Food For Thought

J. Lee Grady, editor of Charisma always has an excellent blog - Fire In My Bones. I encourage you to read it regularly. The link is http://www.fireinmybones.com/.

PrairieParson
JB

Easter Joy for Today's Sorrow

Today I want to encourage the sorrowful. A couple comments will follow, then take hold of the prophetic promises.

The first words Jesus spoke following His great sorrow of the Cross was "rejoice!" Jesus’ deep sorrow was turned into rejoicing. His sorrow was transformed into joy. The joy of Easter is produced by the sorrow of Good Friday. When you go through sorrow, know this, it won’t last forever, you are not alone, it’s going to be all right. Hope in the Lord. Your sorrow will be turned into “Rejoice”!

Take hope, the deeper your sorrow, the greater your capacity is for joy. When sorrow carves a deep cavity into your soul, take hope, God can transform that cavity into a reservoir of greater joy.

Hear the prophetic promise of the Lord, to you, on this resurrection day:

• Weeping may endure for a night, but [a shout of] joy comes in the morning. (Ps 30:5)

• Today is not a day of sorrow, but a day of celebration and feasting. Celebrate with a feast of food, sweet drinks, and sharing your abundance with those who are less fortunate. (Neh. 8:10)

• According to Esther 9:22 I decree, “This is the month for you to get relief from your enemies; and a month where your sorrow is turned to gladness and your mourning into joy.”

• “As the Lord brings you out of sorrow, your mouth will be filled with laughter and singing. Those around you will say, ‘The Lord has done great things for you’ and you will respond, ‘The Lord has done great things for me.’ You shall have a harvest of joy and rejoicing from the seeds of tears that you have sown.” (Ps. 126)

• Today is a day to draw water from the wells of salvation with joy. (Isa. 12:3)

• To those who are fearful-hearted and sorrowful I declare: “Be strong and do not fear! Your God will come and save you. He will destroy your enemies! You have been in a desert place, but I the Lord shall cause your wilderness and wasteland to blossom as the rose; there will be abundance of flowers and rejoicing; even with singing and joy. The Lord Himself will display in your life His glory and splendor.

Therefore, let your tired hands be lifted up towards Me and let your weak knees be strengthened. For the Lord of Hosts will open the eyes of the blind and unstop the ears of the deaf.

The lame will leap like a deer, and those who cannot speak will shout and sing! Springs will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams will water the desert.

The parched ground will become a pool, and springs of water will satisfy the thirsty land. Marsh grass and reeds and rushes will flourish where desert jackals once lived.

A highway of holiness shall run through your life. The Living Lion of the tribe of Judah shall roar and the enemy that walks about as a roaring lion shall flee.

You are the ransomed of the Lord. Come to Me by faith singing songs of everlasting joy. Your sorrow and mourning will flee away and you will be overcome with joy and gladness! (Isa. 35)

• "Listen to Me, you who follow after righteousness and hope for deliverance - You who seek the LORD. Look to the rock from which you were hewn, and consider the quarry from which you were mined!

Consider Abraham your father, and Sarah who bore you; For I called him alone, And blessed him and increased him." The Lord will comfort you and all your waste places will blossom. He will make your barren wilderness as beautiful as Eden – the garden of the Lord. And in that garden there will be joy and gladness, and thanksgiving and the voice of melody will fill the air.

My (God's) salvation and deliverance will continue from generation to generation. Therefore, robe yourself with strength. I made a way for My people through the Red Sea; a path of escape; and I will do the same for you. I have ransomed you. Sing songs of everlasting joy. Your sorrow and mourning will disappear and you will be overcome with joy and gladness. (Isa 51)

• You will find grace in your wilderness. I love you with an everlasting love and My lovingkindness is without end. You will again be joyful and dance.

This is what the risen Lord says: Sing with joy and shout. Shout out with praise and joy “save me! Deliver me!”

I declare that your tears of sorrow will be transformed into tears of joy. You will sing songs of joy. You will be radiant because of the many gifts I will give you – good crops of wheat, wine, and oil, and healthy flocks and herds. Your life will be like a watered garden and all your sorrows will depart.

Young women, dance for joy. Young and old men, join in the celebration. For I am turning your mourning into joy; I am comforting you; and there is a great exchange: sorrow for rejoicing.

