This Article Really Stirred My Heart!

No matter how old we get, the inner child in us never goes away.

This throwback article about my dad’s ministry ordinance came out today in the St. George Eagle Record. My older brother Chris was just 3 and I was just a year old. My brother Chad would be born a year later.

After 6 years in the Marines, my dad felt God’s calling into the ministry. This happened right after I was born in Oklahoma City in March of 1975, where dad was a marine recruiter at the time.

God would lead us back home to St. George, SC. Dad’s ordination service took place in March 1976. Only God could’ve known that 17 years later I would receive God’s calling into full time ministry. In fact, I was ordained at the same exact place, Memorial Baptist Church. Only God could have planned a “coincidence” like that. Dad was in the ministry over 45 years. By God’s grace I’ve following God’s calling for nearly 32 years.

Our parents were not perfect. However, they absolutely did their best to demonstrate what it looks like to follow Jesus daily. I will never quit thanking God for their faithfulness and example.

Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. (Proverbs 22:6)