09-13-2018, 10:17 PM
(09-13-2018, 09:43 PM)Ed Hurst Wrote: Don't forget the camel hair shirt and leather belt. I'll endorse you; count on that.Yes sir, I did it to myself for years. I must give credit to my Dad, he taught me to question everything. When I was trying to convert him, he never would accept the western evangelical reasoned argument. He had been raised on that and saw through it. When I quit arguing and started listening, things began to change. God used him to get me to see that the only place the Spirit could work was through the heart, something my Dad knew instinctively. About a month before he died we were coming back from the VA hospital in Salisbury, NC, an 1&1/4 hour drive I was talking about this and Pop who was very sick and could barely speak have me his "Well, Duh!" look . He had the most serene smile, like he was happy I'd figured something out. Since he's been gone, the Spirit has shown me over and over how he was favored and used by the Lord for my benefit. He saw clearly what was wrong with the church and that's why he didn't go until the end, he did it not because he needed to but, rather as a comfort to people who loved him. He tried to teach me that a man's treasure was in his relationships with people. I missed it while he was alive but, I do now and that would make him happy.