I attend Red River Church on 45th and Red River in Austin, TX. We have four elders Keith Atkinson, Wayne Brown, Jeff Bennighof and Wes Birdwell. Keith is the only one of the four that leads the church for a living. So in a way he is the leader of the church and the pastor.
When I met him he was married to a wonderful lady named Renee. Renee was literally a force for God. To our great loss she died from cancer a little over a year ago.
Keith has since found another wonderful lady named Melinda and is set to marry her on October 3rd. Too early? No, and let me tell you why.
This morning while meeting with Keith for our bible study I had a vision of what it would be like at our church if Keith did not re-marry. We would become the Church of Death. I saw a big black disgusting thing hanging over our church keeping us from being about life as God intend. God is of life not of death. So thanks be to Jesus that He has done this good work in Keith’s life and prepared him to marry a truly beautiful creation of God and bring life to our church.
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Bill, my Grandpa married "too soon" after his first wife died. She was a wonderful lady, and he meant no dishonor to her, but he needed a wife, and yes, a LIFE. His sons never loved and accepted the second wife he married, but she was Grandma to us kids. She was a precious, godly lady. What a shame her step-sons missed out on having a relationship with such a special person as she was...
Anyway. Your post made me think of that. Life, and living it.
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