"THE GARDEN AND SAMUEL TATE"

Hi folks, this is Two Texas PawPaw.-----THIS IS THE STORY OF SAMUEL TATE, WELL KNOWN THROUGHOUT THIS NATION---LOVED BY MILLIONS, FORGOTTEN BY MANY, WONDERING ABOUT HIS SALVATION---HE WOULD WALK FROM THE HOUSE TO THE GARDEN, DOWN A NARROW, CROOKED LANE---SHUFFLING HIS FEET IN THE GRAVEL, HELPED BY AN OLD WOODEN CANE---HE WOULD SIT DOWN ON A TREE STUMP, AND LOOK UP TO THE SKIES---AND SAY HIS MORNING PRAYER TO GOD, AS TEARS FLOWED FROM HIS EYES---LORD, I'VE COME TO TELL YOU, I'M THANKFUL FOR ANOTHER DAY---I'M ALMOST 93 NOW, BUT, WHY HAVE YOU LET ME STAY---WHAT PURPOSE AM I SERVING, MY LOVED ONES NOW ARE ALL GONE---WHY HAVE YOU LEFT ME HERE IN THIS GARDEN, TIRED AND ALL ALONE---ONE MORNING AS SAMUEL WAS SAYING HIS PRAYER, THE IMAGE OF SOMEONE APPEARED---WAS IT THE IMAGE OF A LOVED ONE, OR SOMEONE SAMUEL SHOULD FEAR---A VOICE SPOKE TO SAMUEL AND SAID 'GOOD MORNING', I'VE COME TO SHOW YOU THE WAY---TO A PLACE GOD HAS BUILT FOR YOU, AND FOREVER YOU CAN STAY---SAMUEL LAYED DOWN HIS WALKING CANE, AND EXTENDED OUT HIS HAND---HE WALKED OUT OF THE GARDEN, FOLLOWING FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND---SAMUEL KNEW IT MADE NO DIFFERENCE, HOW OLD A PERSON MIGHT BE---THERE ARE NO BIRTHDAYS IN HEAVEN, YOU LIVE FOR ETERNITY---SAMUEL TATE KNEW FOR SURE, THERE'S ONE THING EVERYONE SHOULD DO---MAKE SURE YOU KNOW JESUS CHRIST, AND MAKE SURE JESUS, KNOWS YOU TOO:-----(Romans 12:2) do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind: God has given us the privilege of choice. We can choose for or we can choose against. But we cannot choose the consequences. If we choose against the person of Jesus Christ, we thereby step into God's decree of eternal punishment. If we choose in favor of the Lord Jesus Christ, then we inherit all the rewards of heaven---the blessing of forgiven sins, and eternity with God:---This is Two Texas PawPaw, signing, off, and, the good Lord willing, and the creeks don't rise, I'll be back tomorrow.