Can I share something that's very special to me, that happened in God's perfect timing. It's a story about my grandfather, Vol Holden, a man I never met.
While a fresh young pastor... walking in my calling and serving my first flock, I met a man, in a graveyard, in Meridian, MS, nearly 22 years ago. They were bringing a body up from Louisiana that would be buried in the cemetery of the church I was pastoring. Upon their arrival, we started with some small talk and I asked them both where they were from. I'm pretty sure one (the older gentleman) was from Baton Rouge and the middle-aged man was from the Denhiem Springs area. I mentioned that I was also from Louisiana. They asked what part of the state I was from and I said, Covington. The older gentleman lit up a bit and said he had fond memories of Covington and began to tell me why.
He said, "When he and his wife got married, that evening they took out for their honeymoon. When they reached the St. Tammany Parish line, on Highway 190, they broke down. Not having many options of available wrecker services they were recommended to call Holden's in Covington. (Keep in mind, this man doesn't know I'm a Holden at this point). He goes on to speak so fond of Mr. Holden that came and towed their car to the station, put them up for the night, and committed to having them back on the road the next morning. The station was a twenty-four hour, seven days a week, three hundred and sixty-five days out the year kind of business. So, the next morning they came picked us up, and had our car fixed and ready to go. But here's the thing, Mr. Holden did not charge us a single dime for any of it, nothing at all, not one penny f
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