Introductions Are In Order...

My name is Vance Walker and I am NOT a regular blogger. While putting my opinions out in front of others is nothing new to me, offering them in this venue is totally stretching me.

Since early 2002, I’ve been a manager for Terminix. Yes, I can kill bugs with the best of them, but mentoring, developing, and training others is what really gets me excited. This means (a) I don’t make my living writing and (b) I am not a professional Bible student. I love when I see someone “get it” – whether “it” is work, personal, or spiritual-related. When they excel as a direct result of something I contributed to their lives, it makes my day!

In May, 1985, I was blessed to marry my high school sweetheart! (Insert obligatory “Aw! That’s so special.”) Nearly twenty-five years! I wish I could tell you about the romantic bliss we’ve enjoyed over the last two and a half decades, but I don’t want to start off this blog by lying to you. During that time Deb and I have been through various and sundry trials, tests, tribulations, and – on occasion – through total hell!

Please don’t misinterpret that description. That is not a complaint or whine (though I’ve done my share of both), but a simple statement. You need to know something about us to know what to read into whatever follows on these pages and something you need to know about us it that we’ve “been THERE.” In the spirit of full disclosure, I need to state for the record that I personally was responsible for many…most of those situations.

True to His Word in Romans 8, “God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.” He has absolutely worked our history and all we’ve walked through for our good. It is my earnest prayer that it is also to His glory.

Finally, I hope you can tell already that I don’t take myself too seriously. Many things – marriage, personal Christianity, Sooner football – warrant SERIOUS attention. I’m just too messed up and confused to take myself seriously. So be warned – take my thoughts with a grain of salt. “Test the spirits” that you don’t follow me instead of Him.