Another Hit
God has ways. We moved to Franklin, TN in 2000 to launch a new church. It didn’t get out of the ground very well….it didn’t work……many different circumstances. However, one day my phone rang and it was a man asking about our service times. He was really checking me out for his brother’s church who needed a pastor. He came to visit that next Sunday. What a man! Kim and I went to lunch with him and the rest was history. Jim Shamblin, early 70’s, and I began to connect immediately, as did all our family. We shared our stories……..we felt like we had known he and his family all our lives. The short story is, Jim moved with me to my next church and became one of our staff members. Our kids love the Shamblins. They think Jim hung the moon! We remain very close to this day! I love this man and his family! They are amazingly gifted, outrageously talented, and off the chain discerning. To Jim’s kids, Kim, Allen, Stacy; We love you all!
Allen co-wrote this song below, “The House That Built Me,” and it recently came out on Miranda Lamberts’ new cd. It’s a true story of their life. Miranda says she “cried for two hours” when she heard this song. The tears are tough on this one for me too……wow! It was a challenging day yesterday for me, after hearing this song. Did we and do we do enough? Life is real short, let’s make it count!
