Pastor Appreciation

We have just been through October which someone designated "Pastor Appreciation Month." I have to say that I felt a keen sense of appreciation this year in an unexpected manner. As much as I try to get across to people that I am more than a preacher, it seems that preaching is the one thing I do which the majority of folks cannot. To say it another way, I will always prefer to be called "Pastor Corn," but understand when church folks call me "Preacher."

Add to that the fact that I very seldom preach anywhere but my own pulpit. I don't know why, but I have never been much in demand as a revival or homecoming speaker. In a weeks time I had opportunity to speak in chapel at FWBBC and to the Cumberland Association. In the first of these I was filling in for Matt Pinson and in the second for Dr. Pic. Both messages were well received and I have gotten quite a few compliments on them.

I got to thinking about this late one Sunday night, just before falling asleep. Is it just possible that the Lord orchestrated these two speaking engagements to say to me, "Randy you have something to say. I appreciate you." That may be a humble way of being egotistical, but it is what I have come to believe. As I said at the outset of this post, I have felt a keen sense of appreciation during this "Pastor Appreciation Month." Now you know why.