Tonight I will let my husband speak. I am copying this from his journal as he wrote it, including the punctuation and caps.
March 11, 1986
" What is our goal as sons and daughters of God? Well certainly it is to go to the ends of the earth. Certainly it is to love one another and serve one another. But what is the basis upon which we do this? What is the springboard that propels us into ministry? IT IS CONFORMITY TO THE IMAGE OF JESUS! IT IS BECOMING LIKE HIM!! Ps. 17:15, Mark 3:14, Ps. 103:7 "They looked to Him and were radiant" (scripture) It is not what we do that ministers. It is not what we know that ministers, it is what we are that ministers. You do not impart what you do, or what you know, you impart what you are! (Titus 1:7)
The doing comes out of the being. THIS AND ONLY THIS IS TRUE MINISTRY!"
Thank you John, for not only believing this but living it. In a world that puts so much emphasis on how we appear to others, or what we accomplish in the sight of others, you showed me Jesus everyday in so many ways. I was privileged to have been a daily witness......Oh yes John, you truly ministered.......
