Easter Sunday

Today, I attended Jefferson Baptist Church at the 8:30 a.m. service and was blessed by the entire service; it was terrific. Then, I drove up the road to Jefferson Evangelical Church, where I am pastoring now, and had another super fantastic service. We had two different people give testimonies of how the Lord changed their lives, three special music performances that were anointed, and I wrapped it up with a ten-minute sermon. Then, we had a big family gathering with around 50 people in the JBC gym, which included dinner, an egg hunt, lots of games, and lots of conversations with each other. It was an unbelievably blessed day for me. Now, I am sitting in my recliner, thanking the Lord for my incredibly blessed life. I have the world’s best marriage to an angel of a wife, eight children who are all champions for Jesus, six sons-in-law and two daughters-in-law who are amazing, and 28 grandkids who all are lovers of Jesus. I have pastored Jefferson Baptist Church from its small beginning of a handful of people for 50 years, and now I am pastoring another church with a wonderful family of 50 people whom I love and who love me. Thinking back on my life, I can’t think of anything I would change. I have been a journal writer most of my life, and much of what I write about is all of the sins I have committed, the dumb things I have done, the stupid and prideful stuff I have said, the conflicts with different people I have had, and the poor choices I have made. I try to write in such a way as to learn what not to do again so that I can learn from my failures and grow in wisdom. Knowing how much I have failed in my life and then reviewing the fantastic blessings of family and ministry I have experienced, I recognize what a recipient of God’s love, grace, and mercy I am. It is very humbling and overwhelming. Thank You, Lord Jesus, for a perfect Easter Sunday. 

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