KAJN Jesus
Why we rarely listen to the radio as we travel, I really do not know. We just aren't big on listening, I guess. Occasionally when I'm driving and Neil is sleeping, I will listen to a Christian CD and sing along, but we virtually never listen to the radio.
Today we did. Driving along I-10 from a bit north of New Orleans and Lake Ponchartrain, through the Atchafalaya Basin, and west towards Lake Charles before heading north to Ft. Polk, Louisiana, we saw a billboard advertising KAJN Jesus. (To paint this picture as accurately as possible, the "JESUS" went down from the J of KAJN, like a crossword puzzle.)
Even though we are not ones to listen to the radio at all, and certainly are not anxious to listen to radio preachers, for some reason I found myself unable to resist finding out what KAJN Jesus might be.
The preacher of the hour was a Southern Gospel style preacher who was really into his sermon. He was talking about Christians who have "things to hide" in their homes -- or in their lifestyles, how they put up a good front, but that sometimes people find out that they aren't all they portray themselves to be. (He probably was talking about most of us, I fear.)
He shared about how his absolute all-time favorite place to go is Waffle House where late at night you get dinner and a free floor show, watching all the "real" people who come in and are simply themselves. He emphasized the importance of accepting people and enjoying them as they are.
In the course of the sermon about accepting people, he shared some actual prayer requests that have been given to him through the years . . . prayer requests with details that you do not correct or change, but rather you simply accept the person's words and pray for their needs.
Pastor Mike told us about the woman who once came and told him she had "roaches of the liver" and asked that he pray for her.
Another woman requested prayer for the "cancer in her pantry."
A gentleman came asking for prayer for his wife because she had "very close veins", and also for himself because he suffered from "my brain headaches."
And finally Pastor Mike's favorite and ours: a woman once requested prayer for her child who had "sick-as-hell anemia."
While all these things are serious and definitely need prayer, the terminology and unintentional word play of the people making the requests had me laughing so hard and praying that I wouldn't . . . Well, never mind what I was praying I wouldn't do.
Suffice it to say that we thoroughly enjoyed the sermon, even though we will never hear the conclusion because the announcer cut it off mid-sentence at 11:30. All of us need a reminder that sometimes we do not behave or speak in the way we know we should and that it is good to accept people as they are . . . and all of us need a good laugh, which we certainly had today, thanks to Pastor Mike and KAJN Jesus!
Today we did. Driving along I-10 from a bit north of New Orleans and Lake Ponchartrain, through the Atchafalaya Basin, and west towards Lake Charles before heading north to Ft. Polk, Louisiana, we saw a billboard advertising KAJN Jesus. (To paint this picture as accurately as possible, the "JESUS" went down from the J of KAJN, like a crossword puzzle.)
Even though we are not ones to listen to the radio at all, and certainly are not anxious to listen to radio preachers, for some reason I found myself unable to resist finding out what KAJN Jesus might be.
The preacher of the hour was a Southern Gospel style preacher who was really into his sermon. He was talking about Christians who have "things to hide" in their homes -- or in their lifestyles, how they put up a good front, but that sometimes people find out that they aren't all they portray themselves to be. (He probably was talking about most of us, I fear.)
He shared about how his absolute all-time favorite place to go is Waffle House where late at night you get dinner and a free floor show, watching all the "real" people who come in and are simply themselves. He emphasized the importance of accepting people and enjoying them as they are.
In the course of the sermon about accepting people, he shared some actual prayer requests that have been given to him through the years . . . prayer requests with details that you do not correct or change, but rather you simply accept the person's words and pray for their needs.
Pastor Mike told us about the woman who once came and told him she had "roaches of the liver" and asked that he pray for her.
Another woman requested prayer for the "cancer in her pantry."
A gentleman came asking for prayer for his wife because she had "very close veins", and also for himself because he suffered from "my brain headaches."
And finally Pastor Mike's favorite and ours: a woman once requested prayer for her child who had "sick-as-hell anemia."
While all these things are serious and definitely need prayer, the terminology and unintentional word play of the people making the requests had me laughing so hard and praying that I wouldn't . . . Well, never mind what I was praying I wouldn't do.
Suffice it to say that we thoroughly enjoyed the sermon, even though we will never hear the conclusion because the announcer cut it off mid-sentence at 11:30. All of us need a reminder that sometimes we do not behave or speak in the way we know we should and that it is good to accept people as they are . . . and all of us need a good laugh, which we certainly had today, thanks to Pastor Mike and KAJN Jesus!
posted by Patty @ 7:15 PM
1 Comments:
At 6:07 PM,
Natalie said…
Thanks for the reminder Patty! One of Michael's favorite haunts in Fort Worth is Waffle House, so I know exactly what you mean...sometimes we're part of that "floor show" ourselves, so who am I to judge?
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