Would you like to hear Jims Personal Story? Written By Biblebelievernet I thought it would be good to add a little more to my personal history. I hope this does not put you to sleep, but since I’ve been preaching so much on the web I should share some details about my life. I was born in a place called Pocahontas, Arkansas in the old hospital. I lived there until I was 4 ½ years old and then we moved to 3 miles south Smithville, Arkansas. I have a baby sister who is 4 years young than I. Her name is Bonnie Sue. She has a son Collin and Dakota. I am a single man. My Mother was Vernadean Pickett and she died of Lou Gehrig’s disease and Breast Cancer back in 1998. She was the daughter of Dewell Pickett and Maire Mildred Meridith of Flat Woods, Annieville, Arkansas. I am a bit of a Historian. Years ago I did a family history and I found out a lot about my family roots. I can go on about those ancestors for hours and hours if I get encouraged to do so. My Dad is from Ravenden Springs and I’ve learned his family came to Missouri in the 1850’s and Arkansas in the 1880’s. His Dad was Thomas Jefferson Hughes and Nettie Evelyn Bennett. He was the youngest son of James Columbus Hughes and Caldonia Francis Land., My family is very backwoods and my family history almost all goes back to Jamestown Colony in Virginia. The Hughes came to Missouri because of our ties to the Daniel Boone family. I have family ties in Greenville, Tennessee. I have family ties in Kentucky. I have family ties in Tidewater Area of Virginia. Southeastern Pennsylvania. I have English, French, German, Scottish, Irish, Norman, Italian, Spanish, Czech, Polish, Celtic, Jewish, and possibly Egyptian blood. I have studied census records, microfilm, microfiche, family histories, tax records, cemeteries and the web for family information. That’s enough for now. As my pastor once reminded me, I have Royal Blood and that should be good enough for me. I was a student at Strawberry Elementary in Strawberry, Arkansas for almost two years. It is right across from Jerusalem Baptist Church where I’ve been going lately. We using the school parking lot for the Church. I graduated from Poughkeepsie High School, Poughkeepsie, Arkansas where I spent ten years of my life. My graduating class only had 15 in it and K – 12 had only 120. I still remember those times fondly. Since the school has been consolidated with Strawberry. I went to Southern Baptist College, now Williams Baptist College in College City, Arkansas for four years. I still remember these time with fondness. I made a very nervous Resident Advisor for a while and was a very interesting Student Government President. I went from Williams to Eastern College, St. Davids, Pennsylvania. I went there looking for a Christian school. I was happy there and at time I did know any better. I got Bachelor’s in Arts when I was there. I went from Eastern to Norristown, Pennsylvania where I worked in a Law Library for a short time. At Eastern and the Law Library I got acquainted with DOS and IBM based computer hardware. Later, I went to the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas to graduate school. I was there for about 3 years until I moved back to eastern Arkansas. I eventually went to helping with my mom’s illness and helped my Dad some. Exactly 60 days after 9/11 I went back to church. I had not been in a church building but once between the time I was in Norristown. I had accept the LORD as my Savior while at Southern Baptist College many years before. I was at Lonoke Missionary Baptist Church for about 6 years where I taught Sunday School and gave devotionals to the church. At Lonoke the LORD got after and got after me until I could not stand it one Sunday morning. I surrender to his call after I thought a lesson to my Sunday school class that morning. Sometime later I left this church to study under an Old Fashion KJV Pastor and the possibility I could become his Associate Pastor. After 6 months, I was asked to become his associate pastor. It was not an easy time and after two years my pastor and I left the church we were at and went to Gethsemane Baptist Church, Walnut Ridge, Arkansas. While there I worked for the church and school some. I preached some and door knocked some. I came to Gethsemane’s school while I still at Lonoke and I finished a Bachelor’s in Theology there before I left being an associate pastor. In July I left Gethsemane and have been visiting churches since then. Gethsemane is a very fine church with a strong soul winning ministry with strong convictions about the King James Bible as being inspired and preserved by God for the English Speaking peoples. I have over 100 semester hours of study in the field of History. I love history and the study of it. I am known for an encyclopedic memory of history – Local History, American History, European History and World History. I also have a back