December 17, 2017 – Storms
For over 40 years in ministry I
have made the same quote in various messages. It goes like this:
God
never promised we would miss the storm. He only promised we would make the
harbor.
Over the years I have had hundreds
of former church members tell me what that quote meant to them. I have had so
many actually quote my words verbatim back to me to thank me for being an encouragement
to them. Since this ordeal began, I have received many cards from members where
I served who heard that quote who wrote it in a card they mailed to me, asking
that it mean as much to me as it has
to them through the years. It was not a
sermon to me, as many are, it was sharing a blessing they received from me, in
hopes returning the blessing to me.
At a former church a gifted
water-color artist presented me with an original painting of that quote, over a
ship in the midst of a storm. That piece of art work has been moved to every
office I have had in the 25 years since she gave it to me. It will now move
from one of my current offices, to be displayed in my bedroom as a reminder
over the upcoming year.
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