In the "New Covenant" made by our Creator God with humanity, as reported in Jeremiah 31:31-34, every human being can know God from within - because the Holy Spirit is revealing our Creator to all who are willing to know the Lord and trust in Him. We can still help each other along the way; so may you be pleased to find here a variety of helps to the life of faith in God through Jesus Christ. G.S.
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THE
TABLECLOTH
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.
By this time it had started to snow. An older woman running 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
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
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
The pastor asked
him if he would allow him to take him for a little ride. They drove to
(Caution: See Postscript below) True Story - submitted by Pastor Rob Reid
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. Pass this on to those you want God to bless, and don't forget to send it back to the one who asked God to bless you first.
In the "New Covenant" made by our Creator God with humanity, as reported in Jeremiah 31:31-34, every human being can know God from within - because the Holy Spirit is revealing our Creator to all who are willing to know the Lord and trust in Him. We can still help each other along the way; so may you be pleased to find here a variety of helps to the life of faith in God through Jesus Christ. G.S.
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