Lifestyle

M J. E. MANNING AMERICAN LEGION POST 258 meets at 6:30 p.m. the second Monday of each month. The building is located at 320 N. Louise St. in Atlanta. For more info, call 903-796-3081.

I was interviewed by a college senior last week for one of his classes. He’s a ministry major and one of the questions he had to ask was what would you tell someone going into the ministry. A former youth pastor had told him, “Run as far as you can in the opposite direction.” I get that answer. There are days we want to quit and run like Forrest Gump but running from God is never right, ask Jonah.

Luke 18:1, “And He (Jesus) spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint (lose heart).”