Take The Deal/Sunday UPDATE

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CLICK HERE to check out the post from Friday.

Well, as far as I know, the old man did not “take the deal.”  I hesitate to refer to him as “old man”, but not sure he’d want his name here.

Anyway, I did as I said I would do and showed up at his door at 0815 yesterday morning.  I knocked and rang the bell until about 0825, but he did not answer the door.

I really didn’t get overly excited and set myself up for a let down though.  I knew that either a seed had been planted or one was watered on Friday and it is not my job to save him.  Only Jesus can do that and we prayed for this man in our Sunday school class.  We prayed that the Lord would work in his heart regardless of where he was Sunday morning.

I may stop by some other time or I may just wait until I see him again.  I’m pretty sure I’ve seen him several times before.  The incident on Friday could have been for me and not for him.  Although I witnessed God working in this man, I also felt Him working in me.  I felt Him tell me that my mood or personal circumstances have to sometimes be put on the back burner to do His work.  I have comfort in knowing that next time I will be more ready and sensitive to the situation.

On another note, we participated in the Fort Building Contest, over on Tam’s blog. We submitted the video below.


Fort Building 2009 from Toby Keathley on Vimeo.

You should go over and “pressure” the judges to vote for us!

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  • http://intensedebate.com/people/bryan_hill bryan hill

    Great fort….we were going to join in the fun but ran out of time.

  • http://intensedebate.com/people/bryan_hill bryan hill

    I forgot to mention about the "old man". Sorry to hear he did not answer his door. I love how you made this a positive experience for yourself, that Friday's incident may have been for you and not him.

    Oh, did I say great fort?

  • http://www.russhutto.com Russ Hutto

    Awesome fort! Love the commentary as well!

  • http://kassota.wordpress.com tam

    T – not only did you likely plant a seed in that old man, and of course all the positives you mentioned for yourself, i have to think about the people who stood by and listened. what about them? how many of those people were convicted, inspired and encouraged by the boldness and faith of one man? i dont think we'll ever know, here on earth, just how far that one act reached. awesome man. humbled and proud to know you!

    the fort? STINKIN AWESOME!!!!

    your wife punched you. AHAHAHAHAHAHA! thats my girl!

    gabriels like…what the heck does "anticipate" mean?! "uh-yeah??"

    seriously…this was a blast to watch! great job!!!

    im so happy you did this!

  • http://intensedebate.com/people/Pastor_T Pastor_T

    Thanks Russ. Next time we'll have Christmas lights and a plant dangit! :-)

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  • http://intensedebate.com/people/TobysMom TobysMom

    Well if nothing else you should get extra votes just for the entertaining video..:-)
    Ooohhh, what happened to my sweet baby girl's widdle weg???

  • http://intensedebate.com/people/Pastor_T Pastor_T

    Hey, you have til midnight on that fort buddy!! Get to building!! :-)
    As for the old man, all we can do is pray. In God's time, he will come.

  • http://kassota.wordpress.com tam

    come on bryan…its not too late! really! im a softy..i'll probably end up extending the deadline anyway cause most my readers are slackers.

    what?

  • http://intensedebate.com/people/bryan_hill bryan hill

    Okay, this slacker is in. The girls and I will do it this afternoon after they get off the bus. My wife can put on the finishing touches when she gets home from the office. Thanks for the extension….

  • http://kassota.wordpress.com tam

    YES!!! i knew youd cave. i mean, who can resist building a fort, eh?

    im so excited! cant wait to see it!!

  • http://intensedebate.com/people/Pastor_T Pastor_T

    Thanks for the words and thanks for doing this fort thing. It was a good time. We may do this on a regular basis!!

  • http://intensedebate.com/people/Pastor_T Pastor_T

    She thought it would be a good idea to try and run down the concrete steps in the back and the step didn't agree with her :-( .

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