Lives, Minds, Hearts, Home
I have told you about our friends Doug and Cora Beal several times. In “Overnight Guests and Their Hosts,” I told of a sweet visit we had with them about a year and a half ago. Doug went home to be with the Lord last Saturday at almost 92 years of age. His obituary began with a description of his impressive career as a professor of physics at the University of Mississippi, his academic research, and his work as a Founding Scientist of the National Center for Physical Acoustics.
Then it got to the heart of this godly man with these words:
However, his primary endeavors in life revolved around his family and the kingdom of God, which he saw clearly as the Lord’s church. At an early age, his mentors convinced him that a Christian should make life decisions with kingdom goals in mind. Convinced that a public university was an important venue for the gospel message, he moved to Oxford to teach at Ole Miss in 1959.
The following year Doug and Cora Beal led a group of Christians as they founded the University Christian Student Center at Ole Miss. In 1977 Ray began his first full-time ministry in Oxford, Mississippi, where he served as a campus minister at the UCSC. In our devotional at church this past Wednesday night, Ray told our current congregation the four principles Doug repeated again and again during our eight years in Oxford. These were his goals for the college students involved in that ministry:
- Lives with a Purpose
- Minds that Worship
- Hearts that Are Pure
- Homes That Last
What worthy goals for your homeschool.
But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness,
and all these things will be added to you.
Matthew 6:33