What’s Normal?

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4-4-19 Thursday

4 days until the Mens conference Commit www.mencommit.com 

A bunch of great speakers, great worship by Jeff Deyo and yes TDA will be there.

 

Ryan and Reese picking out a movie at Block buster. After a list of NO’s we finally get a silly Disney movie. Ryan was not happy. He was 11 years old and made it known he was not happy. We got in the car and started home. Just as we turned to head up to our house at the top of the street he said “I wish we were normal like everyone else”…. I slammed on the brakes and told him what normal was and that 

*You want to be normal like this family?

 - they worship another religion and will go to hell unless they repent

  - this family? The kid has Dad #3 and all of them are losers.

• This family? The dad is an alcoholic
•   This family? The mom left them

     -   This family? The father is away from home all the time chasing the almighty $

   -  This family? you and I have both heard them screaming at night at each other

   - this family?  The kids are on drugs, the parents don’t care and the police show up all the time?

 

AS LONG AS I AM YOUR FATHER WE WILL NEVER BE NORMAL!

 

1 Peter 2:9

But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.

 

We are peculiar (KJV)

We pray when we are sick and believe in God’s healing power.

We tithe even when bills are high and money is short.

We share the gospel -what to some seems like foolishness and others hope.

We love our wives regardless of whether or not she loves us back.

We raise our kids in the fear of the Lord and not by what is popular or what society says.

We don’t worry about disciplining our kids because we realize they need us as Dad’s and not as friends

We don’t get caught up in softball, fishing, hunting, poker, the gym and a hundred other things because we want to first serve our family and secondly serve our church!

We walk away when men comment on women and don’t join the conversation. 

We ask for accountability at work, home and church

We are not ashamed to tell other men about Jesus even though it may cost us a promotion, favor or popularity. 

 

Yeah, we are peculiar

We don’t want to be normal… we want to be Godly.