Jeff Walling preached for us at GCR on Sunday. Yes, that Jeff Walling. He was in town to speak at Midland Christian’s chapel and First Priority, and it was a huge blessing to have him complete the hat trick by bringing our sermon on Sunday. Of course, he was wonderful. He connected well with everybody in the room. He made us laugh, he made us think, and he gave us easy ways to remember the lesson. He was exactly as you would expect Jeff Walling to be. Simply wonderful.
Carrie-Anne, Whitney, and I went to lunch at a favorite restaurant after church. We talked together about football, about our plans for the week, and other mundane things. Then, out of nowhere, Whitney made an out-of-the-blue observation:
“Seems like Jeff Walling knows how to get people to say ‘Oh, yeah.'”
“Yes, he does. That’s right.”
“Maybe you should try that, dad. It doesn’t seem like people want to say ‘Amen,’ but they like saying ‘Oh, yeah.'”
“No, that’s not true. People say ‘Amen’ when I ask for it.”
“I don’t know, dad. Seems like they’d rather say ‘Oh, yeah.'”
“Eat your food, Whit.”
Peace,
Allan
She’s simply speaking the truth in love.