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92 year old pastor
While watching a
little TV on Sunday instead of going to church, I watched a church in Atlanta
honoring one of its senior pastors who had been retired many years. He was 92 at
that time and I wondered why the church even bothered to ask the old gentleman
to preach at that age.
After a warm welcome and introduction of this speaker,
and as the applause quieted down, he rose from his high back chair and walked
slowly, with great effort and a sliding gait to the podium.
Without a
note or written paper of any kind he placed both hands on the pulpit to
steady himself and then quietly and slowly he began to speak....."When I was
asked to come here today and talk to you, your
pastor asked me to tell you
what was the greatest lesson ever learned in my 50-odd years of preaching. I
thought about it for a few days and boiled it down to just one thing that made
the most difference in my
life and sustained me through all my trials. The
one thing that I could always rely on when tears and heartbreak and pain and
fear and sorrow paralyzed me...the only thing that would comfort was this verse.
"Jesus loves me this I know.
For the Bible tells me so.
Little ones to
Him belong,
we are weak but He is strong.....
Yes, Jesus loves me.....
The Bible tells me so."
When he finished, the church was quiet. You
actually could hear his footsteps as he shuffled back to his chair. I don't
believe I will ever forget it.
A pastor once stated, "I always noticed
that it was the adults who chose the children's hymn 'Jesus Loves Me' (for the
children of course) during a hymn sing, and it was the adults who sang the
loudest
because I could see they knew it the best."
"Senior version of
Jesus Loves Me"
Here is a new version just for us who have white hair or no
hair at all. For us over middle age (or even those almost there) and all you
others, check out this newest version of Jesus Loves Me.
JESUS LOVES ME
Jesus loves me, this I know,
Though my hair is white as snow
Though my
sight is growing dim,
Still He bids me trust in Him.
(CHORUS)
YES,
JESUS LOVES ME, YES, JESUS LOVES ME, YES, JESUS LOVES ME, FOR THE BIBLE TELLS ME
SO.
Though my steps are oh, so slow,
With my hand in His I'll go
On
through life, let come what may,
He'll be there to lead the way.
(CHORUS)
When the nights are dark and long,
In my heart He puts a song....
Telling
me in words so clear,
"Have no fear, for I am near."
(CHORUS)
When my
work on earth is done,
And life's victories have been won.
He will take me
home above,
Then I'll understand His love.
(CHORUS)
I love Jesus, does
He know?
Have I ever told Him so?
Jesus loves to hear me say,
That I
love Him every day.
(CHORUS)
If you think this is neat, please pass it
on to your friends. If
you do not pass it on, nothing bad will happen.
However, you will have missed an
opportunity to "reach out and touch" a
friend or a loved one.
God Bless Us All |
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