A seed, like the lodge pole pine, lay dormant in the core, until the day as a young adult, God touched it with the flame of the Holy Ghost and awakened it to become the root of His Presence in a soul destined to discover the truth. And from there - to learn it, to embrace it, live it and teach it.Along the way, there was a deep love for the Word of God that matured as he sat and drank in all the teachings from it. And with his eyes on the prize, he does not forget each day, the long way he's come, that there are things yet to be learned, the example he must set and - we're not there, until we're there.