ground in political science. I did a paper while at Williams called No Bismarck: No Germany and I gave that paper again at Allentown, PA at a Phi Alpha Theta Conference. I did a paper called Richard Nixon and Executive Privilege at Eastern College for my Constitutional Law class. The topic for my master’s thesis was Theodore Roosevelt: The Rise of Executive Power. I did a paper at the University of Arkansas on Robert Kennedy and His War on Organized Crime. My favorite writer outside the Bible is Tom Clancy. I’ve learned to back away from his writings, but I am very familiar with the early Jack Ryan character thru his first term of the Presidency. Back in High School I started to be a lawyer and I took a lot of classes I didn’t have to to prepare. I took History as prerequisite and wound up being a Historian. I have studied computers since my time at Eastern College and the Law Library. I know all kinds of stuff about 8088, 80286, 80386, 80486, Pentium I-IV and Bill Gates software. I’ve messed with Tiger and Snow Leopard some. I’ve spent some time learning CISO’s IOS, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows Server. I’ve spent some time with Microsoft Office and its programs. I am by no means an professional expert, but I am soaking it in daily. I love old westerns with men such as John Wayne, Lee Majors, James Stewart, Clint Eastwood. I love Christian Movies and History Movies. I still watch old movies, but I have retired my television and daily television programing. I like good ball games. I like to watch the Razorbacks sometimes both basketball and football. I tend to follow my favor NFL team, the Green Bay Packers. I like Pro Football, but I haven’t seen much in over two years. I like Indy car racing, but I haven’t seen much lately. I like NASCAR racing, but I haven’t seen a race recently. Shoot me! Kill me! But I am human, too. I have a temper. Sometimes I get surprises. Sins in the world cut me pretty. Sin can make me angry. I have nerve problems sometimes and other times I can be solid as rock. I need to work on my patience. I can cry when I see people hurting. I can cry when I know needs to get saved. I cry when it hurts. My skin is too thin. I love a good clean joke and a good laugh. I love to walk. I strained to walk 4 miles just before dark this afternoon. I used to walk a lot at Eastern College and Williams. I’ve walked about 60 miles in the few months. Walking helps clear my mind and my body. I used to play tennis when I was in college and I even played a few hole of golf. I can shoot a basketball some and throw a football a short distance, but I bruise easier than I used to. I like to play games when I was younger, but it’s kind of fell away. I love my KJV 1611 Bible, Bible History, the Old Fashion Old Time Way. I love OLD Fashion preaching like Jack Hyles, Tony Hutson, Curtis Hutson, Peter S. Ruckman, John R. Rice, Maze Jackson, Sam Gipp, B.R. Larkin, Jeff Owens, Scott Gray, Derek Collins, Brandon Martin, Terry Wallace, Andy Pace, Robert Randolph, Roger Randolph and a host of others. Their preaching brings smiles to my face. The Old Time Music warms my heart. I love the presence of Almighty God. I love people. I want to be in church every time the doors are open. I get excited when I’m soul winning. I get excited when I am in church. I get excited when a soul is won. I believe in prayer. I believe God answers prayers. What am I to do? It’s been a long time since I’ve been in love with any woman, but I like the idea of marriage and family. I do NOT believe in asking anyone out that does not first show an interest in going out with me. I’m sure God has someone for me, but I don’t know about it yet. I have been sick for many years with something. I did not know what. It has gotten worse and worse. Last fall I found out I had gall stones in my gall bladder. It has become very difficult for me to eat any kind of food whatsoever. In the last two years I’ve lost over 40 pounds. I’m not sure what I am going to do, but I know I need surgery. As of yet, I do not have the means for surgery. Thank you everyone for your prayers. I’m not sure what God has for me. I have given my life to him and I cannot take it back even if I wanted to do so. I’m sure God has something prepared for me. I’ve made many mistakes in my life. I’ve disappointed many people. I’ve messed up and I’m good at. I don’t deserve any blessings. I don’t deserve to have any kind of life. I don’t deserve to live. God has saved my soul. God has used me again and again. My righteous is filthy rags. My life is vanity. I am a nobody, yet I’m a precious in God’s eyes. Sometimes I wonder if God will just take me home to heaven, but for some reason he’s not done with me. I’m sure we all have stories and if you stayed with this one this long I am amazed.
Posted on: Sat, 16 Nov 2013 01:55:34 +0000
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