The Pastor’s Desk

Grace and peace be with you all!

During announcements on Sunday, myself and Bill Huber shared some God moments. I shared that I had received a request for financial help from a single mother and I knew that this was a legitimate need. So I went to council with a request for assistance and we didn’t even need to get into our accounts, members of council stepped up in a big way and the need was met. Sandy was the first with a donation and she said that she prayed that God would multiple her donation and the need would be met. And it was. And all I kept thinking about was the feeding of the 5000 and how a gift was given and then multiplied and a need was met.

Then Bill shared that he was dealing with a water meter issue and was laying on the ground trying to read the meter and a dozen people stopped by to check and make sure that he was ok and didn’t need help. He said there were no priests or Levites, just all good Samaritans. And I thought how wonderful, in a world where we see so much apathy, here we got to see care and concern in action? Here were two stories where we got to see the bible and Christlike behavior lived out! And I don’t know about you all but there are days I desperately need to hear those stories and witness those moments. I preached a few weeks ago about how we worship a living God, and it is in the moments that I shared that we get to witness God alive and at work in our world. And the amazing thing is that those God moments are happening every single day. Even when we don’t see them. God is still working and very much present in our world and working through the people of God. And for that I am so thankful.