As I now think of my life since 1948, I realise that it has followed a clear pattern.
Reading John Benton’s The Big Picture for Small Churches prompted some reflections. It seems that the Lord’s purpose for me was to be, what the business world would call, a ‘trouble shooter’. I should have been prepared for this because every morning at breakfast at Bible Institute I read: ‘Thinkest thou great things for thyself, think them not!’ It is only now, as I look back, that I understand.
From 1948 to 1989, the Lord set me in four situations, each of which was in a state of decline and confusion. My task in each case was to bring order out of chaos and to prepare the ground for others to follow.
