Miss Agnes

Miss Agnes is in her mid-90s.  She was born in New Jersey before World War I.  She attended the ticker-tape parade for Charles Lindbergh and got to see the Hindenburg burning.  William Taft was President when she was born and the stock market crashed when she was in high school.

She remembers a time when trans-atlantic flight was almost impossible and watched the first Concorde fly.  She experienced the development of biplanes, airships, jet planes, space ships and space shuttles.  She was alive for every war of the 20th Century . . . and the 21st.  She watched Germany, Italy, Russia and Japan go from friend to foe and back to friend again.  She heard Frank Sinatra sing at local diners before he ever recorded an album and danced wih her husband to Guy Lumbardo's original orchestra.

In essence, Miss Agnes has experienced quite a lot in life.

This coming Saturday she will be helping Compass Point pass out water bottles in a local park as part of our servant evangelism outreach this month.

Words cannot begin to describe the example Miss Agnes is to our church and our young people.  She seldom misses a Sunday, always claps and sings with the worship music, thinks our upcoming rock concert (Outside The Box) is the neatest thing and loves Jesus with all her heart.

God is truly using her in mighty ways!

As she closes in on a century on this Earth, she is still faithfully running the race and fighting the good fight.

I aspire to be like Miss Agnes!

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[Johnny Brooks]

I also want to be like Miss Agnes.