late nite excuses

I am, once again, getting to my blog at 10:25pm, a regular time, for a regular guy, with a regular job. I have a lot that I want to say, but I am usually sleepy when I sit down to write, and often when I check on it later, I see grammatical errors that I usually would not miss.
I apologize now and won't spend a lot oftime making excuses. I hope to have better times and a more polished product, later.
Really, polish is not what I am after. "Clear" is what I am after.
I learned that from an ex-Air Force fighter pilot turned Bible teacher, and who became my friend. I haven't seen him for several years now.
His name is Hugh Smith. Hugh was a highly decorated fighter pilot. He was/is an even better Bible teacher.
As a pilot in Vietnam, Hugh flew missions into North Vietnam and fought above/with the firefights on the ground. One of these, it seems like it was nicknamed "Hamburger Hill," because our boys were being chewed up like meat being shoved through a meatgrinder.
Hugh and the fighters with him would make bomb runs until they were out of bombs and then make strafing passes until they were out of ammo. Hugh said he noticed that every time he flew over the North Viet Cong, they had to duck into holes and stay there for at least 45 seconds. In that 45 seconds our guys would gain ground and find cover that was saving their lives.
Hugh sent all his team back to the air base and he made several more runs alone, even though he was out of bombs, bullets, and almost out of fuel. He made several passes and they ducked, but after 2 runs and no shooting they quit ducking and started shooting at him.
He told me that if they would have forgotten the shooting and just thrown one of their frying pans straight up in the air, it would have brought him down. He was flying @ about 15' over the enemy's heads. When they finally quit ducking, he flew over again and this time he dumped the gas to it, and hit his afterburner. That is crazy if your about to go down for a lack of fuel, but sounded like abomb and all the enemy hit the ground again, and our guys made another very critical advance.
When he turned back for the base,he saw that he wouldn't have enough fuel to fly back in a normal pattern, so he got back up high, and ran out of fuel on his approach, and glided in for a much too fast landing...
He was highly decorated for his valor because of his actions in this battle.
Now, back to "clear."
Hugh told a group of us that were tryng to teach the Deep Truths of the Kingdom. We were very impressed with ourselves. Or maybe it was just me that was very impressed with MYSELF. Anyway, Hugh told us in a message he preached in a campmeeting in Diamond, MO, that it is not "Deep" teaching that we should be striving for, but "Clear" truth.
Hugh told us that in Japan there are some in-land lakes that are thousands of feet deep. He said the water was crystal clear. Amazingly clear. So clear, that a small exploration sub that was moving around inthe lake @ 600' below the surface could be seen as though it were only 5' down. That's clear water.
It's not deep that we need to strive for. It's clear. Simple truth.
Funny thing is , if you study and pray and prepare your teaching, and instead of complex, you make it clear, "clear" will allow you see deeply.
Now, after all the years I have preached, prayed, and served, I see that he is right. The Gospel is the power of God.
I love you all.
Later!