The Reverend Sam Whitley

Something I've been meaning to blog about but forget, until I run across the note where I scratched it down, is a spontaneous prayer that came from Sam one pretty day when we took a drive through beautiful and historic Rose Hill Cemetery, here in Macon. We've driven through there before because several family members are buried there and quite a few famous folks, one in particular is Duane Allman. So, as we approached the entrance, out of Sam's mouth came this:

"Oh bless God! I hope these cemetery people be better and I hope they be strong and healthy when they start being alive again."

Needless to say, I grabbed any piece of paper I could find and jotted that down real quick-like! I was floored! He's never heard us, or anyone else that I know of, pray like that but I guess he was "filled with the spirit". We've also made it pretty clear that we believe that when you die your spirit goes to heaven. Sounds like ol' Sam has beliefs that lean a little more towards reincarnation.

Can I get an AMEN?!