I love Tuesdays

You know, no one ever gives Tuesday enough love. I love Tuesday! Tuesday and I are boys. Mostly because Tuesday is my day off! No getting up at 6a.m. to meet the pastor at the church. Sleeping right up until 9a.m. and getting back from the bathroom at just the right time to get my daily fix of Dawson's Creek. I love that show. So much drama, so many good looking women. So much nonsense that it offers the perfect escape from reality. To think that people could be so stressed over the little things when they are going to an Ivy League college, or USC film school, or they live on a nice big boat for free. They worry about the little things for us, becuase in their worlds the big things are always taken care of. And they use such big words, and they have profound information about subjects that someone their age should not even be aware of. It is wonderful entertainment. The Dawson's River kids, who is sleeping with who causing what mischief. If that is what real teenage life is like, then I am glad I missed it, and pray that none of the teenagers in my youth ministry ever find it. I appreciate the things that I missed. I appreciate more than ever parents who were "close minded." I appreciate being forced to attend a "exclusionary" church, one that stood for the word of God, and the things that were right. I am glad I went to a Christian college, where even though I didn't like a lot of things that went on there I still knew that in that place I was "missing" things that I didn't need to find. Have I made mistakes? Sure, I have tons of regrets for the actions I have taken in my life. But you know what I am most glad about that I missed? I am glad I missed sexually transmitted diseases, illegitimate children, being fried on drugs, being sloshed on alcohol, being uneducated, being unloved. Because contrary to t.v. theology, those are the things you don't miss when living a Dawson's creek reality. Thank you Tuesdays for giving me the opportunity to appreciate the things that I missed.