Struggling Well With Life

I spent this week in Texas at a management conference, the days were filled with a myriad of options from IRS regulations and tax laws, to HR, and IT classes and my back end is sore from moving from seat to seat. The nights however were worship centered, and on the itinerary for the week were a front line list of well known speakers. Lord forgive me, but I had a subversive prejudice about the celebrities that were on the docket. Being an attender of conferences for decades and hearing from the most famous teachers/preachers over the years, I expected more hype, and less authenticity, more self promotion and less good old fashioned down to earth preaching on Jesus. “Lord, forgive me”, for his servants one by one stepped up to he podium and allowed the Lord to speak truth. I heard no book promotions, no upcoming seminars, but the Word preached, Jesus preached, from hearts and lives surrendered to Him. It never ceases to surprise me - where and who God uses to get to this heart of mine, in spite of my short sightedness and prejudices. Lord, forgive me, and give me ears to hear - where and whoever you choose to speak.