Our mobile lifestyle comes with a lot of things that we think of as advantages. If you live your life in one place, you might think otherwise and that is Okay. There are many things about our mobile life that we adore.
There are some disadvantages too. If it was all sunshine and roses then everyone would be doing it and they would be doing it much better than me. I would have to stay home.
We go so many places and we know so many people. We often experience the joys in their lives as well as the pain. Because we are always moving on to another place, we are often not in the right place to help celebrate the joys or help carry the pain when it happens.
We do not like that part at all.
But, if we canceled revival every time one of our friends was seriously ill or even died, we would probably preach less than twenty weeks a year. It is impossible for us to be with most of our friends when we would love to be.
That grieves us. We talk about it a lot. If we lived in one place and had public jobs, we would not be free to go because of work. I suppose we would know less people and not have as many friends, but that certainly does not work.
So most of the time we grieve and offer comfort the best way we can and we miss way too many weddings, birthdays and even funerals, unfortunately.
Because we were not preaching revivals this year due to the stroke recovery, we were able to visit Bro. Alan and Sis. Tammy Harris a few times after Sis. Tammy's accident. We were thankful for the time we were able to spend with our dear friends during the summer.
When Sis, Tammy passed suddenly last week, we felt compelled to be there if we could. The distance almost completely ruled out driving, but the flight schedule worked perfectly. We caught non-stop flights from Dallas to Evansville, Indiana for a great price and drive less than 90 minutes to the funeral.
Pastor Lendell Birdsong was gracious to us and we were able to make the trip while only missing one service. We appreciate them very much. They took a huge weight from our shoulders.
We were able to be there for the viewing and funeral and we are thankful for that. We saw dozens and dozens of friends from all over the country and embraced them all tightly because of the heightened sense of life's brevity.
The funeral was beautiful and excellently done. Each preacher spoke perfectly and Bro. Alan asked us to sing three songs. We were honored to participate in our dear friend's funeral. It was a sad but spiritual day that we will long remember.
As is appropriate, we did not take pictures during the visitation or funeral. I wish we had pictures of all of our friends, but we do have wonderful memories.
We snapped a few along the route.
Odie with a new friend.
We rented a Toyota Camry or similar car but when we arrived in Evansville, they offered an upgrade.
Instead of a Camry, they gave us the new minivan behind the Corvette.
Please pray for our dear friend, Pastor Alan Harris, his family and the Trinity Pentecostal Church in Central City, Kentucky. Thank you.
Davy
