April 27, 2005

• James Dungee

  
  

  Mr. Dungee was my teacher, mentor, counselor and friend.  I spent all my years of junior high and high school in his Sunday school classes, listening to his lectures, his voice reflecting off the walls of the intimate classroom – he was definitely a bass.  My memories still resound with the Godly authority that came forth out of him as he spoke.  He taught me the foundations of my Christian beliefs and solidified the core of who I am as a Christian.  The majority of what I know and live out is a direct result of what Mr. Dungee taught me.  Time and time again, I’ve relied on his Biblical teachings to help me find my way.  He was a man who refused to re-marry because he wanted to live out his convictions of what the Bible revealed to him. 

  
  

  If you were to ask me, “who was the most influential person in your life?”, I would respond, “Mr. Dungee” without hesitation.  He gave me the Bible I still carry and have always carried to all the various places in the world the Lord took me to…

  
  

  If you were to visit him, you would see a bed, bookshelves and books.  He didn’t have much education, but he loved to study the Word and not even pastors and scholars can touch the wisdom God placed in him… just like one of the twleve disciples, who astonished kings and princes with their authority and knowledge despite their educational shortfalls… God is amazing, isn’t He?

  
  

  Today, I found out how much God really loved Mr. Dungee… our Lord took him home 2 nights ago.  Mr. Dungee has already walked past the Pearly Gates of Heaven…

  
  

  …and I know Mr. Dungee heard Jesus say, “Well done, good and faithful servant.”

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