I'm skipping gym time today, trying to tie up some loose ends before I fly out of here on Friday. I got rid of one worry yesterday when I asked David to call the kid from Millsaps to play the organ on Nov. 18th. The pipe organ is great fun, and I intend to become proficient, but I need to learn to use both feet, heel and toe, on the bass pedals, rather than just the left foot toe like I used on the Hammond. I can do it, but to get comfortable and confident will require major rewiring of my tired old brain and hours of practice, something I won't have enough of between now and then. And I don't want it nagging on me while I'm on vacation.

Mary Ann is having her surgery today. Include her in your prayers. Gus was coughing this morning and the first thing I thought of was kennel cough, so pray for him, too. I would not enjoy my time away if there is a sick puppy at home. He would have to be hospitalized. Mike will be struggling to cope while I'm gone, but he is capable of doing everything for himself. He gained self-confidence when I went to Ireland, but when I got home, he soon fell back into depending on me for some of the things he'd been doing for himself. Pray for him. Our choir has an All Saint's Day Evensong tomorrow night at 6:00 and a difficult rehearsal tonight to get ready. Pray for our choir, our director, and our guest organist from Virginia.

Here's some good advice from my friend Sandra in P'ville:

The next time you feel like GOD can't use you,

just remember:

Noah was a drunk

Abraham was too old

Isaac was a daydreamer

Jacob was a liar

Leah was homely

Joseph was mistreated and imprisoned

Moses had a stuttering problem

Gideon was afraid

Samson had long hair and was a womanizer

Rahab was a prostitute

Jeremiah and Timothy were too young

David was an adulterer and a murderer

Elijah was suicidal

Isaiah preached naked

Jonah ran from God

Naomi was a widow

Job went bankrupt

Peter denied Christ

The Disciples fell asleep while praying

Martha worried about everything

The Samaritan woman was divorced, more than once

Zaccheus was too small

Paul was too religious

Timothy had an ulcer..

AND Lazarus was dead!

Still think you are of no use in God's grand plan?