Welcome to the great hall of Faith! We will be will be walking down this long hall with pics of the saints that has gone before us. Let us start now. He we pass all the saints from the Old testament like Abraham & Sarah, past the prophets like Jeremiah. here we pass the pics of the saints from the New Testament like Mary & Joseph, clear to ones like Paul. Now we are walking pass the saints that has been here long past Bible time.
Now we will stop in front of the pics of Worley & Mae Pettet. After Worley got black lung from working in the mines of Ohio, he became a Christian Union Pastor where he preached in very small country churches. Since he had only a 3rd grade education he could not read well. so Mae who had an 8th grade education would read the Bible to him. He would ponder the b\verses and when he was ready he would sit down with Mae and tell her what he wanted to preach. She would then read the sermon to him over and over until he had it memorized. Then come Sunday morning he would preach that in 2 churches. Worley was mowing the lawn of one of 4 churches he was preaching in when he had the first heart attache that lead to his graduation to heaven. Just before he died, he said, " Listen to that beautiful music, Maie. It is the most beautiful music I have ever heard." A light then shone in to through the window and he was gone.
Why are these saints important to me? Because, they were my Grandparents. They left behind a wonderful Christian example for those of us who have gone behind them. I am thankful for that!
As we stop to remember the saints that went before us. I wonder, will those who go behind us, find us faithful to our calling in Christ?
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