Oklahoma

Continued from a post earlier today (that started out as a post about Easter Sunday).

So anyway, I couldn't post anything at the hotel last night because we had to actually use a cord to connect to the internet (I know, so archaic) and Cheryl had some work she had to do, so I played solitare on my computer. I guess you didn't know your Worship Pastor led such a wild life. lol

Oklahoma's beautiful state flag.

Our drive to Oklahoma went well. There's a line in the Oklahoma state song - which is probably the best state song ever (our thanks to Rogers and Hammerstein) that says, "and the waving wheat can sure smell sweet when the wind comes right behind the rain." Well, they didn't just make up that wind part. My goodness! The wind is blowing sooo hard and has been all day. The car wanted to blow right over. We saw a street cleaner on the interstate here in OKC. He didn't vacuum up any dirt, he just kicked it up in the air and now Kansas has to worry about it.

I'm not sure why it is so windy here. Perhaps it's because they have wind farms, like in this picture, and grow it here.

They do gas here too. So it is less than $3 a gallon at some places. Whew, I bet this is all terribly boring to read. It's almost midnight, so I guess I'll quit.

I hope you all have a great week. I'll post my Easter thoughts tomorrow. It was such a wonderful day, I have to say something about it. We won't have choir rehearsal this week.

A Taste of Oklahoma

Ooooooooo ok-lahoma where the wind comes sweepin' down the plains...

We sure had wind today in Clarksville. Driving on I-24 from Bear Hollow to Clarksville was a trick too. I had to work at keeping the old faithful PT Cruiser on the road.

Here's a cool thought - it's from Amos (a book in the Old Testament)

4:13
He who forms the mountains, creates the wind, and reveals his thoughts to man, he who turns dawn to darkness, and treads the high places of the earth-- the Lord God Almighty is his name.

Most of us already think it's really incredible that God created the mountains, and perhaps it's kind of neat to be reminded on a windy day that He creates the wind. But here's the part that I think is most amazing in that verse "and reveals His thoughts to man."

1 Corinthians 2 explains it a little more
1 Corinthians 2:6-16
9 However, as it is written: "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him"-- 10 but God has revealed it to us by his Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.

Wow! I think if we could ever totally grasp the truth that God, who created the mountains and the wind wants us to know His thoughts... I think it would totally transform how we live and how we worship.

You can find out a whole bunch of God's thoughts spending some time each day reading your Bible. That is the main way His Spirit will reveal His thoughts to you.

People would pay big bucks to know the thoughts of God. You can find out for FREE!

How awesome is that?

Now, go, get off the silly computer and read your Bible. :)