Boogity, Boogity, Boogity, Amen!

This past week made history with the prayer heard round the world. Perhaps I exaggerate, but this prayer was heard by many people. Fox News covered it. Drudge covered it. Now The Radical Life Blog is covering it.

A week ago Saturday Pastor Joe Nelms prayed an epic prayer at the Nascar Nationwide series race in Tennessee.

I did not have the privilege to hear the prayer as it happened. I happened to hear it on a few radio shows that I listen to. Several responses came to my mind after I heard the prayer.

My first response was what was he thinking. This crazy dude gets up in front of thousands of people and essentially prays a prayer that some would consider mocking. How could God accept that as a prayer?

I was humbled though as I continued thinking about it. This man stood up in front of thousands of people and thanked God for even the trivial things in life, like GM, Goodyear, and yes, HIS smoking hot wife.

Sometimes I think that God forgets even the simple things we find pleasure in. God doesn't just want us to thank Him for working things out in our lives, but for EVERYTHING.

No matter how un-orthodox Pastor Nelms' prayed his prayer, I am sure God was glorified. His prayer humbled me to remember even the little things. Unless we are thankful for the smallest things in life we can never live a Radical Life, boogity, boogity, boogity, amen!