How
do you share in a short testimonial all that the Lord has done for you
and what He means to you? I can only share a few highlights of a life
lived by faith and not be sight.
I
was raised in the church, but didn’t really give my heart totally to
the Lord until I was 18. I was in a revival meeting at church and the
Lord really got hold of my heart. It was there, at an altar of prayer,
that I fully gave myself to the Lord. Within two years He had called me
into Christian ministry. If I had known at the time what all I was
getting myself into, I may not have been so quick to say, “Yes!”. It
was again at a revival meeting on campus at college that the Lord led me
into pastoral ministry.
Although
I did not know it at the time, I met my wife on the college campus.
Through God’s wondrous ways, we got together and were married in 1973. I
still often pinch myself in amazement that she saw in me things she
wanted for a life partner.
Most
of my 40+ years of ministry has been in a bi-vocational capacity. We
have been blessed with two adult children who are married and a son
still living at home and two granddaughters. Although I am officially
“retired” I find myself busier than I have ever been. We home school
our son at home, babysit our granddaughters, and I have written a book
on Christian marriage that I try to market. It amazes me the variety of
ways the Lord allows me to serve Him through the book.
Most
of all, I want to express my love and passion for the Lord. Jesus is
everything to me. I am overwhelmed by this life of grace I am
privileged to live. I love to read through the Word as part of my daily
devotions and would highly recommend it for everyone. After all these
years, I still find the Word speaks to me in new and fresh ways
constantly. I find the more I am into the Word, the stronger my love
for Christ is. I died to live and live to die. I can’t wait to see my
Jesus face-to-face!
