Crafts,Chikin, and The Baylor Bears

"Welcome to Atlanta, where it is proper to eat chikin"--a cow dressed as
Scarlett O'Hara from Gone With the Wind.

"Chikin zone next 3,000 miles"-- a cow in a safety vest in a construction zone.

These are a couple of the humorous billboards posted in the southern states for
Chik-Fil-A.

This chicken fast-food restaurant, second largest to KFC, has been expanding to other areas of the country, including the Chicagoland area. They may be famous for their chicken, but they are also recognized as being one of the few businesses that is closed on Sunday. And they've been doing it since 1967. The owner, Truett Cathy, wasn't a big fan of working on Sundays, no matter what job he had, and says,

"I don't want to ask people to do what I myself am not willing to do."

His other reason to be closed on Sunday was of course,

"Our decision to close on Sunday was our way of honoring God and directing our attention to things more important than business."

So even with today's fluttering economy, here is a business that chooses to honor God first and finds themselves prospering and growing. They even have a college bowl game named after them: The Chik-Fil-A Bowl.

Another business that is still thriving amidst the economy and chooses to honor God by staying closed on Sunday is Hobby Lobby, which began in 1972. As soon as you come up to one of their entrances you will find a sign on each door: We are closed on Sundays so that our employees can spend time with family and worship.

This arts and crafts store now has close to 500 stores in the U.S. One of the unique things you will find when you visit one of their stores is the fact that they do not use a bar code pricing system on the items they sell. This allows them to stay competitive with other stores.

And finally we have the University of Baylor Bears football team. One of their alumnus,worship leader David Crowder, wrote a new fight song for the Bears called "Rise Up". The football team is now off to one of it's greatest seasons ever as they stand at 7-2 and are ranked in the top twenty in the nation.

When you mix God into everything you do, you will succeed.

Remember: Impossible is not a word, it's a reason not to try.