I will supply you with abundance and satisfy you with bounty.

The Lord says: “I have heard your anguish, mourning and weeping. But do not weep any longer, for I will reward you. Your children will come back to you from the distant land of the enemy.

• There is hope for your future," says the LORD. (Jer. 31)

Is your heart breaking? Are you discouraged and sad? Hear the word of the Lord: “Go to the altar of God, to God — the source of all your joy” making this your prayer: "Tune me in to foot-tapping songs, set these once-broken bones to dancing and restore to me the joy of Your salvation." Today is a day for your ashes to be turned into beauty.
Amen!

PrairieParson
JB

Fearfully and Wonderfully Made

In my blog titled August Rush I mentioned that in August Kael and Sara would be having a baby. Here's the first picture of Isaac James.

He will bring much laughter in our lives.

PrairieParson
JB

Don't Be Offended

Our reading in the Gospels for yesterday was Matthew 11-13.

John the Baptizer had announced, "Behold the Lamb of God which takes away the sins of the world." More often than not, I think, prophets prophecy more than they realize or understand. They are a mouthpiece for the Holy Spirit. They obey. They prophesy, but often they do not fully realize what they have just declared.

I believe this is true with John. He knew his cousin, of course. But at Jesus' baptism it was revealed to John that Jesus was the Lamb. John, like all of Israel, was looking for their Messiah: the One who would deliver them from occupation and oppression; who would set up a political Kingdom upon the throne of David; they were looking for another David.

John, now in prison, sends his disciples to inquire of Jesus, "Are You the Coming One, or do we look for another?" John is saying, "If you are the real deal, would you please get on with it! I'm in prison and things don't look too good. I need Messiah to come and deliver me from Herod and the Romans!"

Immediately there was an awesome display of Jesus' power: the blind saw; the lame walked; lepers were made whole; the deaf heard; and demons were dismissed. Jesus said, "Go tell John what you have just heard and seen. And by the way, remind him about the poor having the gospel preached to them and that the dead have been raised. And tell him not to be offended." Jesus was the real deal, but John's theology was a bit off. Jesus did not want John to be offended that He was not meeting his expectations.

A lot of offense happens when expectations are not met. And so I say, "blessed is he who is not offended because of me."

PrairieParson
JB

Jesus Thinned Out the Crowd

I'm trying to get a bigger crowd. I have a dislike for empty chairs. The disciples didn't like the fact that Jesus reduced the crowd size. In fact, they were offended. I think it possible that Jesus would be offended by much of the gimmickry being used in the Western Church to draw a crowd. Having said that, my prayer is still that God will build a great church on the prairie, and that includes numbers - hundreds of people.

Speaking of being offended - the hometown folks of Nazareth were offended at Jesus because He was exactly that; the hometown boy. Jesus' faith was "offended" at their lack of faith resulting in very little Kingdom activity.

Herod was a wimp and politician. There are a lot of wimpy politicians. Herod pleased the crowd instead of doing what was right. Herodias and Jezebeel were two of a kind; but so was Ahab and Herod.

The word of promise to the fearful remains: "Be of good cheer! It is I; do not be afraid."

Amen!

PrairieParson
JB

Hope to see you Friday night at our Good Friday service. I will be speaking on Jesus: Our Slain Lamb.

Holy Week

Holy Week began, of course, Sunday as we celebrated the Triumphant Entry of Jesus into Jerusalem.

Sunday I spoke on Jesus: The Coronated Messiah. I know "coronated" is not a word, but it fit with the message titles before and to come. Jesus was:

1. Proclaimed King by the crowd.
2. Anointed King by Mary. Judas thought it wasteful. Jesus said it was a beautiful thing.
3. Prophesied as King by Caiaphas.
4. Declared King of the Jews by Pilate.
5. Crowned King by the soldiers.
6. Embraced as King by the believing thief who was also being crucified.

Jesus taught marvelous truths while on the move from one location to another. The disciples "saw" the dried up fig tree after Jesus talked to it. Jesus talked to trees, and mountains. Do you suppose He would have been tagged as a "hyper-faith" type of guy?

Zacchaeus: A seeker, a tree climber, a receiver, a restorer, and a transformed man.

It is true - the world is going after Jesus! (Jn. 12:19) Hallelujah!

