Mountain Moments
By Diane Hale
”Here comes that dreamer!“
(Genesis 37:19)
I sat on the old wooden porch convinced I must be
dreaming. The sun was slowly slipping behind the
peaks of the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia.
Across from me sat Mamie quietly rocking in the creaky
old porch chair. Gaunt and straight in posture, she
possessed a leanness of body yet a strength that comes
from deep within. Me, I was young, straight from the
suburbs of London, the strange young bride of the
grandson, an immigrant in a foreign land.
Mamie slowly unclipped her long grey hair and
began to brush. Just as slowly she began to talk of her
younger days, of how she rode a horse and toted a
shotgun. She shared her stories of moonshine stills,
bar-room fights, long hard days working the fields and
brush arbor church meetings.
Suddenly, as the crickets began calling out their usual
evening chorus, my mind was filled with how it must
have been in those early frontier days.
Dreamers, these ocean pioneers must have been.
They were forerunners which means “running forward,
going in advance, those who were sent before to take
observations, acting as scouts, or of one sent before
a king to see that the way was prepared.” It is said of
Christ in Hebrews 6:20, as going in advance of His
followers who are to be where He is when He comes to
receive them to Himself.
Religion that imprisoned was not for these dreamers
and forerunners from distant shores. They were men
and women willing to pay any cost. They dreamed of
freedom and a place to worship in spirit and in truth. I
am suddenly more thankful for these heroes of the past.
I am a recipient of this new and glorious religious freedom. Gone are the fears of hearing the law used as a
weapon to inflict bondage. Because of those that came
before, I can dwell in this land of freedom, raise my
young family and perhaps tell the stories of earlier days.
Keep on dreaming!
You are a forerunner
for Christ.
Blairsville ChristianCenter
Non-denominational, independent,
Full Gospel church
Pastor Rev. Dolly S. Rogers,
Matthew 28:19-20
Mark 16:15-20
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Worship Service
Sunday Night
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Wednesday Night Bible Study 6:00
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Where: Blairsville Christian Center
Suite A
87 Cleveland Street GA 30512
Blairsville,
Blairsville, Georgia 30512
(706) 781-1884
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