The last time I saw my friend Mike was a week ago last Friday. He was standing in the back of the church when we happened to catch eyes, he gave me a big smile and a thumbs-up as was our custom I returned the smile and gestured a thumbs up of my own. Later in the evening I came across Mike standing in the doorway of the sanctuary; we traded jokes about my wife's pregnancy and Mike laughed a big full body laugh like only Mike can laugh. He loved to laugh, he loved to joke, he loved to play and that was the last time I saw my friend. On Thursday February 16th the Lord chose to bring him home to glory to transform him from mortal to immortality.
Over the past year Mike had undergone a number of surgeries on his back, shoulders and neck. In spite of all his medical procedures Mike was recovering nicely and seem to be back to his usual strong as a bull self. Mike loved to work-out and exercise and like everything else he did it was at 1000 mph. Mike didn't have any gear below 110% and was like that with everything, his family, his friends, his work and most of all his God.
Mike loved God and was not afraid to show it. He was fully committed to worship; he didn't care who was looking or what you might have thought about him, he he was gonna give God praise and he was going to do it his way. Mike was not the type to ever let a physical infirmity keep them from doing what God had assigned him to do. Mike was a father, a son, grandfather, husband, he was all man, strong and brave, a gentleman, kind and chivalrous, he was a devoted member of the Anointed Tabernacle of Jesus Christ, he was a deacon, but above all he is a child of God. Mike committed his life to the worship and work of the Lord. He left a legacy of devotion and service to the kingdom of God that we would do well follow. Michael Mobley is more than a conqueror.
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