Never used my blog as a birthday card before. But I wanted to give honor to one of my best friends today.
Today is Pastor Perry Noble’s birthday. Send him a Happy Birthday Tweet, why don’t you?
It turns out that most people will meet with you when your church reaches a certain size. Perry met with me way before then. I mean way, way before then. Like, when Elevation Church was 4 people strong (6 if you count unborn children.) He and Morehead used to take me and Chunks to this restaurant in Anderson, answer questions, and pay for lunch. The perfect combination. Never asked anything in return.
Sometimes you may see a highly visible, highly confident, highly successful pastor like Perry and wonder if he’s the real deal. He is. And I could say the same for many other pastors you’ve heard of. I’ll do that another time.
For today, I just wanted to tell one of the guys who believed in me from the beginning thank you. I’m glad Clayton (one of the other top influential people in my life who bought stock in me at the IPO) hooked us up P. Thanks for checking in with me every (almost) Sunday and caring how my day went. Thanks for answering the questions I didn’t know I needed to ask before I even asked them. And thanks for going first. It’s nice to walk a path that’s a little clearer because you’ve been there.
Our best is ahead man. Happy Birthday. Don’t swat at gnats this year. You’re too big for it. And don’t worry about getting older. I’ll keep buying you shirts…keep you looking young. Just be careful where you wear them. I take no responsibility for the results.