Please read the previous blog titled “An Inheritance” before reading this one.
So how do we receive this sort of an inheritance?
Though this blog is a form of honoring Glenn Smith, this in its self is not the only way to honor him. The root of the word “testimony” is a word that means, “do again.” Every time we repeat the stories of God’s invasions into human history, we are calling Him to reveal Himself as the same God today. For this reason, we cannot truly receive our spiritual inheritance if we mean only to applaud the accomplishments of our ancestors. We do not honor the memory of God’s heroes by just remembering them. We only honor them if we imitate them by coming to know the God they knew and calling Him to bring His Kingdom in our day.
Glenn Smith entered his home in heaven February 8, 2010. He started and ran the Bible school that Jared and I attended. He was my spiritual father. He taught me more spiritually in the five years I knew him than anyone else in my life. He walked me down the aisle when I got married. He loved his wife, Ann. He loved his children and grandchildren. I always wanted a Papa since both of mine died before I was born, and he was that for me. He was a giver. He was always helping people in need, and people not in need. He would give to those he was close to, but also to total strangers who weren’t even asking for money. There were times when I was short on money to pay my bills while in bible school and Glenn and Ann would ask how I was. I would say “O I’m fine” when really I wasn’t, they would ask if I needed money and I would say no, yet they still gave. It was always just what I needed or more than I needed. Glenn was a teacher. He could teach the deep and secret things of the Lord that had been revealed to him, in such a simple way. He was an apostle. He has help start so many ministries. He made everyone laugh. He knew how to have fun. He could minister to all types of people, animals too
J. He knew how to evangelize. If the people in his path weren’t born again already, they soon would be. He had a way with people. He had stories. He had jokes. He had compassion. He had love. He had and knew Jesus Christ.Those are only some of the great qualities of Glenn. He didn’t store up and hoard all the revelations the Lord has given him, he demonstrated them and taught them to others. He knew that Jesus Christ was the same yesterday, today and forever (see Hebrews 13:8). He not only knew it, but had a revelation of it. Because of the deep knowing and revelation of that scripture, the power of God was made manifest. It wasn’t just mere knowledge to him in his head, but it was how he lived his life. Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. This was defiantly something that was in his heart
Even though Glenn is no longer on this earth, his legacy will live on. He has so many spiritual kids that he has taught God’s truths and revelations to that will go on for generations. Not just because they were taught, but also because Glenn demonstrated these truths in his daily life. Glenn knew the power in the name of Jesus and in the Blood of Jesus. He has taught us, not just about it, but how to apply it! It has become a part of our lives and it will now go on for many generations. He understood teaching and raising up the generations below him and he did that all over the world.
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Reverend Glenn Smith was born January 1st, 1935, and passed after a short but valiant fight against complications from pancreatic cancer surgery on February 8th, 2010, in Dallas , Texas . Funeral services were held at 10am on Saturday, Feb. 13, 2010, at First Baptist Church in Midland . Graveside services followed at 4pm in Resthaven Memorial Park in Lubbock . Visitation was held from 5pm to 7pm on Friday at Ellis Funeral Home in Midland . Arrangements are under the direction of Resthaven Funeral Home in Lubbock . Glenn served in both the U.S. Army and the U.S. Navy. He attended and graduated from Baylor University Medical Center ‘s School of Radiology . He was a PRCA rodeo cowboy and clown in earlier years before committing his life to the Lord at the age of 37 and becoming an ordained minister. Glenn is the granddad of the rodeo and other cowboy/cowgirl ministries. He was an apostle to the cowboy world, preaching Jesus to those who have never heard of Him. Signs, wonders, and miracles followed as the lost received Jesus as Savior and Lord, and churches started following his works. Glenn and his wife, Ann, were the pioneers and the first full-time ministers on the rodeo trail starting at PRCA rodeos. Later, from these cowboy church services began college, high school, youth, and senior pro rodeo services. The couple founded Rodeo Cowboy Ministries in the 1970’s, also known as International Western World Outreach Center with headquarters in Midland , Texas . Glenn paved the way for other ministries. He preached at the first cowboy church service at the NFR with the PRCA Directors’ approval in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and also many other rodeos. For 27 years they published “The Conqueror” Magazine/Newsletter teaching us how to overcome and be victorious in life. Glenn helped start Vaqueros En Cristo in Mexico and Rodeo Cowboy Ministries in Australia . This couple preached in Russia before the Iron Curtain first came down. They have preached at a lot of camp meetings on ranches over the years. Glenn never slowed down–he preached right to the end of his life and then went on to glory. Glenn is survived by wife of 50 years, Ann Smith; children: Ken Bryce and wife Carol, Carla Pledger and husband Zack, Bunny Brookshear, Pam Thompson and husband Charles, and Kay Silver and husband Sterling; grandchildren: Justin, Travis and Ashley Bryce, Jeff Pledger and wife Michelle, Cody Pledger and wife Amanda and Brian Pledger and wife Sara, Leigh Thompson, and Nikki Brookshear; and great-grandchildren: Ethan Dishman, Blake, Wesley, Haley Aadin and Emilee Pledger and Ava Rossin. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that you make a donation to your favorite charity or ministry. |
