By David Key
Lake Oconee Breeze
LAKE OCONEE —
Ronald Reagan told the story about a farmer who took a piece of bad earth and made things flourish thereon. Proud of his accomplishments, he asked his minister to come by and see what he had done. The minister was impressed.
“That’s the tallest corn I’ve ever seen. I’ve never seen anything as big as those melons. Praise the Lord!”
He went on that way about every crop, praising the Lord for it all. Finally the farmer couldn’t take it anymore.
“Reverend,” he said, “I wish you could have seen this place when the Lord was doing it by himself.”
The fact is that we are partners with God. We have to do our part and God will do God's part. Have you done your part lately? Wishing you much love and much light.
—The Rev. David W. Key, director of the Baptist Studies Program, is involved in recruitment, admissions, student life, counseling, placement, and development functions for Emory University’s Candler School of Theology. He teaches in the Contextual Education program. He is the founding pastor of the Lake Oconee Community Church at Reynolds Plantation. Contact him at (404) 727-6350 or dkey@emory.edu. His
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