PrairieParson
JB

August Rush

Kyle and Brandi, Kari and Janae - some of our kids - have raved about August Rush, the movie. The are right. August Rush is an awesome movie. Genelle, my beautiful wife of 33 years, and I purchased the DVD the other day and watched it Saturday night with Janae, who is home on Spring break. At the end Janae asked, "Dad, are you crying?" Sure enough. We plan on watching it again before long.

Music is a wonderful art that God created and designed. Worship opens a portal where heaven and earth interact. God blessed us with five children who are musically talented. The two left handed ones, both lead worship.

Well, enough of that. O.K. You are probably not reading this to find out about my family. However, just wait until August when baby pictures start showing up on this blog. Way to go Kael and Sara!

PrairieParson
JB

Shaking in His Boots

We have arrived at Holy Week. Let the Word of God dwell in you richly this week.

I'm really behind now, so this will be major catch-up. The chapters are Mt. 9-10; Lk. 8-9; and Jn. 5. A few nuggets from a rich mine and a deep well of the water of life.

• The New Living says Jesus ate dinner with notorious sinners and scum. The Pharisees sure didn't like that.
• Have you ever blessed someone and then wanted to take it back? I've not blessed people and then was reminded Jesus said to "bless your enemies" so I have had to. Interestingly Jesus said, "take your blessing back if you are not received." You can not predict what Jesus is going to say.
• Jesus said, "when you are persecuted" not if you are. A positive confession won't keep persecution from happening. Being a secret Christian might, however.
• Jesus' ministry, like ministries today, require partners. Luke records the names of the women who financially supported His ministry. God designed for God's people to support God's work. I bet Jesus never resorted to the fund raising schemes we see some involved in today.
• Three enemies of the Word: The devil; testing; cares, riches and pleasures of life. The seed in good soil is faced with the same enemies. The good soil perseveres.
• The mission of the Church has not changed: Tell all about the Kingdom and heal the sick.
• Impossibility meets possibility in Jesus and looses, every time.
• Do you suppose the disciples were embarrassed when the couldn't cast the demon out? I've been embarrassed. I think Jesus said something like: "Faithless!" Ouch!
• God's Kingdom is bigger than our little group.
• Like James and John, I've wanted to call fire down out of heaven. I could justify doing it, too!
• Can you hear the consternation in the man's voice who was healed after 38 years: "Illegal to carry my mat? This is the first time for me to walk in 38 years!" Religion is really, really cruel.
• Our blessed hope - the resurrection. Mom celebrated her first birthday in the presence of the Lord, yesterday, Palm Sunday. She and we await that glorious day.

And my last thought for today - Herod was shaking in his boots. I'm sure he was relieved to find out it wasn't John.

PrairieParson
JB

Go KU and KSU in the big dance!

Impact

In an effort to get caught up we will briefly look at Matthew 8, Mark 5 and Luke 6 & 7.

I wonder: Did the centurion and Jesus eventually meet? Did the servant who was healed ever get to introduce himself to Jesus? How many people are part of the Kingdom because of the centurion?

The story of the demonic is one of my favorites. I also wonder how many people are in the Kingdom because of the impact the former tomb dweller made. Some of the saddest words of Scripture to me are found in this story, too - "They began to plead with Jesus to depart." On a side note, I also wonder, how noisy must it have been when the legion of demons possessed that herd of pigs? It gives new meaning to "screaming like a pig under a gate!" (To those in the city, just remember, this is Prairie Parson.)

I guess I am full of wonderment today. I wonder, how did the woman who touched Jesus come up with that faith idea? She said and then she felt. Jesus wondered too, "Who touched Me?" What an impact her testimony must have had as well as the impact of Jairus' daughter's testimony: "I was dead, but Jesus brought me back to life." I'm sure many Jews in that synagogue believed.

Speaking of impact. The funeral procession was stopped. Jesus put his hand on the coffin and the young man comes out of the coffin! I bet the casket bearers dropped it! I would have!

Jesus impacted the former prostitute. May the young lady in the news this week be impacted, as well, with the life-giving, life-transforming good news of Jesus Christ. And may she hear Jesus say to her, "Your sins, which are many, are forgiven. Go and impact your world for Me."

Desiring to impact the prairie and the nations,

PrairieParson
JB

New Definition of Thinking Outside the Box

I am behind on my "daily" blogging, so I wonder if that makes me a "slogger"; a combination of blogger and sluggard?

