You Are Not Alone!
My wife and I were able to watch a portion of a dramatic TV show last night together. Wow! It has been a long time since we had done that. The theme of the show was that if you spend Christmas alone, it means that no one loves you. You may argue with this fact, but there is no doubt that each of us find ourselves feeling alone many times in life. Granted sometimes it is reality and sometimes it is perception.
Perhaps you are serving in a difficult place and feeling all alone during this season of your life. Earlier this week I had an occasion to be in a building in downtown Syracuse. I held the elevator for a nicely dressed Black gentleman and noticed a Potter’s House logo on his brief case. I asked him about his relationship with the Lord and we shared a brief time of fellowship as brothers in Christ as we rode the elevator together. You probably know that Potter’s House is the name of T. D. Jakes’ ministry out of TX. Then yesterday, I was with Dolly, my bride, for a doctor’s visit and we found out that the nurse who served us is a newly born again follower of Christ. Wow! We are not alone! I am reminded of the story of Elijah who was threatened and felt all alone, only to have the Lord show him 7000 who had not bowed their knees to Baal. (I Kings 19:11, 18; Matthew 28:20)
You are not alone, no matter the circumstances and I wish you a Christ-filled Christmas Season!
Monday, December 14, 2009
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Taxi ride
Fellow Servants,
On Friday, my wife and I joined some friends (Mark, Amanda, and Grandma Irma) and enjoyed the Christmas Spectacular at Radio City Music Hall. Most of you know that my wife suffers with chronic back and leg pain due to a series of accidents through the years. Therefore, we hired a car service to take us from Brooklyn to NYC and back again. On the return trip, our driver and I were talking. As I was guiding the conversation toward a gospel witness, he asked if I was a priest (he was from a Catholic background). I assured him that I was. Then he shared that his sixteen year old daughter had just found out she was pregnant. He wanted to talk about how to proceed with this matter. I shared that we had been through this in our family many years ago. The next several minutes were spent in very intense sharing and amazing evidence that God was all over this conversation by all parties involved. I know you have had these kinds of experiences. Please pray for Tony and his family as he goes through this trial to be drawn closer to the Lord and to his family by the stress.
Just goes to show you that God can use us even when we are just trying to get a little rest and relaxation.
On Friday, my wife and I joined some friends (Mark, Amanda, and Grandma Irma) and enjoyed the Christmas Spectacular at Radio City Music Hall. Most of you know that my wife suffers with chronic back and leg pain due to a series of accidents through the years. Therefore, we hired a car service to take us from Brooklyn to NYC and back again. On the return trip, our driver and I were talking. As I was guiding the conversation toward a gospel witness, he asked if I was a priest (he was from a Catholic background). I assured him that I was. Then he shared that his sixteen year old daughter had just found out she was pregnant. He wanted to talk about how to proceed with this matter. I shared that we had been through this in our family many years ago. The next several minutes were spent in very intense sharing and amazing evidence that God was all over this conversation by all parties involved. I know you have had these kinds of experiences. Please pray for Tony and his family as he goes through this trial to be drawn closer to the Lord and to his family by the stress.
Just goes to show you that God can use us even when we are just trying to get a little rest and relaxation.
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