Luke 6:38 NIV
Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
This scripture has been mentioned at church two weeks in a row. Each time I hear this scripture, I can't help but watch a mental video of a memory from my childhood.
The church I would have called my home church before I got married (at which point my wife and I together chose a home church) would have been 1st Assembly of God, Atlanta, Texas. This church had a long rich history in that community dating back to the beginnings if the city. At the time my family joined the church, the pastor of the church was a firey old man named Leon Morrow.
Getting back to the point, the above mentioned scripture was one of the scriptures that Pastor Morrow used. Each time he used that scripture, he couldn't help himself and would yell as he quoted it. Pastor Morrow was a small man and his suits always looked way too big. His hands were losing a battle with arthritis and he showed his age which I believe was in the seventies when I knew him. As he read/quoted that scripture, he would hold his hand out to his side as in a worshipping fashion, twisting his wide open hands. He would begin to yell out the words of the passage and eventually his eyes would close. Additionally, as his blood pressure rose, two blood veins would become visible on his forehead creating a "v" in the center of his face. I have many, many memories from my time at that church. I couldn't help but write down this memory since both times our current pastor read this verse, I heard Leon speaking the words in my head. vers