I just finished reading three great quotes, all from Mr. Warren Buffet, Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. and the richest man in the world.

The context of the first quote relates to the home mortgage crises. He insightfully says, "As house prices fall, a huge amount of financial folly is being exposed. You only learn who has been swimming naked when the tides goes out - and what we are witnessing at some of our largest financial institutions is an ugly sight."

The second statement is more biblical: "The biblical command to 'be fruitful and multiply' is one we take seriously at Berkshire." I would suppose so. The gain in net worth at Berkshire in 2007 was $12.3 billion!

I believe Mr. Buffett is 84 years old. Keep that in mind as you read the last quote: "I've reluctantly discarded the notion of my continuing to manage the portfolio after my death - abandoning my hope to give new meaning to the term 'thinking outside the box.'"

My next blog will get back on track - the Gospels, and putting myself in the story. I hope you are daily reading along with me through the Gospels.

PrairieParson
JB

The Kingdom of God is Like

Jesus remained somewhat vague about the Kingdom of God. He would say, "Well, it is like," or "Let Me illustrate it in this manner". I bet that frustrated a lot of people, don't you think? I think there were plenty of conversations at home that went like this: "What in the world was He talking about? Did you understand anything He had to say?" Do you ever go away from reading the Scriptures with more questions than answers? I believe God designed it that way. It's called the mystery of the Gospel.

The Kingdom of God greatly expanded because of Jesus' encounter with the woman at the well in John 4.

Have you noticed in John how the word "believe" or "believed" is used over and over again? Father, help my unbelief!

Until tomorrow or the next blog,

Blessings!

PrairieParson
JB

Rejected and Despised

Jesus suffered great amounts of rejection. The Pharisees were always hanging around to criticize, judge and try to catch Him making a mistake. His hometown friends were a hard bunch to preach to. After His first sermon they tried to throw Him off a cliff. His brothers did not believe in Him until after the resurrection, and Mark 3 says His family thought He was out of His mind. Others said He was demon possessed, some said he was a drunk, and others accused Him of being a glutton. On numerous occasions he was considered a blasphemer and then there were those who whispered that He was born illegitimately. Isaiah prophesied accurately: "He is despised and rejected by men."

If you have suffered rejection, remember, Jesus has already been there ahead of you, for you!

Feel like a failure? Jesus' word to you is "try again."

Luke helps answer the question I raised in my blog titled "Too Old To Spank." I asked: "Would you just up and leave your business at the invitation to follow a man you did not know?" They may not have known Him, but they saw a demonstration of His power when they had such a huge catch of fish that they were awestruck.

I need to be more like Jesus. (See Luke 5:16)

I like the way the New Living Translation puts Lk. 5:17 - "...And the Lord's healing power was strongly with Jesus."

Jesus referred to Himself as the "Son of Man" 83 times. He was fully human.

Religious folks are always complainers. God help me not be one - religious or a complainer.

Tomorrow, Tuesday, we are reading the 4th chapter of Mark and John.

PrairieParson
JB

You've Never Heard It Like This Before

Matthew 5-7 are amazingly powerful Scriptures. Jesus just continues to amaze me. He consistently raises the bar.

Nine times Jesus says: "God blesses those who are..." God is always in the blessing business, even when it seems just the opposite.

Jesus blew all the religious cobwebs out of the crowds thinking by saying: "You have heard it said, but I say to you." Who had said? Moses. The guy who went up on the Mountain of God, and brought back stone tablets in which the finger of God had written. And here's Jesus saying, "Moses said such and such, but listen to Me. This is what I say." Radical! Revolutionary!

I fall short of the standard Jesus has put in place.

I pray that the Father's name will be honored through my life, and the church He has called Genelle and I to pastor. And I pray that His name will be honored; that His Kingdom will come with power; and His will accomplished on the prairie. Oh how I long for Jesus to build a great church on the prairie! It consumes me and my soul is troubled because I have yet to see it.

In thirty years of ministry on the prairie I have seen people come and go - true prophets and false; sheep, goats, and pretenders. I have observed those who "stay with the stuff" and those who don't realize the faith life is a life, not a 40 yard sprint. God is looking for fruit, not flashes in the sky that quickly fade.

