Second week, less nerves

Well, this past Saturday we had our second service. Luckily, the nervousness was mostly gone, and I was back to my old self (well mostly). Things felt much more like I am used to, and I quickly got so excited during my sermon that I ditched my outline and ran with the message that was spilling out of my mouth. I love it when God does that. When He just takes over and moves me (and my outline) right out of the way. Now I truely believe in preparing for a sermon through prayer, research, and study, but sometimes I just don't get it. I pray and seek God, and I think I know what He wants me to say, but I miss it somewhere. Luckily, He doesn't let that stop Him from getting what He wants out there. So anyway, it went great. God was doing some awsome stuff and people were feeling Him move. It was so awsome that I could have kept preaching for another hour, but for some reason I don't think the Nursery and Chidrens Church volunteers would have shared that excitement. Reminds me of a saying I once heard, "Don't be so heavenly minded that you are no earthly good."
On a personal note, I broke down and bought some new sneakers yesterday (some nifty looking New Balances). My old ones (some busted up and stinky Adidas) were so disgusting that my wife made me get new ones. When we got home she made me put the old ones outside. My new ones feel so much more comfortable. And they still have that brand new smell (we won't talk about the smell of my old ones). My feet feel good and it makes me want to walk around or go play ball or something. It is amazing how much difference a little change can do to your day. Man, I should use this as a sermon illustration sometime. Oh well...see you later. Oh, and one last thing, I have updated my profile now, so read it if you want. And you can now post responses as well. Be blessed.