A Good Find(Letter To A Staff Pastor)
By Curtis Johnson
For a number of years, my wife was heavily engaged in garage sales. The most valuable items in our home were obtained through garage sales or antique shops. Some of these items needed to be repaired and reupholstered.
However, regardless of their condition at time of purchase, the pieces were considered “Good Finds”. I must confess that my wife and I seldom agreed on what was or was not a “Good Find”. From the eyes of this beholder, some of her ‘finds’ were down right “ridiculous finds”. However, over time I came to acknowledge that hers were indeed “Good Finds’.
Pastor Jeff, you and your family have been with our church for more than a decade, and I have been well pleased from the start. I have observed your ministerial growth both publicly and administratively. You and Angela have been instrumental in our church’s growth and success.
There are many other things that I could say about you and Angela;
but I have chosen to be brief. In the words of Collectors everywhere,
you two are indeed “Good Finds”.
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How did you leave me my dear mom
When I am not able to open my eyes in the wee hours
As a tender child or a bud not blown to blossoming tacts
You made a departure that suited your fame
Now I am alone and aloof waiting for your fresh smiles
When a mother tends her children to the school
Fondling sweetly their heads with affection
Tears roll down into deep wells and streaming rivers
Making my heart wait for an ocean of sympathy from you
When a mother kisses her child with joy and delight
While he/she returns home safely with smiling stakes
My lips some how go dry as if a drought of despair ruled the heart
Who can dare to wet them my dear mom when you are absent once for all from
the earth
No doubt father tried all ways always to shower concern and care
Yet his hands can’t replace your tender ones’ kindness
I dream about you and feel high to submit my progress charts
Both academically and administratively in all my acts and deeds
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