I have also seen super-spiritual types who do not build their life on acting upon the Word. But when the wind comes, and when the storms of life come - and they will come (I used to just believe that in theory, but now in reality) - they collapse under the pressure. Jesus' call to "follow Him" is a lifelong journey and a continual positive response is required. Our lives must be built upon acting out the Word of Christ. The result: we are left standing to the praise of Christ's glory.

PrairieParson
JB

Who Do You Think You Are?

I was out of town Friday afternoon and Saturday, so I will get caught up. A few thoughts from Mark 2 and John 2 and 3:

• Faith looks like work. Faith is observable.
  
• I pray that it is reported on the prairie "We've never seen anything like this before."
• Jesus is so unpredictable. He calls a tax collector, not a respected banker or stock broker, to be a disciple.
  
• The Pharisees were always hanging around criticizing, trying to catch Jesus make a slip, and hoping for His downfall. In 30 years of ministry I've known some people like that.
• Mary, evidently had heard from God before Jesus did. She told the servants, "Do whatever He tells you to do" even though Jesus had just said, "My time has not come yet." Moms are amazingly wonderful!I miss my Mom's support, insight and prayer.
• Jesus' first miracle was a miracle of abundance. He kept the party going.
• Certain people are always looking for a sign. Other people get the job done.
• John was not jealous of Jesus, nor of His ministry, nor was he attempting to build a name for himself. Truly, he was a great prophet and a powerful example for preachers in our culture.

PrairieParson
JB

Jesus: The Champion

This past Sunday the title of this post was the title of my message. Jesus was champion over every temptation of the devil. He was tempted without restraint. God has placed limitations upon the temper's temptations towards you. Because of The Champion, you can be victorious in temptation, too.

I pray that the fame of Jesus Christ will increase in our 55 mile area and the nations and that great multitudes from the prairie (and nations) will follow Jesus.

I would not have wanted to miss church the day Jesus stood up and read from the prophet Isaiah. The CD of the morning just would not have been the same. Contrary to seemingly popular trends, the gathering of saints to worship the Lord together in church is of vital spiritual importance. Notice, I said in church. Small groups and Bible studies are wonderful, needful, and great, but they are not church. I know, this is the Parson speaking, but the Parson's bible still thunders over the prairie: "Let us not neglect our meeting together..." (Heb. 10: 36)

Peter did not have a dim view of his mother-in-law, neither do I, or otherwise she would not have been at his house, nor would he have had Jesus heal her.

Jesus, in essence is life. He wills that all will believe. Let each of us bear witness to the Light.

PrairieParson
JB

More on Norman

Larry Norman (April 8, 1947 - February 24, 2008) definitely followed a different road. I pulled the following quote off Wikipedia.

In 1969, Norman recorded his first solo rock album, Upon This Rock with Capitol Records. Speaking to the magazine Contemporary Musicians, Norman later expressed his intentions and feelings about the record:

"I wanted to push aside the traditional gospel quartet music, break down the church doors and let the hippies and the prostitutes and other unwashed rabble into the sanctuary...I wanted to talk about feeding the poor, going into the world....[I felt that] most of the modern music was anemic and needed a transfusion."

The church still struggles with breaking down the church doors and letting unwashed rabble into the sanctuary. And I am guilty, too. May God help me, and you, to rethink our lives in light of Jesus Christ.

PrairieParson
JB

From the Past to the Future

Larry Norman. He was an original Jesus Freak rocker. He died in late February. I saw the following video on a blog and just wanted to share it with you. It took me back to the Jesus People days. May an outpouring of the Holy Spirit flood America again, as in the 70's.

PrairieParson
JB

"One Way"
By Larry Norman

One way, one way to Heaven, hold up high your hand,
Follow, free and forgiven, Children of the Lamb
Two roads diverged in the middle of my life,
I heard a wise man say,
And I took the one less traveled on,
And that's made the difference, every night and every day.
So I say, one way, one way to Heaven
Hold your head up high,
One way, free and forgiven, children of the sky.

