It's Saturday! I'm still blogging after five days. I am even blogging on Saturday. This was a fairly decent week. I hope that I got lots done at work and at home. My oldest is out prepping for the academic UIL contest in March. Afterward, she is going to a movie with one of the smartest and best kids in our school. This girl has a great big brain! The best part is she is as nice as she is smart. My youngest and I will soon head out for our ritual of Saturday errands. This includes a truck wash, a trip to Best Buy along with a meal. A good time will be had by all. Thus it will be a good end to a pretty good week.

I almost forgot the big event of the week while juggling work and kids. Elvis turned 74 on Thursday. I hope you wished the king a happy birthday wherever he is. I am not a ginormous Elvis nut. You won't catch me with a big pile of hair on the head. I do try to stay away from the Elvis diet. But I am man enough to admit that I enjoy some of his music. I always enjoyed his early 70s songs. That is my favorite era of his music. It was during bell bottoms and jump suits but he wasn't nearly as high or obese as when he died. His voice was still clear and strong without the effects of drugs on his system. Anyway, I celebrated by slipping a CD of the king in the truck while running errands Thursday.

To me, the story of Elvis is one of tragedy. Here is a man with an amazing gift but a man who never could out sing his personal demons. It is a story of self destruction at its worst. All of his talent, his so called friends, and his money could not save him from himself. It was a pretty good life overall. The tragic part is he could do so much more than he did. It kinda makes him just like you or me. We talk alot about Jesus saving us from sin and Satan. We tend to forget He also came to save us from us! Just like the king who recorded several albums of gospel music, we need more than words. We need the words of the gospel in word or song to take hold in our heart. I know I need that.

Bro. Trey