The Wonders of our GOD..
brand new pastor and his wife, newly assigned to their first ministry, to
reopen a church
in suburban Brooklyn, arrived in early October excited about their
opportunities. When they saw their church, it was very run down and needed much
work. They set a goal to have everything done in time to have their first
service on Christmas Eve.
They worked hard, repairing pews, plastering walls, painting, etc, and on
December 18 were ahead of schedule and just about finished. On December 19 a
terrible tempest – a driving rainstorm hit the area and lasted for two days.
On the 21st, the pastor went over to the church. His heart sank when he saw
that the roof had leaked, causing a large area of plaster about 20 feet by 8
feet to fall off the front wall of the sanctuary just behind the pulpit,
beginning about head high.
The pastor cleaned up the mess on the floor, and not knowing what else to do
but postpone the Christmas Eve service, headed home. On the way he noticed that
a local business was having a flea market type sale for charity so he stopped
in.
One of the items was a beautiful, handmade, ivory colored, crocheted tablecloth
with exquisite work, fine colors and a Cross embroidered right in the center.
It was just the right size to cover up the hole in the front wall. He bought it
and headed back to the church.
from the opposite direction was
trying to catch the bus.. She missed it. The pastor invited her to wait in the
warm church for the next bus 45 minutes later.
She sat in a pew and paid no attention to the pastor while he got a ladder,
hangers, etc., to put up the tablecloth as a wall tapestry. The pastor could
hardly believe how beautiful it looked and it covered up the entire problem
area.
Then he noticed the woman walking down the center aisle. Her face was like a
sheet.. “Pastor,” she asked, “where did you get that
tablecloth?” The pastor explained. The woman asked him to check the lower
right corner to see if the initials, EBG were crocheted into it there. They
were. These were the initials of the woman, and she had made this tablecloth 35
years before, in Austria.
The woman could hardly believe it as the pastor told how he had just gotten the
Tablecloth. The woman explained that before the war she and her husband were
well-to-do people in Austria. When the Nazis came, she was forced to leave. Her
husband was going to follow her the next week. He was captured, sent to prison
and never saw her husband or her home again.
The pastor wanted to give her the tablecloth; but she made the pastor keep it
for the church. The pastor insisted on driving her home, that was the least he
could do.. She lived on the other side of Staten Island and was only in
Brooklyn for the day for a housecleaning job.
What a wonderful service they had on Christmas Eve. The church was almost full.
The music and the spirit were great. At the end of the service, the pastor and
his wife greeted everyone at the door and many said that they would return. One
older man, whom the pastor recognized from the neighborhood continued to sit in
one of the pews and stare, and the pastor wondered why he wasn’t leaving.
The man asked him where he got the tablecloth on the front wall because it was
identical to one
that his wife had made years ago when they lived in Austria before the war and
how could there be two tablecloths so much alike? He told the pastor how the
Nazis came, how he forced his wife to flee for her safety and he was supposed
to follow her, but he was arrested and put in a prison.. He never saw his wife
or his home again all the 35 years in between.
The pastor asked him if he would allow him to take him for a little ride. They
drove to Staten Island and to the same house where the pastor had taken the
woman three days earlier. He helped the man climb the three flights of stairs
to the woman’s apartment, knocked on the door and he saw the greatest Christmas
reunion he could ever imagine.
True Story – submitted by Pastor xxxx xxxxx So, who says God does not
work in mysterious ways??
I asked the Lord to bless you as I prayed for you today, to guide you and
protect you as you go along your way. His love is always with you, His promises
are true, and when we give Him all our cares you know He will see us through.
So when the road you’re traveling on seems difficult at best.. Just remember
I’m here praying and God will do the rest. When there is nothing left but God,
that is when you find out that God is all you need.
Father, God, bless all my friends and family in what ever it is
that You know they may be needing this day! May their life be full of
your peace, prosperity and power as he/she seeks to have a closer
relationship with you. Amen.
NESARA- Restore America – Galactic News
2012-12-10 14:01:54
Source: http://nesaranews.blogspot.com/2012/12/the-wonders-of-our-god.html
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