I’ve been at this a while. This August will be 40 years since I was licensed to preach at my first church when I was 17 years old. This is a photo of my second church-Beaver Chapel on Swamp Road. We were serving here when Kyle was born. Lois had her first little garden there. We made our first home together there in the corner of a corn field across the road from the little chapel and the cemetery. Those dear people were kind and forgiving. I will always be grateful to them. I remember them now with a very tender place in my heart.
When I see this little church I recall the words of a song I learned there.
When I travel the pathway so rugged and steep,
When I pass through the valley so dark and so deep,
And when snares for my soul by my foes have been set,
Jesus never has failed me yet.
He never has failed me yet.
He never has failed me yet.
I have proven Him true; What He says He will do.
He never has failed me yet.
– W. J. Henry, 1937
Joshua 23:14 “…not one thing has failed of all the good things that the Lord your God has promised you…”
