I was thinking the other day about the difference Pastors live today compared to the 1930’s. It was my father’s first call to serve three churches in Northern Minnesota, a very backward part of the country at that time. He served the three churches faithfully attending every meeting the churches held whether it was a Ladies Aid,mens meetings or youth activities. He directed choirs in the church in town and held Bible studies there too. And he walked to what he called Preaching places, sometimes seven or eight miles! These were held in homes where neighbors gathered to have the only church service they could attend. There were no roads out there.

Why did he take this call? Well, no one else would! He was called to one church in Tacoma, Washington but he felt God wanted him to go to Holt, Minnesota. He was always a follower of God and his parents. His mother wanted him to become a musician and his dad wanted him to follow him by becoming a pastor. Dad wasn’t sure what God wanted so he became both. His study in music payed off. He gave organ and piano concerts all over the Minneapolis area and even played  in a dance orchestra while attending Seminary classes.

Even while he was a pastor his music was a great helper. He closed every pot luck with a sing-along, sometimes with the old songs like” Harvest Moon” or ” Let Me Call You Sweetheart” or one of the old hymns. He’d say,”How does that one go?” Someone would sing a part of it and off he would go on the piano.

I always wanted him to play the piano at home so I could sing. He did that as often as he could but I sulked when he said, “I can’t do it tonight, Sissy, I have to go to church.”

Now, I certainly can understand, I wish I realized how much he gave the people God wanted him to serve.

 

 

I didn’t write a blog last week because I was ill, but now I am fine and ready to fill your heads with my thoughts,

Im wondering if the reason so many of us aren’t standing up  shouting, “America is turning away from God!” is that WE have turned away from God. Other gods have taken his place. We think mostly about ourselves and our “things”. Such things as our homes, our money, our cars and whatever else has taken God’s place. Oh, we go to church when it is convenient and we pray when we need something but God isn’t first in our lives.

Now, we know that God has left our schools and our children don’t hear much about him at home, so what will our country be like when these children take over our government? We also have people selling baby parts after abortions, and marriage has lost it’s meaning. I could go on and on about how we have left God out of our lives.

We must turn back to God today. when we read the Old Testament we find that God has judged many nations for not following the ten commandments. Couldn’t he judge America too? Let’s return to God and live the way he has told us to live. The only thing for us to do is stand up for the things he would want and our country will return to what it once was.

It’s pretty tough thinking for me, Isn’t it? Maybe you’re thinking I shouldn’t get  ill very often, huh?