God's Gift of Megan - March 2006

God’s gift to me of Megan!
Proverbs 17:6 Grandchildren are the crown of old men…I’m not sure what that crown means but Megan made Ed & me feel like royalty!I remember that day Sam called us to say that Megan was born, she was so eager the get going in life she had to come early. They included my mom’s name in her’s, I was so proud. I’d like to think that last Friday night an angel interrupted a worship service in heaven and said “Bink, I have a surprise for you” and Megan jumped from the arms of Jesus into mom’s arms. Then mom said, I’d like you to meet… and Heaven partied because another saint had come home!Well, God was good and before I could catch my breath she was running up to me for a Giggly Hug- she never walked, life offered too much fun for her to walk.As soon as she talked I became Poppy Larry….and the fun continued. Her smile and glow, wow, but it was the twinkle of excitement in her eyes that showed her enthusiasm for life.Last summer, we ran down to the swings for Poppy to push her, but it never happened- by the time I got there she was already flying high. All Poppy had to do was hold the swingset down cause she was going so high.But the most delightful thing of all was that she taught me how to dance- I’m an old stuffy Baptist preacher- I don’t know when or where happened, but in one of those bubbly enthusiastic moments, we joined hands and I said, “Let’s Dance” and we began to jump up and down (like Tigger) and round and round in a circle until Poppy tired out. It became our thing. She taught me that life is more than serious faithful work; it needs moments of enthusiastic joy.There is another legacy Megan leaves me and that is her faith and trust. Ahead of us there will be times of acceptance, fears, weakness, anger, needing forgiveness, trust, leaning, learning and ministry. We may not have all the answers but with simple trust like Megan’s we can and will go on to victory.Many of you know that the accident happened right at the driveway of our church, so everyday of ministry I’m going to have to pass by that place and I know that Satan could (and will) kick me in the gut. Yet I want to let God turn it into a reminder that my Jesus died for children as well as adults and continue to reach children, sharing the Gospel, teaching the Word, so they, too, can have assurance of everlasting life, enthusiasm, and excitement about coming to church, just like our Megan.Thank you, Jesus, for those 5 years of excitement! We will be together again.
Poppy LarryMarch 23, 2006