Sand Mountain Sermonette 93
John 14:19; Galatians 2:20
The Singing Mailman
“Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me; because I live, ye shall live also. John 14:19
Although my dad retired from the United States Post Office as a letter carrier for the city of Albertville, Alabama; a job he truly loved, his passion was to sing and play music. Dad had a beautiful baritone voice and was likened in his day to singer, Jim Reeves, by mom and many of their friends. Once he auditioned for the Sons of the Pioneers but didn’t get the spot. He played the guitar, piano, mandolin, and the fiddle just a bit. My mom told me many years ago that he was taught piano lessons when he was a kid by Hovie Lister who sang with the Statesmen Quartet. In his younger days, Dad was featured as Skeeter, The Wizard of the Electrical Guitar, as part of the bill with the Johnson Family Band out of Hustleville, Alabama. For many years dad proudly displayed a poster featuring him in this manner, in his home. I used to love to hear him sing gospel songs in church as well as at other events in the community. And I can tell you that my dad loved the music of Bill and Gloria Gather:
Because He lives, I can face tomorrow;
because He lives, all fear is gone;
because I know He holds the future,
and life is worth the living, just because He lives.
Chorus: Because He Lives, Bill and Gloria Gaither, 1971.
How glorious! How comforting! What hope! What peace! What assurance!
Did you know that because Christ lives, you can face tomorrow! Because Christ lives, you do not have to be controlled by a life of fear and uncertainty! Because Christ lives you can know your inheritance in heaven is secure if you have given your life to Christ and become God’s child through Christ’s death and resurrection from the dead. And my friend, it is true—because Christ holds the future, and does, life is worth living NOW! Why? Just because He lives!
“It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me…” Paul, Galatians 2:20!
Pastor Louie- a very grateful son!