The fallen lamp post I had not been the pastor at the Fairview Baptist Church in Statesville very long, not even six weeks, when this lamp had its auspicious beginnings. After church services had ended I was the last one to leave, and as I backed out of my usual parking spot I felt a sudden bump. My car stopped and would not start again. I had run over a large white post that occupied the corner of the parking lot. There I sat, with a car that would not start and a large white post totally uprooted, concrete and all. Several weeks later at a church fellowship, the crowd was hushed. Barbara Setzer, a church member with a great sense of humor, presented me with this ugly lamp. Stripped of its white paint, I suddenly recognized it as “the post” Barbara had one of the handymen in our church convert the post into a lamp. As I sit and read by the light of this ugly lamp, I am constantly reminded of wonderful friends with a sense of humor and that it is always best to laugh with others, and most of the time at yourself. Dr. T. Scott Eanes, Statesville | EnergyUnited |
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