Good old Saints…

I replaced a friend (pastor) who was on vacation this week. I had the opportunity to preach at the church where he serves. Its not a big church, quite the opposite. A church in the country, which has been established for over 100 years. They still have the same building and when you walk in it is as though you pass through a “time warp”. There were not a lot of people present 20-25 people with a few kids. Almost all were over 60. When I was preaching it was like a sea of white “heads” looking at me. One thing that struck me was their smiles - most of them had great big grins on their faces. Their eyes were wide open as I preached from the “Good Book”. There was a person there that had been a member of the church for over 80 years! In front of me was a bunch of “Good old Saints”! They had seen a lot and lived a lot and were faithful through out the years. I hope that when I will be really old and wrinkled up, I also will be faithfull to the Lord as they seem to be.