Weekend, June 20, 2020
Access to God Almighty
"If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!" (Matthew 7:11 nkjv).
When I first was getting to know Billy Graham, he invited me to his home in Montreat, North Carolina, outside of Asheville.
Going to the home of Billy Graham was better, in my estimation, than going to the Oval Office because, to me, he was the greatest evangelist who ever lived. As a young evangelist back then, I was so impressed by everything, and I took it all in.
When I'd talk with him, I would address him as Dr. Graham. But he'd say, "Don't call me Dr. Graham. Call me Billy." It was hard for me to call him Billy. I had too much respect for him, and it felt too personal. But I finally got around to calling him that.
His children, however, called him by an even more intimate name: Daddy. In the South, parents are Daddy and Mama, not Mother and Father or even Mom and Dad. Billy's grandkids called him Daddy Bill, much like I called my grandfather Daddy Charles because he and Mama Stella were from Arkansas. |
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