Hephzibah Baptist Association

June 2026

Missionary Moment

by Tim Batchelor

Not forsaking our assembling together. . . Hebrews 10:25

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Thinking of summer brings to mind many memories. I think of hot days sitting outside under the big oak tree in the evenings to get out of the heat and of hot nights when window fans drew the cooler night air through my open bedroom window providing some relief. Thinking of summer reminds me of the lazy days when as kids we would climb our favorite trees in the woods and sit for hours in the cool shade on big limbs talking about whatever kids talk about. I think of pesky gnats that added insult to the injury of the heat as we chopped long rows in the garden or picked butter beans. Later we would sit under the cool shade of that oak tree shelling those beans, shucking corn or snapping beans for what seemed like eternity. 

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