To whom it may concern...that sounds interesting...maybe it should say "Dear John"....none the less...to whomever may read this blog. PLEASE say a special prayer for me today. I am experiencing some MAJOR depression and defeat. I KNOW that I should be able to overcome all this, but it has hit and is hitting with a vengence. Basically, I am being defeated because #1, last night, the church discussed the position that Tom has been holding as interim. Somehow, I just felt like they would all come together and say "No need for a committee, forget the constitution and bi-laws, forget the typical Baptist 'polity' and LET'S JUST KEEP WHO WE HAVE!"...Unfortunately, that IS NOT what they said. Amidst lots of appreciation and gratitude, it was STILL acknowledged that their 'nationwide' search would be conducted and that they would pursue candidates after having place ads in various places and then interviews, etc. etc. YADA YADA...same ole Baptist procedures. A part of me respects that, but then the side of me that has to pay bills resents it. And speaking of bills, that leads me to the other area of depression. We have started Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University as I alluded to in an earlier blog. This is soooooo exciting until I really stop and think about what 'putting together a budget' really requires. Two things primarily...MONEY and DISCIPLINE....NEITHER of which I feel I have enough to successfully pull this off. I KNOW and realize especially after hearing all of the discussion in class, that THIS IS POSSIBLE...but what a major wake up call to reality. Well, now its time for reality...WORK...soooooooo again, whoever may read this, please pray for me!