Friends, I come to you today through the blood and the light of the rock with the Lord of the name in the faith of Jesus with a heavy heart.
It has come to my attention that some parties on the internet (may God bless them all, and all of you—and me, for that matter) are upset with my decision not to open my 16,800-capacity Lakewood Church as a shelter for folks here in Houston who have been having a hard time with this weather.
However, my spiritual adviser (and close friend) has encouraged me to explain my reasons, even though I know God already understands, and understood better than I ever could, before I even knew what understanding or reasons even were:
1. I know this may sound a little whatever, but we just redid the floors like a week ago and my floor guy (and good friend) Miguel Ángel told me that if they don’t stay absolutely 100 percent dry—”dry as the desert where Jesus was tempted by Satan” (his words!)—we’ll just have to start the whole thing over. And I’m sorry, but I don’t think my brothers and sisters whose generous contributions funded those new floors would appreciate that.