What is a True Man of God?

My brother-in-law Mike

passed away from brain cancer a month 

ago and was laid in his final resting place today.

I have thought often of how I might give a tribute

to him here.

Today it came to me...

A true man of God trusts his Savior for his full salvation

and rejoices in it.

He cares for his family

loves his wife,

disciplines his children with love.

He helps others quietly without

seeking any acclaim for himself.

He carefully stays out of peoples lives and

does not gossip or speak ill of them.

He gently goes about doing good

and never asks for recompense.

He serves the church because the church 

is his family also.

When the end of his life comes

he faces it with strength and dignity

and goes to meet His Lord with an open 

heart and open arms.

That is a true man of God.

In memory of Mike

with much love and prayers to 

my sister Kathy