“Glory to God!” was David’s usual clarion to prayer.
If statistics were reliable predictors, David should not have been the man he became. By today’s standards, our home was dysfunctional. There was domestic violence, a heavy drinking and womanizing father, a divorce and a single mother raising her four children. The biggest factor was a mother committed to God with the same desire for her children. David saw the adversity in the home as well as the commitment to God and he chose to follow the commitment to God path.
Despite the hardships, God was faithful to supply needs. When Dad was not there, there was peace, harmony and laughter in the home. Church attendance was very important which also brought godly men into David’s life as influencers. Music was important in the home as well as at church. At church, being a participant and not simply an attendant was a high priority.
At an early age, he learned to take on responsibilities…carry in the coal, shovel snow off the walkways, chop wood, have a paper route. In high school, due to his paper route, he couldn’t play football/sports but he was the equipment manager for the football team. Since there were no funds for college, he worked his way through. The small church he pastored didn’t have the funds to support his family, so he worked and fit in classes to finish college.
Proverbs 22:1 – “A good name is more desirable than great riches; to be esteemed is better than silver or gold.” From his youth, my brother had a good name…a good reputation. He left us with a good legacy.
[posted 09/03/2020]