Evelyn's Altar Call

Evelyn’s Altar Call
By larry r Linville

She was teacher of the young women’s class
in the choir loft behind the pulpit.
She prepared to show them God’s great love
and identify sin as the culprit.

Her dedication came as a deep call
real as any preacher ever heard
And daily she prepared for each Sunday’s
opportunity to get into God’s Word.

Cancer, which she defeated once, came back
to battle with her a second round
but she taught as long as she was able
letting God’s love and grace freely abound.

I was a student pastor whom she blessed
while I made a weekly visit to see
how she had made it through the present week
but she turned the conversation to me.

While preaching her funeral I knew what to say.
Her dedicated life became the text
from there the scripture flowed like a river
going from each of God’s truths to the next.

When I came to the final words that day
and I left nothing out – I’d said it all.
I had used the great witness of her faith
which extended Evelyn’s altar call.