Change

This past weekend the descendants and families of Louise Dixon converged on Henderson, TN. The reason for this pilgrimage was to celebrate Louise Dixon's 100th birthday. She is in good health and mind. She is the matriarch of the family as she has outlived her husband, the former H. A. Dixon, by some thirty plus years. The event was great and the community and friends responded by visiting with her on this special day.

As I reflect on this celebration I thought of the many changes that have taken place during her lifetime. During part of her life many did not have electricity in their home, no television (had not been invented), no indoor plumbing, no cell phones, microwaves or OnStar. There were no interstates, cruise control or remote control. In her life she has seen the development of commercial air travel, a man walking on the moon and the rise and fall of Communism.

The odd thing is that I don't see Nanny as one that is happy about change. She just lived in a world that was always changing. She adapted. She adjusted. We all have to. So why don't we do that with our world when it comes to telling them about Jesus? You don't plow a field with a team of mules anymore and we can't preach, teach or even do church the way we did. Just to clarify for those that might worry - don't change the message, but put it in a package that the world will at least look at.

Nanny is doing well. She should be proud of her legacy. Her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren have big shoes to fill. Be Jesus to the world the way she was, but do it your way. If you do, God will be proud.

Sid