REMEMBERING "CASEY".

REMEMBERING "CASEY"

"Casey"  Casey Jones was my father-in-law.

No, not the ball player.  "Casey" was the 

nickname of Evan Jones.  I think he had 

picked up the nickname "Casey" because 

he used to play baseball long before I 

ever came along.

"Casey" was a simple hard working carpenter

raising a family of six children.  Not highly

educated but a deacon in the Church and 

well thought of through out the community.

The image above is not "Casey".  But what

the above image has similar to "Casey" is,

the mouth is closed.

"Casey" did not talk a lot.  He was a quite

man.  I can remember when I used to ask him

a question I thought he was never even going

to answer me.  It was frustrating to me.  But,

in time I learned "Casey" was thinking about

what and how to answer me.  And you can be

sure that when "Casey" gave me an answer -

it was correct.  He never had to backtrack and

change his answer like most of us have to do,

sometimes.

What was frustrating to me then is the very

thing I admire in the man now.

You and I both know that most people have

plenty of time to talk, but very little time to

listen.  "Casey" was the other way.

Through the apostle James God said;

"You must all be quick to listen,

slow to speak, and slow to get

angry."

(James 1:19 NLT)

May I be more like "Casey".