Totally Blowing It On a Snow Day
God gave the sign of the rainbow to assure Noah that He would never flood the Earth again. I would like to ask God for another sign, one to assure me that He will never let it snow on Sunday again. Early on in my ministry I gave the church a sign - Wal-Mart. If the planets ever aligned, pigs flew, Hades froze over and it snowed on Sunday I charged the church to call Wal-Mart. If Wal-Mart was open, we would be open. For the last 10 or so years of my ministry it has almost become another Bible verse to our congregation, “If Wal-Mart is open, we will be open.” On Sunday Wal-Mart was open, but I cancelled the worship services. I broke my own commandment. I ignored the sign. I blew it. Here is how it happened. It was the Sunday after Christmas. As all good pastors do I asked our youth pastor to preach. Youth pastors are heavily sought after preachers on Memorial Day, Labor Day, and post-Christmas day weekends. I had originally planned to preach on the 26th, but I felt bad for our