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s a former New Yorker I was taught the definition of a split second was “the amount of time that elapses between when the traffic light turns green and the cab behind you honks.”
I learned yesterday the Panama City definition of a split second is “the amount of time that elapses between when the postman rings my doorbell and then puts a sticker on my door saying he needed a signature and couldn’t drop off my package because I wasn’t home and sprints to his mail truck and speeds away.”
So I called the post office to see if it was there and if I could pick it up today. I was concerned that I would need to wait in a line of Space Mountain at Disney proportions, but the postmaster informed me that there was no one in the post office. He said that on Monday their parking lot looked like Northstar’s during an 11:00am service (well he didn’t say that exactly, but it was the same general idea).
Since the Post Office does 1 day express mail I was surprised that no one was mailing packages on Dec. 23. I did a little research and found out that Fed Ex is extremely busy on Dec. 23. Why is that?
Apparently Christmas procrastinators do not trust that the Post Office will get their package to it’s destination over night. They believe the Fed Ex hype if “it absolutely, positively has to get there overnight.”
It doesn’t matter what really happens, people make their choices based on what they expect. They expect Fed Ex will deliver. Overnight.
I wonder what the people coming to the Christmas Eve services are expecting? Many have learned to expect religion when they attend church.
I just finished talking with a man in the foyer who said how refreshing it was to find the people at Northstar were not pretending to be something they weren’t (I don’t think that was what he was expecting).
I wonder what you’re expecting to find at Northstar this Christmas Eve? Because what you expect will determine if you come and what you’ll experience once you arrive.
Here’s what you can expect…
Jesus.
Whether or not Lee Baker hits every cord perfectly (and I’ve never heard him do anything else), whether or not Marty Martin says words and phrases that those of us who speak the English language have yet to encounter (I have no comment on this) what you should expect this Christmas at Northstar is Jesus.
Come.
Experience.
Jesus
“You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.” – Jeremiah 29:13
