Journeys of a Feeble Saint
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I woke up on the ground. I was barely twelve years old. Behind me was our overturned pickup truck. To my right lay my unconscious father emitting the worst groans I have ever heard. Several feet before me lay my silent mother whom I presumed to be dead. (She died only hours later.) To my left lay my lucid sister. Already on the scene were helpful people running to and fro. Before I heard the faint sound of approaching sirens, I had a brief conversation with my sister and then, against her insistence, I fell asleep.
Our family had attended my mother’s family reunion that day. We were on the way home. It was Sunday evening,
I turned to my sister and said, “We’ve been in a wreck. Why did this have to happen to us?” Without hesitation she replied (and I remember the words exactly), “Don’t worry, Olen, we’ve got God on our side.” My sister was solid in her relationship with God. She had been the leading factor in my being saved. She read her Bible daily. Even though I had been saved at the age of nine, I was not a godly youth. I had forsaken the Lord for my old habits shortly after my profession of faith. Consequently, I was not even sure I was saved. Doubt plagued me. My sister’s word in that tragic moment pierced my soul. I was not sure that God was on my side. I knew He was on her side. Helpless, I laid back again to sleep a moment.
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This is a book of journeys. It is not autobiographical. Seven events in my life are designed to proclaim that God’s grace is sufficient for every circumstance and that tribulation works patience, and patience experience, and experience hope, and hope makes no shame (Romans 5:3).
By feeble I mean tottering and apt to fall at any moment. However others may perceive me, I have never felt I was particularly strong as a child of God. The writer of Hebrews spoke of “the sin that so easily besets us,” (Hebrews 12:1). I think I have several such sins. I am feeble. I did not write this book to demonstrate my strength. It is dedicated “to him that is able to keep you from falling...” (Jude 24). I am often unsure of myself. I take life one-step at a time. I do not know what tomorrow may bring. But “I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed to Him against that day,” (II Timothy
Above all, I am a saint. I know I am a child of God. With all of my heart I give myself to God. That means tomorrow I will be more yielded than today. Tomorrow I will build on today’s experience of walking with God. I will have better knowledge of how to please Him. Even my ability to try harder will be increased. Someday, by God’s grace I will be as a bride adorned for my husband. Today, I am still getting ready for the marriage feast.
About the Author
Olen Evans has served as pastor of three churches in
Olen and Debi have two adult children.
Olen was named Outstanding Smaller Church Pastor of the Year for the Eastern Half of the
He has earned an A.S. degree from
Debi is a registered nurse employed as Patient Care Manager of