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Once when I was 6 years old on a trip in North Carolina we passed within 3 miles of Dad's mother's house, in the Art Cloth Mill village. I remember the words he said to mama, I should go by mama's house, but we need to get back to the church. He pastored 90 miles away (before interstates). So he drove on.When he arrived back at the parsonage the phone was ringing. It was one of his brothers, Frank, mama is dying, she wants you here.(Of course that was 1945, only Dick Tracy had a cell phone.)We immediately left to retrace our steps. Dad was the oldest of 13 kids. Grandma died an hour after we got back, but she never regained conscientiousness. Daddy mentioned that very often how he was too concerned about getting home thinking there would be plenty time to visit his mama. I took that seriously I tried to always take time to see mama, after he passed away. Some facts but mostly just my [email protected]/

We have to pay attention when God lays these things on our hearts. Sometimes He does it in such a way that we don't realize it is Him speaking to us. I'm glad you heeded this in your life...it's a painful lesson to learn More of Him...less of me.twitter.com/camiracle77www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=691241499&ref=name

The church can wait. Family must come before the church or we risk losing our families. Been there, done that and am living the regrets for having done so. So many times we put the church before our families, and yes even before God “Hell will be filled with people that didn’t cuss, didn’t drink, and may even have been baptized. Why? Because none of those things makes someone a Christian.”

Same here & same regrets.Wish like crazy I had those years back so I could show my kids that they were more important than that ministry life.Somebody said it one time & it sounds harsh but very true, many times the church is a pastor's mistress. Empty nest syndrome is for the birds!Email me at: [email protected] planters are focused on just one thing ...introducing people to Jesus!

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