Ok... so what is about comfort zones God doesn't like? Come to think of it, it's a pretty boring place to be. Life in Christ should be lots of things... boring ain't one of `em!

When I was a younger man and my now 26 year old son was just 5 years old, we took a family vacation to Disney World in Orlando, Florida (what a cool place). I remember dragging him all over the park to hit every E-ticket ride they had... Space Mountain, Pirates of the Carribean, all the really fab stuff. Then I made the mistake of taking him into Kiddie-land (or whatevah). It was all A-ticket rides... guess I was out of E's. One ride he begged to go on was "Mr. Toad's Wild Ride". OK, OK... I'll humor the little bugger before going to buy more E-tickets.

As it turned out, it was the perfect ride for a 5 year old child. Seldom over the years have I heard much about Space Mountain, et al... but O have I heard time and again about "Mr. Toad's Wild Ride".

I've come to view life much in the same way. I've even given it a name... "Mr. GOD's Wild Ride". From the outside it appears to be an A-ticket but once inside it turns out to be exactly perfect for this child. If there was such a thing as an F or G ticket, I suppose it would be found in GOD.

Recently, "Mr. GOD" has decided to take us to His Disney World. We've been living in a small, country-fied, crime free town in Middle-Tennessee in nice, comfortable abodes with nice, comfortable jobs driving nice, comfortable cars back and forth to our urban ministry in not so nice and not so comfortable East Nashville. Welp... GOD's decided it's time for a "Wild Ride" so here we go moving into a motor home parked in our church parking lot in our East Nashville "hood".

We're only just entering the turn-style but we'll keep you posted as the ride progresses. Stomach's a little queezy and eyes are a bit bloodshot but I think that's just a hang-over from insisting on Space Mountain.

I'll close with Ecclesiastes 3... To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

A time for comfort and a time for Wild Rides. Blessings, y'all!