God Bless Chick-fil-a

Tim Hawkins is a wonderful comedian who is clean and funny. You will enjoy this video and if you don't it may be because you have not been blessed to have Chick-fil-a in your area. Enjoy!

Happy Birthday Sondra

Morgan, Sondra, Shelbi

In my last post I stated that I was going to start mentioning some of those people who have had great influence in my life. Sometimes this is the one whom I have a tendency to not make such a big deal of in influencing my life, but I am able to remedy that now.

Sondra Jean (Holmes) Turner is definitely "one-of-a-kind" and has the most influence in my life for the last 25 years plus. (How can you be married to a wonderful woman for that long and some of that not rub off on you anyway?) She is amazing. I am going to attempt to do a compare and contrast and then let you draw your own conclusions on how she has most influenced my life.

She is black and white on issues.       I am pretty gray on many things
She is organized.                               I am organized enough to get by.
She is beautiful.                                 I am handsome (and modestly humble)
She loves Jesus.                                I see much of Jesus in her.
She is a great wife.                            I am running to catch up on this one.
She likes meatloaf.                            I let her order it when we eat out.
She is tireless at home.                      I am in bed early because I am  tired.
She loves me.                                   I am a recipient of great grace. (I love her)
She is an amazing mother.                 I do things that amaze her (as in, Really?)

I am so thankful that God has allowed us to be a part of one another's life. She is incredibly amazing and I am a blessed man.

Happy Birthday Sondra! I love you. Thanks for allowing me to a part of your life these last 25 plus years and I can't wait to see what you are like when we are 90! So looking forward to the rest of our lives together.

Influence

I think I have hit that interesting age in life where many people who are younger than me, 20- and 30-somethings primarily, think I have wisdom. I am pretty sure that I do not have much, but my gray hair sort of lends itself to this whole "wisdom" thing. To be completely honest, I am a little flattered and a lot scared. I know I do not know much. I do have experience and get the opportunity to be around alot of folks in ministry and realize that I do have some influence in others' lives. What a responsibility.

Turners circa early 70s

It has also caused me to think about many people who have influenced my life in so many great and strong ways. I have talked about my dad and my mom in this blog many times and those two people obviously have influenced me the most. It is hard to believe that my mom has been gone almost 3 years ago and yet her influence in my life continues strong. Of course, my dad continues to influence me in so many ways.

My brother, James, is almost 4 years older than me and lives in MO. He has taught me that reaching out and helping others is always the right thing to do. He is one of those guys who sees someone who needs help and is quick to meet those needs. He is quick witted, full of life, and a joy to be around. Unfortunately we live about 500 miles apart and I do not get to see him often.

In future posts, I am going to mention some of those people who have had and continue to have influence in my life. I think it is good to focus on others and their influence in your life. I would encourage you to begin doing that too and send them a note telling them how they have influenced you.