I thought that after writing a somewhat scathing post, calling out our fellow SBC pastors to forsake their shallow approach to/philosophy of ministry, I thought that I would write of a joyous Sunday with our Mothers!

 

Last Sunday we recognized our Mothers and I took text from 1 Samuel  chapter 1 and preached on Hannah and her life as we know it from Scripture.  Here was my outline… Hannah’s Heartache (v.5); Hannah’s Humility (v.6-10); Hannah’s Honor (v.11-16); Hannah’s Hope (v.17); Hannah’s Happiness (v.18-20); Hannah Handlings (v.21-23); Hannah’s Homage (v.24-28)!  We had a great time and at the end of the service we had some very precious people present with us, our little ones.  Now we are a very small church, about 50-75 depending on the Sunday, weather, or what’s on TV, and about 95% retired!  But we had 6 kids that were dedicated to the Lord.  It was a great time and we presented the families with a gift (Voddie Baucham’s new book: Family Driven Faith) and then the shepherds of the Church came down and we prayed for the families!

 

The best part of the day, however, was that I was able to baptize my first professing believer!  Hold on to your hats readers…. She is a 66 year old woman!  That’s right!  After her inquiring about church membership, she and I met for counseling (as customary).   We talked for over an hour and I explained what true salvation is and what it means to follow in baptism.  After listening to her she confessed of her salvation when she had her heart surgery a few months ago.  We then talked about baptism.  Then on Mother’s Day I will never forget when we were waiting to walk in the water, I was fidgety and a little nervous, but I looked to the other side (were she was waiting) and saw her praying silently with tears running down her face as she was about to be baptized.  In that moment, I could only thank the Lord for such great joys…