Decade By Decade I Knew You

First Decade – I knew you…

• when you were born as the middle son of three who broke the rules of tradition and dreamed of faraway places
• when business and salesmanship blood burned in your bones to create your Christmas card sales strategy before any competition could jump in
• when with dirty face and muddy hands you never let go of the rod waiting for the finest fish for mother to cook that night

Second Decade – I knew you…

• when self study dominated your life as you spent your free time reading all the volumes of the encyclopedia at the village library
• when you devoured all the western comics and American thriller stories to fill your inquisitive mind
• when you built that tree fort from stolen lumber and got in hot water with your father

  

Third Decade– I knew you…

• when you made up your mind and set your sail towards Sweden with younger brother in tow, much to the disapproval of you father
• when, with humble heart, you heard the voice of God and embarked on the years of seminary studies preparing for the ministry
• when you crossed the Atlantic and found your life partner and served in the ministry with you head held high in spite of the trials

Fourth Decade – I knew you…

• when you travelled South for more Bible school studies, this time with a family of four the adventures never stopped
• when you acted in faith and heeded the call back to your home country to pastor your own people.
• when you were misunderstood and left your country with a bleeding heart, to return to Canada where a new ministry began
• when you neared forty and faced another challenge with language and had to preach in English to the new congregation you pioneered

Fifth Decade – I knew you…

• when your faith was tested and you believed against all hope, but in the end God released you as the pastor
• when you had nowhere to go until a revelation gutted your soul, and you entered the study halls of college at fifty
• when you passed the tough real estate exams and acquired your real estate salesman licence and turned the corner
• when your eyes popped open as your future employer confirmed you can make a hundred thousand, a number only seen in the night dreams

Sixth Decade – I knew you…

• as you continued in the new profession with great enthusiasm where you decided you don’t sell houses, but your service
• when you lived and breathed real estate in spite of all odds whether a declining market or personal trials
• when your salesmanship skills were validated by the numerous plaques and awards as the top salesman, an honour which comes from above you say
• when you’ve earned the reputation of integrity and trust among your colleagues, clients, friends and the public
• when you walked away from the one thousandth open house with sadness in your heart
• when you drove past the one thousandth property you’ve sold, all with pride of a job well done

Next  – I knew you…

• from the very first birthday with your mother hovering over you to the seventieth one, with your wife by your side
• when I first called you for My purpose it remains irrevocable just like your real estate deals, no turning back
• for the time such as this when you turn the corner of your journey and search your heart where the deepest desires merge with My desires
• from the very beginning of conception, you were precious and called into My purpose to free the captives and bring sight to the blind
• before you knew Me, I loved you with an everlasting love