Check out this video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dklsdQ7HpjU

Rethink Your Life

Yesterday we read Matthew 3 and Luke 3. Both passages record the message of John, "Repent." As has been mentioned before, John's message, and subsequently Jesus', was an invitation to "rethink your life." The Gospel message constantly asks us to rethink our life in light of Jesus Christ. Therefore, repentance entails more than our traditional definition of turning from sin, and it is not just a one time event when we come to faith in Jesus. There is to be a continual re-evaluating of our life in light of the Word and the Holy Spirit. Salvation is not just "walking the isle". Luke records that the crowds of people inquired of John, "What shall we do then?" after hearing him preach. He talked to them about a lifestyle: share your abundance with the less fortunate; honesty; justice. "Don't continue to live as you previously have", John said.

How about you? Are you allowing the Word and the Spirit to penetrate your soul so you re-think your life, daily, in light of what you have heard about Jesus?

John's preaching was not user-friendly nor seeker sensitive. His message landed him in prison and cost him his life.

The heavens opened immediately following Jesus' baptism. The Holy Spirit and the Father were present. There was an opening, a portal, a thin place between heaven and earth. My prayer is that Community Church will be a portal, a thin place, a gateway through which the presence of God can fill the prairie and our 55 mile area.

I hope you are participating in reading through the Gospels with us. If you don't have a schedule and would like one, leave a post along with your e-mail address and I will get it sent to your as quickly as possible.

The passages for today, Thursday, are Matthew 4, Luke 4 and John 1.

I think the self-portrait at the top of the blog page resembles me, don't you? And by the way, the address for one of my favorite bloggers is http://kylebloom.wordpress.com.

PrairieParson
JB

Too Old to Spank

Remember, as you read through the Gospels, put yourself in the story. Yesterday's reading schedule was Mark 1 and Luke 2.

Did anyone else have the feeling or thought "I would have spanked him for being gone three days, after finding out he was o.k. and calling off the Amber Alert"? Well, Jesus would have been too old to spank, but I'm sure his Mom and Dad were not happy campers! I wonder if they "grounded" kids during that point in history?

Here are some other thoughts I had concerning the passages (hopefully a little more spiritual).

• God is always at work, but much of the time it is hidden.
• When the glory of God shows up, there is genuine fear, not shouts of "hallelujah". God is not nearly as interested in us "glowing" with His glory as He is in us walking in grace in truth. We tend to want to "glow in the dark". God desires for us to demonstrate His grace and truth to people on the prairie.
  
• Jesus cried when he was circumcised. He was fully human, you know.
• The New Living Translation reads, "Simeon... eagerly expected Messiah to come and rescue Israel." Simeon got it right, but he got it wrong. Have you ever gotten it right yet wrong? He anticipated Messiah's coming, but he also expected Messiah to overthrow the Romans. He was wrong, but he was right.
• Notice: the nations were in the heart of the Spirit.
  

From Mark one I was struck again with the baptism of Jesus, considering He was sinless and that the multitudes were baptized by John following the confession of their sins. Some additional thoughts are:

• Jesus made an announcement: "The Kingdom of God is near." The message of Jesus was the message of the Kingdom of which He is King.
• Would you just up and leave your business at the invitation to follow a man you did not know? Amazing!
• The church-going-crowd was not amazed that there were demons; they were amazed at the authority of this teacher named Jesus.
• The leprous man said, "If you want to, you can make me well again." And Jesus continues to reply today, "I want to."

Tomorrow I will be commenting on Matthew 3 and Luke 3, the readings for today.

May the Father say of us, "I am fully pleased with you."

PrairieParson
JB

New Territory

I'm going to give this a shot - blogging, that is.

My inspiration? As a church we are reading through the Gospels during the month of March and into April and I wanted a way for us to interact about what we are reading. I want you to be able to share what sticks out to you or what the Holy Spirit is speaking to you, through the passage for the day.

Remember, put yourself in the story. Let the familiar become new. Ask the Holy Spirit to bring new life to the words in red.

The passages for yesterday, March 3, were Matthew 1 and 2 and Luke 1. The following is what jumped out at me:

• God is a God of generations
• God causes all things to work together for good: the injustice to Tamar; the heartache of Naomi and Ruth; the sin of David - all are in Jesus' family tree
  
• Joseph's obedience
• The working of the Holy Spirit
  
• The poetic and prophetic utterances of Elizabeth, Mary and Zacharias - Old Testament saints filled with the Holy Spirit!

Today's passages are Mark 1 and Luke 2. So here goes. Hope to hear from you. PrairieParson JB