ASAP

The Rev. Billy Graham. I have admired him for so long.

Saturday nights at 7:00, I still watch his sermons from his crusades back in the 50's and 60's. He's timeless because God is timeless and he preaches God's Word.

I was so blessed to attend one of his crusades in St. Louis back in 2000, just after the Rams had won the Super Bowl. Quarterback Kurt Warner was on stage with the Rev. And as much as I respect him as a Christian and player, he was not the main attraction that evening. I'm sure he would agree.

As timeless as the Rev. Graham is, I'm certain he would appreciate the hurriedness, the busyness, the rush of today's society. I'm also sure that he has faced deadlines and time management problems. And, finally, I'm sure he's practiced ASAP.

Not the current abbreviation. Not As Soon As Possible. But this ASAP, the ASAP I'm talking about stands for Always Say A Prayer. (Don't think this originated with me. I heard it from a Navy Chaplin who read a poem with the ASAP title.)

That's scriptural, since we are told to pray without ceasing. (Luke 18:1, Eph 6:18, and 1 Thes 5:17). A pastor a long time ago told me not to bother to say "Amen" at the end of a prayer because you would be calling on God, you would be in prayer again all through the day, so don't break the connection.

Do you think there might just be fewer stressed people in the work place, a few happier people in the world if they practiced ASAP? I think both God and Billy Graham would concur.