People who have inspired me

My daughter told me that I was whinning in my last post. That wasn't my intent. I was trying to point out that preachers do a lot more stuff than people realize.



The USA Today ran an article for its 25th anniversary to site the people that have inspired them over the last 25 years. Some great names were on the list: people of flight United 93, Lance Armstrong, "Mattie", Oprah, Nelson Mandella, etc.



Got me to thinking about the people that have inspired me. (Jesus is a given). Here is a few on my list - in no order of importance following my parents and children :



1.) My father and mother.

2.) My children

3.) George Washington

4.) Abraham Lincoln

5.) Ronald Reagan

6.) Jerry Jones (teacher, mentor)

7.) Jimmy Allen (professor in college)

8.) Mrs. Howerton (my high school biology teacher)

9.) Bill Hybels

10.) Mrs. Humphrey (5th grade teacher)

11.) Norman Dale
12.) Brick Hendricks
13.) Ruby Bridges
14.) T.L.Spears
15.) Billy Blakney
16.) Max Lucado
17.) Alexander Campbell
18.) George Baldwin
19.) Lillie Rucks
20.) Lucille Walls
21.) Marcille Breeding
22.) Steve Saint
23.) "Mattie"
24.) JFK
25.) Martin Luther King, Jr.
26.) Marvin Phillips
27) Randy & Martha Crider
28.) Jackie Robinson
29.) People of United 93
30.) Jim Cymbala
31.) Steve Osborn
32.) Ann Kullberg
33.) Rick Atchley
34.) Mike Cope
35.) Harry Fox
36.) Chuck Mix
37.) George Patton
38.) Ben Franklin
39.) Harold Abrahams
40.) Steve Meeks
41.) Marshal Keeble
42.) Rick Warren
43.) Clint O. Crowe
44.) Erwin McManus
45.) Andy Stanley

I'm sure I'll think of a few more - right after I push the "publish" button. Here's a question worth pondering today - you has inspired you? and why?