By Ken Blue
I planted a garden with plants and seeds
Applied herbicides to kill the weeds
Dusted the plants for insects and bugs
To my surprise they were eaten by slugs
I purchased baby chicks, a farmer I’d be
They’d lay eggs for Joyce and me
I prepared their provisions with every breath
To my surprise they froze to death
I bought me some bees and housed them in hives
From the many flowers they’d feed and thrive
There’d be gallons of honey from all my bees
To my surprise they turned on me
Friendships are forever, I’d been taught
Through thick and thin they stick, I thought
“I have ministry ideas which are new”, I said
To my surprise those friends all fled
Nothing surprises me now what could be left
“I’ve experienced it all”, I said to my self
“I’m tough as nails and straight as trees”
To my surprise I was brought to my knees
If you think you’re standing on unshakeable ground
You’re firmly fixed, nothing can bring you down
Learn from this poem written with flair
When surprises come you need not despair
Pastor Ken Blue was born in Boswell, Ark. In 1955 he accepted Christ as his Savior. He and his wife Joyce were married in 1955. They have 5 children. He graduated from Midwestern Baptist Bible College in 1969 and started the Open Door Baptist Church in Lynnwood, Wa. where he pastored for 39 years. Because of health issues (ALS) he was forced to resign as pastor. It is his desire to continue to be used of God to help pastors and believers through this ministry.