THAT’S MY PASTOR

October 12 

And he was well spoken of by the brothers who were in Lystra and Iconium. Paul wanted this man to go with him… Acts 16:2-3

​My wife and I just celebrated our 50th anniversary, and I can say that we still go out together as much as we ever have, except now it is usually to a doctor’s office. It was in just such a place recently that we saw someone from church. After a quick conversation, the nurse called my wife and I to come back to the exam room. As we walked out of the reception area, I heard the lady from our church tell another nurse, “That’s my pastor and his wife.” 

​I could not have been more blessed if I had been elected president. For that lady to call me her pastor in a room full of people like that could not have been a bigger honor. It said that she trusted me to preach the truth. She sacrificed her time in life to hear me speak each Sunday. And she saw nothing in my wife or me that made her embarrassed to tell the world about it. I could not have wanted a better compliment, and I have to pray that it never goes to my head. 

​James says a lot about the power of the tongue, and it mostly comes across negatively. But the power can be just as strong in a positive way as well. We should be as quick to use words to God’s glory as we are to criticize or complain. If our tongue can be a forest fire (James 3:5), it can also be a refreshing oasis in this very dry land. Perhaps the greatest aspect of this was that our sister in the Lord has no idea of the joy she brought me! 

Davy L. Troxel