Trinity Baptist Church

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Dear Church Family,
This month is a special month for me. My Mother and Dad have been married sixty years. As I think back on my life, I am incredibly thankful for a strong Christian home and the godly examples set for me by my parents.
Dad and Mother had thirteen kids, of which I am the oldest. We were taught to serve the Lord for as long as I can remember. When I was eleven (or so) the four oldest of us (all boys) began to sing four-part gospel music. Dad inspired us and Mother played the piano. There was at least one of us who insisted that he could not sing. Dad assured him that he could sing and that he would sing bass, and sure enough, he did.
All through our youth years we sang at one church after another and one social function after another. I realize now that being personally involved in ministry as a young person was the best way to grow in faith. It is one thing to talk about it and study about it. It is another thing to do it. One of the reasons so many of us kids ended up in vocational ministry was because that was what we grew up doing. Consequently, some of us had to struggle with Gods call to ministry to know if it was God calling us or simply the preparation and direction our parents gave us.
Although I have been married for a long time, the marriage of my parents is so important to me. Their example says to me that God is faithful through every trial and every situation. They hold their marriage as a sacred trust.
Every marriage is a sacred trust. Each partner is responsible to God and their spouse. In a culture that tends to shun responsibility, the Christian marriage hallows it. We are responsible to God and our fellow man.
It is fitting that marriage is used as an analogy in the New Testament to illustrate the relationship between Christ and the church. As that relationship is a permanent relationship, so the marriage relationship is meant to last until death.
I remember when Mother and Dad were half my age. They were young, excited about life and raising a large family. Today, their love for each other is stronger than ever. They have over eighty grandchildren and great-grandchildren. They now set the example for not only my siblings and me, but for all our children and grandchildren as well. As the scripture says, you have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things.
May we all be faithful & responsible in our relationships.