Friday, August 18, 2006

Okay...sorry for the absence. Been traveling a bit. Left Portugal 18 days ago and 5400 miles later finds me in West Palm Beach, FL visiting friends and family. It has been a great trip although all of us (Cami, Toby and Ben) are showing some fatigue of sleeping in different beds and seeing so many people!

As i have always done when i come through here, i take a drive through Palm Beach (pronounced paaauuulm beach-with that snobby nasal sound) and visit Donald (Trump)...well at least drive by his house and see the atlantic from this side (looks the same everytime). Haven't actually gone to the beach and don't plan to, but who knows. I leave to drive back up to CT sunday...i digress.

So as i drove around Palm Beach and to be honest, went thrift store shopping, and was thinking about all the folks behind their big beautiful hedges and fences, in their big beautiful houses and I thought, 'what would they do if i drove up and just said, hi, i am Kevin, here to see you'. Well, they would most likely promptly send me away and/or call the police. You see, no-one i know is that impressed with me. No-one i know has that kind of wealth. And no-one would be ushering me in like royalty. Fine. Okay.

But what if they did. What if in fact the butler came running out of the house, yelled at the gatekeeper to quickly open the gate and chased me down the street, 'please, please, Kevin, the master of the house wants to see you. He can't let you go by without seeing you...'. You can imagine the dream. Better yet, what if the master himself came running after me as i passed by...

Well. What if God did that? Do i think He would? Do i deserve it? Well acording to my faith and what i read in the Bible I believe He really does love me and want me to 'come in'. He longs to see me...us, each and every one of us. He has been chasing me back inside for a long time...and somehow i always end up outside the gate messing around...i think it is time to go inside.

Anyway, listen to Him. GO inside, take a seat, relax. Let Him care for you, rest, enjoy Him. I know for myself it has been a while and i can hear Him yelling at me, 'hey, where are you going?' Funny. He really thinks me royalty. Prince Kevin, sounds strange, but i kind of like it. All i need to do now is let everyone else know He wants to see them....

Until next time...
His
Kevin