following Jesus  and Im called to lead them, how do I do that? Its not me theyre called to follow ULTIMATELY! Its HIM! But Im supposed to be the guy who points Him out to them, like John the Baptist! 
