Randy Wood
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A Psalm of David.
1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2 He makes me to lie down in green pastures;
He leads me beside the still waters.
3 He restores my soul;
He leads me in the paths of righteousness
For His name’s sake.
4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil;
For You are with me;
Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;
You anoint my head with oil;
My cup runs over.
6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
All the days of my life;
And I will dwell in the house of the Lord
Forever.
Randy Wood entered this life on April 23, 1960.
He was blessed with a wonderful family - his mom and dad, Randy and Bobbie; and a sister, Angelia.
Randy didn’t live the easiest of lives and endured many health issues throughout life, but there were some things that he really enjoyed.
Riding around
Seeing his friends
Loved his truck
Loved heavy machinery and his jobs
Loved to work
As the family said, Randy was someone who would give you the shirt off of his back or the last dollar in his pocket. Now he expected you to pay it back; but he would give it to you.
I met Randy myself a few times over the last decade and my encounters were always very cordial.
But the most important thing about Randy is something I talked with Nathaniel Williams, pastor at Cedar Rock, about this week.
Nathaniel told me he had visited Randy while he was receiving treatment and was given an opportunity to share the Gospel with Randy. Nathaniel said that there, in that room, Randy prayed to receive Christ as His Savior. Nathaniel even said that he began to see growth in Randy as he visited. Randy was spending time reading his Bible and trying to apply it to his life.
Nobody would have known that this past Saturday would have been Randy’s last day on earth. We never know when it is our time. God knows.
27 And just as it is appointed for people to die once—and after this, judgment—
That word “Appointed” literally means “scheduled.” While death takes us by surprise, it never takes God by surprise.
READ LETTER FROM RICHARD MORGAN
The most important question that life presents us is— Do you know where you are going when you die?
23 For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God;
23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
9 If you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
There was a king who had all his world could afford. The thing he loved most, however, was to laugh. Once while being entertained a jester came along wishing to join in the festival of activities and also wishing to perform for him. His opportunity came and he put the best comical show together he had ever done and the king never laughed so hard.
Once the activity was all over the king wanted to hire this jester to be his personal jester. Once hired the king in humor handed him a small stick and said, "You are the most foolish man alive. When you find someone more foolish than you, then you give them this stick," and the king laughed heartily.
After many years had passed by the king lay sick on his death bed ready to go at any moment. He called for his jester, for he wanted to laugh one more time before he died. When the jester was through he asked to speak to the king personally.
Once alone with the king the jester asked, "King, where are you going?" The king responded, "on a far journey." The jester asked again, "and how do you plan to get there?" Again the king responded, "I don’t know." Then the jester pulled the stick from his back pocket and handed it to the king. The king was stunned and asked why he had given him the stick. The jester replied, "King, today I have found a more foolish man than I. For you see, I only trifled with the things of life, but you have trifled with things of eternity"
