nameless face

spent the last couple of hours checking out different websites connected to tulsans. what did i find? mikey d giorno ( forgotten about him. had a good little talk show that at times turned my stomach and at times intrigued me), bob wills ( great music! have been a fan since my first trip to caines ballroom), jim inhoffe ( has this dude been a politician forever?), garth brooks ( uhh, great guy), oral roberts ( built a really big hospital that is now an office building, namesake for a university, charismatic evangelist), weber's root beer ( hawking franchises, god bless them)...



a bunch of different names, businesses that have different degrees of importance to most of us in our great city. this blog has no real explanation, its just me thinking about how important we find ourselves to be.

type in my name and you'll find nothing about me. however, ask my wife and kids and they would say i am important in their lives. insert your name and wait for a response from the great wide web. how important are you? if nothing pops up on the monitor, trust me- YOU ARE IMPORTANT TO SOMEONE!

too often we count success as the number of people that know our names. not the number of people we have touched with the grace of GOD! people that may not even recall my name but know that some dude prayed with them or for them. how much more important are the nameless?

when my mother was ill and we were at our lowest point of the battle some guy came in to her room, stood by her hospital bed and prayed with us. at the time we knew his name. more importantly, we knew his heart. he broke down with us. he spent time with us. he prayed fervently with my parents on numerous occasions when they simply didn't have the strength (physically or spiritually) to knell down before GOD. he brought peace into a very unpeaceful place.

we have all since forgotten his name. we will never forget the prayers! thank GOD this man came to us. he came as just another nameless face but he left a lasting impression.

never consider yourself unknown. the unknown are often the most known to the one that matters: GOD.