There is a funeral going on at our church today for a saint who passed away after 104 years of life on this earth! What an amazing accomplishment.
I can’t even imagine the amount and types of change Bessie has encountered in her 104 years here on earth. She has seen two world wars, and many others. The change in transportation from horse drawn transportation to cars. From the source of enternainment being the radio to the TV networks we have today.
All kinds of change. It boggles my mind to even think about what she has experienced. What I take away from that is that change is going to occur – we can’t control it. All we can do is try and understand it and adapt to it and keep going. Hopefully we can even learn to enjoy it.
I have been in a conference for a week hearing about all kinds of changes coming, many in the area of technology, that will affect the church. My prayer is that each of our churches will adapt and keep going. God called us to meet the people where they are and that means following Jesus’ example and going to them. We must never forget to keep the main thing the main thing – the truth of the Gospel never changes but the way we minister to people and show them that Gospel does. We will have to change some things or become obsolete and ineffective. But that is life – change happens.
What will we do?
Clay in the Hands 
Wow, 104. I can’t imagine the amount of change she has experienced in her lifetime. Cars, airplanes, two world wars, moon landings, communism rising and falling. Wow so much.
Really excited to sit and talk with you when you get back about all the things you’ve learned at the conference.