My Father had some papers with family names that went back a few generations. I was a little boy and was just like all the other kids. I would go to school and play with friends. Then summer would come and I would go to the woods. I mean the old Florida woods where my parents were from and there parents were from and so on. I would go to a place like the old time woods of Florida. There were horses and cows and hogs and chickens and hunting dogs and Gators. Now the only reason I said gators was because from my aunts house down the dirt road to my uncles mothers house there was a pond.

Now this pond had gators and we would stop and throw bread in the pond and watch them come up and eat it. I learned to do the gator grunt we could stop by and just call them and they would come up. Now the reason I am going on about the place and time is to get you in the mood of things. My Aunt was my mothers sister she loved me like I was one of hers. Even up until she passed. Now my uncle was a good man and we liked each other but the Love was not the same. Now are we getting close to where I want you to go almost just hang in there. Not all Love is exactly the same except God's Love. Even John said "We love him, because he first loved us."

Matt 10:8     And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.

Matt 16:24   Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any [man] will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

1Cr 1:17

Now way back when down here in old Florida families were not real plentiful and the people had to watch out for each other. My Grandfather had two brothers so the three of them were not far apart in age each coming about a year apart. So we see there was three brothers that was raised together and had played together and had been through hard times and good times but they had all been together strong family ties. Many things had happened and they all had so many things that each one new about the other there was a strong family Love.

Now just down the road My Grandmother had two sisters so the three of them were not to far apart each coming about a year or so apart. You know they had wonderful parents that had very strong family closeness. They were raised up together and went though all the wonderful things that all girls go through growing up to be young women. Now one day these three young men met these three young woman and each one had a hanker-in for the other. Now each one Married so three brothers married the three sisters and all had children one had 5 one had 6 and one had 7 and they all lived near by each other.

Now the kids grew and would go and visit there aunts and uncles now here is where we have a little Revelation do you know how it was when your aunt from your mother would Love you like you were her own. Now these young-ins now had a aunt and a uncle that would Love them like they were their own. Now lets think about this in terms of the Love in Heaven. These little children got just a little glimpse of the Love of Heaven. Everywhere they went in the family to any of the three families from house to house there was Love. Love like they had at home. Just think about it for a minute all will Love each other as brother, sister,mother,father,son,daughter. All will be under the Love of Jesus. Amen

Yes it was a time in America that people were moving in every direction and they all had there own reason's if they headed North, West, South or just stayed in the East. I just want to let you all know that the Love of God was going in every direction do you not realize that the only way this country became to be a Great Nation was from the Blessing's of God. Now that is fact not fiction because I can give you proof that the Lord moved among his people in this wonderful country we call America.

My fourth Great Grandfather was a young man he came down from North Carolina to South Carolina, to Georgia then on to Florida. This put him in North Central Florida in 1818 he moved around a little then settled down and help to establish one of the First Methodist Church's in Florida in 1820 and was a well respected Christian man that even helped as his son's did in the building and protecting of the town and community around him. They fought in many of the Indian Wars .  My only point is that no one could project how God was using people all over America and in what way they were used. So this country grew and prospered to be the Greatest Country on Earth and all because our Lord and Savor Jesus Christ was with them .  Amen Glory be to God!