Big Lots!

American owned discount retailer Fortune 500 company, Big Lots, was in the news today about making lots of money!

Big Lots was the first word that came to mind as I reflected on a cruise that my dad took my brother and I and our wives on this last week (very kind and gracious and fun...thanks dad!).  Below is a big list of lots of things that wow’d and impressed, were noticed, appreciated, shocked and offended, can learn from, was reminded and shown, need to be applied to my life.

Lots of water on this planet and …
Lots of different created shades of beautiful blue in the water
Lots of people don’t know that Creator God or about God or the name of God
Lots of people have lots of money to waste
Lots of food can be consumed in a day
Lots of music everywhere… it is a major part of life, joy, energy, motivation and expression
Lots of good musicians out there wanting a place to play
Lots of evil people that can still do good, impressive, smart, important, loving, caring things
Lots of amazing things to do everywhere
Lots of ways to make people pay for something that used to be FREE like buying water
Lots of ways to forget God, Sunday church, devotion, Bible study, disciplines can be easily forgotten, replaced or in other words….
Lots of ways to fill the void that can only be truly filled by God
Lots of Impressive ship employees remembering people’s names and what they do or order during meal
Lots of space needed to park a big ship that look like a city block of downtown sky scrapers however,
Lots of places on a big ship to still find a place all to yourself
Lots of places to explore
Lots of different ways to shape towels into animals
Lots of international people willing to work long hours, 7 days a week,  for 8 months,  for not a lot of pay
Lots of ways still/always to improve things  (safety stations, getting off boat, things offered)
Lots more to say…