A couple of weeks ago we received in the office at Central Park Baptist Church (the church I am serving as pastor) a letter from a lady in Rome, Georgia. Her husband and sons were hunting turkeys, she says, when they spotted a white envelope which they brought home. The envelope was from a long past drive by the church, and "Early Debt Retirement Commitment." The tornadoes that swept through our neighborhoods picked up the envelope from someone’s home and bore it across the state line. This and many more stories illustrate the power of those storms. (I have an asphalt shingle from someone’s roof on top of my garage.)
The lady reported that, being a strong believer in God, when she saw the envelope God touched her heart for Central Park Baptist Church. So she wrote a letter, enclosed the envelope and a check for twenty dollars for the debt retirement fund. This was all she could afford to send, she said. The church staff redirected her gift to the Tornado Relief Fund.
She is just one of hundreds of thousands God has touched concerning the plight of the tornado victims all over the country. They may not see it as God’s initiative or God moving in their lives, but most of them do. And I certainly do. And I praise God for sending armies of volunteers to help the folks in our area as well as other areas. I trust He will continue to do so. It will that months to sort things out and years to rebuild. (Volunteers are still going to New Orleans to help the victims of hurricane Katrina.
Tragedies will come, They are part of life in this world. But we are not alone. God sends His multitudes, or in some cases, his one or two, to stand beside us and to help us. Be open to Him sending you.
Grace and peace.
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