New Series: WIDE OPEN

Men of Fuel,

A guy that lives in my neighborhood recently told me that Belmont Country Club had this “Amazing” deal in order to get new members to join.  Apparently Belmont was slashing the initiation fee by more than half and allowing people to pay it off over three years.  Not being a member, my first thought was “You would be pretty fired up if you were thinking about joining”.  My second thought was “How pissed are the people that recently joined at full price?”

Think about it for a second.  If you had joined for full price and heard about these people having to pay much less than you, would you be thinking “I am so fired up that these people are now part of my club” or are you thinking “That’s not fair”.

What if you were the one that got in for half price, would you be excited?   What if two months after you joined they cut the price in half again?  Would you be excited new people were getting in, or would you be thinking that it wasn’t fair?

I wonder if that’s how we treat a relationship with God?  “It’s all good that I am in, but everybody better be paying the same dues as me”

Just some thoughts on a Sunday night.

Look forward to seeing you guys on Wednesday morning

“Wide Open”

D.R. Carlson