Papa Jim loved kids, he loved his kids, his grandkids, he loved EVERYONES kids!
I think he really was a big kid himself! This picture was taken at the Mathis home (they opened their home and pool to us on Fridays) one Friday after a day of swimming. Papa Jim defined swimming as throwing kid after kid after kid into the air where they would "scream like a girl" and splash into the pool. Then get back in line to do it again.
Papa Jim was a giver and we were blessed to recieve what he offered. Love to our kids, invites to his pool, paint on our walls and probably the most precious, a portrait of our children.
He is now in Heaven...raising his arms to worship Jesus, bowing down at the foot of Jesus. He is in true Glory and he will be missed on earth.
I will not forget his cardboard testimony...
"I want the Lord to set Terrace Palms on Fire!"
2 comments:
Amen! We were so blessed to have know him.
Amen! We were so blessed to have know him.
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