Today I was specifically thinking about a special tribute to a particular reader of these articles and messages I take to Church groups and online settings.
Its going to come as a shock to that reader. Total shock but I think it is well deserved if not divinely inspired.
I came to faith in Christ 40 years ago. I was quite fragile and my own immersion into things spiritual and Christian was not the end of a process but the culmination of one.
I don’t consider myself a mainstream in the ministry person. In fact ultimately I have learned to walk in a way that I think in these end times it will not be how far I travel, how many books I sell or how many people I teach. I regard my daily life as an endeavour to hear God in these troubled times.
40 years eh? A long time. Where did it all go? Yet I remember the Church where I was a member, baptised, active. I remember the pastor who I had encountered off and on during 5 years, Rev. Ray Graham.
Yes he had an impact on this trajectory. Yet it was one person who taught me how to hear God.
I was scheduled to speak at a youth meeting. He met me on a particular Thursday afternoon to be in the upstairs kitchen. What he taught me that day has never left me. No-one else ever taught me this. He taught me how to wait on God to get a message, and how to structure a message once I had the theme.
It occurred to me that this very simplistic act of friendship was a very significant act which I believe God has noted it in the “Book of Good Works and Motivations”.
Recently you were present at my mother’s funeral held in Greasley Church. Adam your selfless act has been a foundational principle in my activities. You need to know i remembered it because God brought it to mind and He has seen your life now. That simplicity of how you see the faith will bear great fruit in many places with many people.
Maranatha!!!!
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