Pet peeve #8: Going to the store for something as simple as shampoo and being confronted with 174 different types to choose from.

Shampoo manufacturers design products to meet the specific demands of your particular coiffure. (I had to look that one up; apparently the hair product people thought it would lend credibility to their work if they used a fancy name for something as simple as hairstyle.) These hairdo virtuosos base their products on qualities such as abundance, diameter, type, texture and pattern of your hair.

Does that bug anyone else? I mean, really, do we need that many choices for hair products? Guys, can I get an “amen!”? I want to write dear Mr. Paul Mitchell and let him in on a little secret: Most guys choose their shampoo based on one criteria - Do we still have hair?

Life is complicated enough, so let’s eliminate some of the choices. Agree?

God approaches life in a simple manner. In the book of Joshua, He challenges the people in this way: “Choose you this day who you will serve.” Although there may seem to be 174 choices of gods to follow in life, there are actually only two. Join the rest of us who have split ends, normal to oily hair, sideburns or even male pattern baldness as we talk about how CHOICES MADE TODAY IMPACT LIFE TOMORROW.

See ya at 7:30!

~gary

97 West Biscayne Ave., Tampa, FL 33606

When leading requires that you make unpopular decisions, how do you typically respond? Is the phrase “popular leader” an oxymoron?

For the first six chapters, life was quite grand for Joshua and his groupies… until his big “but” got in the way. No, really. Read it for yourself in Joshua 7: Their “but” was in trouble, and it was going to take a leader of integrity to get them through this mess.

I would like to politely urge you to get your “but” over to Davis Islands tonight. Joshua’s leadership has much to show us about the eventual benefits that may come from tough losses in life.

See you at 7:30…

~ gary

97 West Biscayne Ave., Tampa, FL 33606