Got a phone call today that I did not expect or that I wanted.  We made it three years without an adult death, but today a great man in our church passed away suddenly from a heart attack.

When I got the news I felt like someone punched me in the gut.  This guy came to our church as an unchurched person and I have had the honor of baptizing almost their entire family.  He stopped by the office EVERY Wednesday just to shoot the breeze.  I remember when he first started coming to our church I saw them at Cracker Barrel after the service and without me knowing they bought our dinner.  He was always smiling and was one of the first faces you saw in the church as a greeter.  He served EVERY week and did whatever we needed.

Days like today make me forget about “big announcements” and “cool series” and whatever else we are doing at the time and just thank God that I get to pastor people and be there when they are going through those type of hard times.

Pray for the family as they are going to need over the next few months.

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