I woke up this morning and hooked up with Steven Furtick.  I had wanted to hook up with him for a while.  He pastors a one year old church running about 1200.  That is amazing.  I really don’t know what to say about our meeting.  I don’t mean that in a bad way at all.  Steven came STRONG with his thoughts and he stretched me in some ways I have not been stretched in a very long time.  I have not been able to get his words and thoughts out of my head the rest of the day.  He honestly gave me so much to chew on that it will take a while for me to process what he said and fit it in my context as the pastor of The Stone.  I left there very impressed.  It takes a lot for me to shut up and listen and I found myself doing that in our meeting today.  It alone was worth the trip.  I also hooked with Chunks, their executive pastor and I have to say he might be one of the sharpest executive guys I have met.

After meeting with those guys, I headed north a few miles and hooked up with my friend Jimmy Britt for about 5 hours.  It seemed like 30 minutes.  I love Jimmy because he could care less if I like him.  He is who he is and that is it.  He has a heart for lost people like few I know and we just click.  I had a great time with him and was glad I took time to hook up with him.  Plus, he fed me BBQ.

I’m in Greenville now and I got to be honest, I am ready to get home.  I miss my family and I am sick of Hotels.  I have two more meetings tomorrow and I am looking forward to them as well.

It has been a great trip and I am ready to get to Ridge Stone.

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