Landon and Mr. Lincoln

 

It was one of the most touching things I have yet seen in church.

After Mr. Lincoln, our eldest elder at eighty something, cheerfully finished leading the congregational singing a missionary family came up to talk about their work in the Philippines.  The young family had been living there three years and seen God open many doors to help people and share the love of Jesus with them.  It was exciting hearing about their journey and imagining the new things yet to come.  The young preacher asked his beautiful wife and daughters to sing a song. Then he sang a song with his bubbly, red haired, almost four year old son.  When his son finished the song, which he sang heartily in two languages, he went down the platform but did not return to his momma and sisters.  Instead, he made a bee line, in the opposite direction, for the Lincolns and cozied right up to our senior song leader, Mr. Lincoln, who put his arm around his little shoulder and beamed.  Kindred spirits found each other.  They both love to sing and both have the love of Jesus shining from their hearts.

 

They were best friends that met that morning.