Well, after the hottest and driest summer on record here, it is finally cooling off. This morning was 42' and I had to go to a funeral and stand at the graveside service and actually froze to death!!
A dear Sunday School member of mine died. I teach the "old ladies" at my church. This woman was my father's youth director in the 1950's and mine in the 1970's.
When I tell you that she was the most faithful Christian that I know of, I am not exaggerating at all.
Her priority in life was Jesus Christ and His church. She headed committees, did physical grunt work, sang in the choir, taught classes, directed puppets, visited the sick and lost, and led people at my church until just a few weeks ago. And she was 79 years old.
This was her typical lifestyle for over 55 years.
And she did all of this work in the name of Jesus Christ with an adorable and just as devout husband, children and grandchildren, an invalid mother in her home for decades, and a full-time job for over 55 years.
The ladies trio that I sing with was asked to sing. I did OK, until the second verse of the song and I looked out at all of the people of an extreme variety of ages who were moved and touched by this woman, and I lost it. I stood there like an blubbering idiot for the whole second verse. I didn't cry the "ugly" cry, but tears ran down my face and I couldn't sing a note.
Someone must have prayed for me, because I sang, very trembly, but sang nonetheless with the other two ladies on the last verse.
This woman, her name was Clarice, helped to raise me "spiritually".
She did the same for many generations of people.
I will never, until the day that I die, forget her nor what she taught me.
I just had to tell somebody about her. I know that when people die, you always hear others talk about their good qualities and say nice things about them, but I am telling you the gospel truth....there was and is no woman, actually no person, like Clarice.
She epitomized the Christian walk that the rest of us are supposed to be walking.
I could spend the rest of the day telling you about her and I would not even scratch the surface of making you understand what kind of powerhouse of a Christian woman that she was.
I will miss her dreadfully. I appreciate some of you listening. I just had to tell someone about her.
Anyways, it's freezing here in northeastern Louisiana, if you can believe it!
Now where are my SOCKS????
Peace-
Scarlett O.
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