I want to personally thank

Mike Moore and Doug Beardon for their work with "LunchThe Word"

which met weekly in the wedding chapel reception area behind Fayette Mower.

Currently they are seeking

God's guidance for what He will do with this ministry in the future. It

was at one of those wonderful meetings that I heard Dale Stills speak.

Dale works with a Christian

counseling group called "Christian Families Today. " They are

located behind McDonalds restaurant in Fayetteville. If you or your family

ever need this kind of help, I would highly recommend them to you.

The morning that Dale spoke

he read a writing by Paul Harvey which really spoke to my heart. I share

it with you here.

"What's mainly wrong with

society today is that too many Dirt Roads have been paved. There's not

a problem in America today, crime, drugs, education, divorce, deliquency

that wouldn't be remedied if we just had more Dirt Roads, because Dirt

Roads give character.

"People who live at the

end of Dirt Roads learn early on that life is a bumpy ride. That it can

jar you right down to your teeth sometimes, but it's worth it, if at the

end is home....a loving spouse, happy kids and a dog.

"We wouldn't have near

the trouble with our educational system if our kids got heir exercise

walking a Dirt Road with other kids, from whom they learn how to get along.

"There was less crime

in our streets before they were paved. Criminals didn't walk two dusty

miles to rob or rape, if they knew they'd be welcomed by five barking

dogs and a double barrel shotgun. And there were no drive-by shootings.

Our values were better when our roads were worse!

"People did not worship

their cars more than their kids, and motorists were more courteous, they

didn't tailgate by riding the bumper of the guy in front who would choke

you with dust & bust your windshield with rocks.

"Dirt Roads taught patience.

Dirt Roads were environmentially freindly; you didn't hop in your car

for a quart of milk, you walked to the barn for your milk. For your mail,

you walked to the mail box.

"What if it rained and

the Dirt Road got washed out? That was the best part; then you stayed

home and had some family time, roasted marshmallows and popped popcorn

and pony-rode on Daddy's shoulders and learned how to make prettier quilts

than anybody.

"At he end of Dirt Roads,

you soon learned that bad words tasted like soap. Most paved roads lead

to trouble. Dirt Roads more likely lead to a fishing creek or a swimming

hole.

"At the end of a Dirt

Road, there was always extra springtime income, from when city dudes would

get stuck, you'd have to hitch up a team and pull them out. Usually you

got a dollar....always you got a new friend....at the end of a Dirt Road."

Ask yourself do you spend more

time with your car than you do your kids? God is the restorer of families

and friendships and relationships and roads and of times gone bye. Learn

to trust Him for the restoration process.

Dr. Knox Herndon is the Pastor

of "His House Community Church" and a retired Southern Baptist

Army Chaplain. The new church location is in Senoia just South of the

Ga. Highway 16 intersection. The church is located 1/2 mile South of the

Fire Station on Ga. highway 85 South. If you're not currently in a church,

come visit us. Prayer line and Church office telephone number is 770-719-2365.

The e-mail address is KHERN2365@aol. com .