UPDATE:I had planned to preach tomorrow, but due to my weakness I will have to wait — hopefully just another week.
Words can’t describe how much I wanted to preach, but it’s not that I just want to preach. I desperately want to explain what God has done in my life through this experience and how it changed me. So it’s the message I want to preach not just the love of preaching.
In 55 years of preaching I’ve never gone this long without preaching. This will make the sixth week that I’ve been unable to preach. Although it is very disappointing I’m not discouraged because I believe God has a reason for it.
If you’re wondering about what I’m thinking or how I feel I’ll sum it up like this. Although I will be 80 next month I do not feel like I’m dying or that I ought to quit. Because of something God did during this experience I have more reason to believe that I will be preaching another 10 years than I do to think that my life will soon end. I’m not concerned about the length of time. My concern is to finish the course God has for me.
I’ve never had such an overwhelming sense of being on a mission as I do now. And when I speak of a mission I’m not just talking about what I do personally. I’m talking about how God can use me to help us as a church do exactly as God desires. Please pray for His will to be done.
Your in Christ, Bro. Stone
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