Kristi asked me how I felt the other day. I told her I felt like a Ribeye Roast. When I use to cook a nice roast I would make about 6 small but deep slits in the roast and I would push in some garlic to season the roast. Well here I sit with 7 small slits in my body from the surgery. One is in my belly button where the put the camera in, which I find funny since when I was little my old man would put his eye to my belly button and saw let me see what you ate today. He was always ahead of his time.

Those small incisions have knocked me for a loop, but not the Lord. He has used this time for me to study, read, pray, and write; things that I always push aside so I could be in the field loving on kids and teenagers, whom I miss so deeply right now. So even if I sound a bit whinny right now know that I am being blessed by the Lord every day.

Tonight I sat down with my beautiful bride to watch a Labor Day classic movie Picnic. More years ago than I would care to remember Kristi played the part of Flo and I had built the set and designed the lights. Oh those bohemian days of our youth. It was nice because I wasn’t exhausted and we have had such a great time watching it together. The world doesn’t understand the sacrifices she has made to allow me to follow my call. When you average 15 hour days serving the Lord it does not usually leave much for 9 hours homes, especially if 5 of those are used to sleep. Kristi never says things like; where are your time for me, or why do I only get the tired Scott. She just supports me and loves me.

These are things that God is showing me as I am getting sick of only liquids and ugh protein drinks. I don’t sit well but I am trying,