My wife, Linda, only does her Christmas shopping on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving. She goes through the newspaper the night before, examining all the sales. She clips out the adds and organizes her plan of attack like a soldier going into combat. The next morning, actually in the middle of the night, she awakens our daughter and the two of them sneak out of the house with blankets and folding beach chairs in hand while I'm still dreaming about turkey.
On Black Friday, she sat in her beach chair with coupons in hand and reading a Christian book while waiting in a long line to buy two boys bikes for twenty-five dollars each. What a deal! Two ladies behind my wife commented on her book and that they enjoyed the author. As the two women, who were also in line to buy bikes, continued to talk they discussed the need for them to find a church where both their families could worship together. The ladies were best friends but one preferred to worship in large churches and other preferred small churches. So they began to wonder if they could find a medium size church that they could worship together in. Then, one of the ladies mentioned a church over on Guadeloupe, near Val Vista. She said that she had heard that the church just got a new pastor and that some very exciting ministry was happening. My wife couldn't keep silent anymore. She interrupted the conversation and told the two women that she knew something about the church; in fact, she was married to the new senior pastor. Linda invited the two to church.
It's exciting to know that our community is becoming more aware of what is happening at New Hope Community. It is nice to know that our ministries are having an impact on our community for the Kingdom of God.
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Isn't it amazing what God can do with us?
Now that is way cool! I'm guessing we all miss opportunities that present themselves every day. One thing we talk about in real estate is to be aware of conversations going on around you, so that we don't miss opportunities for business. Kind of like we tell our kids when they are out with others to simply be aware of their surroundings so that they can be safe. That's a wake up call for us as Christians. How many opportunities are we missing every day to speak a word of encouragement, offer a hand or reach out to others, just because we don't have that sense of consciousness?Thanks for the perspective, Jim! You're the best!
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