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Shalom…Larry Link

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Posted: May 21st, 2013

“My dad displayed the Fruit of the Spirit.”  I was able to say that statement about my dad at his funeral back in 1979.  At the time, I was 37 years old, and I also said, “At least he had a long, good life.”  Wrong.  He was only 61 years old!  But to me, he was quite old.  Looking back from my almost 71 year old eyes now…61 surely isn’t old.  But I did get the Fruit of the Spirit part right.  My dad was a very humble, hard-working, gentle, giving, man who had an incredible faith journey.  His life was not an easy one.  His mother died before he was 2 years old, and his father died by the time he was 8.  He was raised mostly by an aunt and an older, married sister.  He had to quit school after the 8th grade to go to work.  It was never easy, but I never heard him complain about his life.  He was so faithful to his Lord and to his church, where he served as a 5th grade teacher for many years.  He was a long time choir member and deacon at First Baptist Church, Muskogee, Oklahoma…my home church.  On the day of his funeral, there were several hundred who attended…because he lived the Fruit of the Spirit.  Well done Dad! ( Read this week’s reading for Monday about the Fruit of the Spirit, Galatians 5:13-26…one of my all-time favorite passages.)

 

 

 

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