Glimpes of God

During the past few days, God has popped up quite a few times! God has quite a knack for doing that!

• A man who was beaten up, shoeless, and coatless found his way to the church on Monday morning. He had walked a couple of miles to get there, saying he knew he could use the phone and find a safe place to wait. He had been beaten up and robbed by his friends. I'm sure there was more to the story that that, but here he found safety, hospitality and welcome. I was reminded of the parable of the Good Samaritan. This nameless man certainly was like the traveler beaten and robbed. I think we were like the inn, a place where he could rest and recover for a little while before continuing his life journey. My prayers are with him.


• Some of our older ladies met yesterday afternoon for their class's Christmas party. They also considered some requests for the money they make at our rummage sales and bazaars. They freely offered a gift for our Water of Life Christmas Miracle Offering to purchase a water tank for our friends in Tanzania, paid for study books purchased for a Bible study class at our local senior citizens' apartment complex and paid for a semester scholarship for our Children's Morning Out program. How blessedly generous they are to provide for groups that they themselves won't benefit from!


• Wesley is in love with the baby Jesus. He carries around the little Jesuses from the nativity sets we have out, hugs them, kisses them, tries to change their diapers. I pray he's that in love with the grown-up and risen Jesus as Wesley himself grows, too!