Photo provided by Kathy Mitchell
One of my older sisters posted this photo and made a
comment about our father who many times had
a ladder hanging on the side of his truck, had a trailer
loaded down to the brim with watermelons or pumpkins.
My father has been ribbed a few times about how he
loads things up or leaves things out. Although he
isn't a man to focus on perfection, he is a man
who focuses on the needs of others.above his own.
He spends much of his time taking food to others,
going and assisting them with projects, preaching,
and meeting with pastors and leaders planning how
to assist ministries the best way possible.
He is a man of faith.
Some would say he believe so
much in the power of God and faith that
he, at times, has been unrealistic.
Many times we ourselves try so hard to paint the
outside so well that folks see us as perfect and yet
never get around to meeting the needs of those
around us, sharing the gospel or giving funds to
ministry so that they may thrive and grow.
For us, it would be far better to look like the
old piled up truck and have hundreds enter
into heaven for eternity than to live a
perfect life on this earth and enter the kingdom
without anyone else being there because we
shared the truth with them or even be able
to see the many who were cast into eternal
darkness because they followed our path
which lead them to selfish, ungodly living.
For my father, I am thankful he is who he is.
He didn't live a perfect life but he has
served a perfect God and lives daily
to point others to Him although his
house isn't perfect, his yard not
plush and perfectly trimmed or
his vehicle the newest off the car lot,
he has chosen to put others first and
their need to know the savior.
What are you known for?
Let's have our eyes focused on Christ
and realize we are just traveling through
this land headed toward the perfect
kingdom where all these things here will
vanish away and all that will matter is
what we have done with Christ.
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