I was fortunate to have this past Friday off from work as my company was closed in observance of Good Friday, so my nephew and I decided to head up to Cades Cove. We arrived at the Cove in time for sunrise but nothing spectacular was happening in the sky and the clouds were rolling in quickly as the morning progressed, so we shot around inside a few of the churches in the loop. It occurred to me as I was sitting in this Missionary Baptist Church and looking out the window at the many graves, that the people who attended this little church so many years ago lived much different lives than we do but yet struggled with sin just the way we do today, and that the same Savior died for their sins as did mine. Such an amazing truth.
Happy Easter friends!
–Dan Thompson