Yeas hi dose.Amen and Thank you Lord my Savior. Merry Christmas to all of you from Bruce,Brutus.Sissy andClaudia The reason for this season? Happy Birthday Jesus God bless you all.
________________________________ From: diana roller <[email protected]> To: AAAAA <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 11:43:34 PM Subject: [Chihuahuas] TRUE STORY: BE BLESSED I've seen this before but it is still a beautiful story and worth sharing!!! TRUE STORY: "BE BLESSED" A Special Thanks to my friend in Wyoming for sending this to me. Thanks, Oliver The brand new pastor and his wife, newly assigned to their first ministry, > to reopen a church in suburban Brooklyn , arrived in early October excited > about their opportunities When they saw their church, it was very run down > and needed much work. They set a goal to have everything done in time to > have their first service on Christmas Eve. > > T hey worked hard, repairing pews, plastering walls, painting, etc, and on > December 18 were ahead of schedule and just about finished. > On December 19 a terrible tempest - a driving rainstorm hit the area and > lasted for two days. > On the 21st, the pastor went over to the church. > 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. > T he 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 Austria The woman could hardly believe it as the pastor told how > he had just gotten the Tablecloth. The woman explained that before the war > she and her husband were well-to-do people in Austria When the Nazis came, > she was forced to leave. Her husband was going to follow her the next > week.. He was captured, sent to prison and never saw her husband or her > home again. > > 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 Brooklyn for > the day for a housecleaning job. > > What a wonderful service they had on Christmas Eve. The church was almost > full. The music and the spirit were great. At the end of the service, the > pastor and his wife greeted everyone at the door and many said that they > would return. > > 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 > Austria before the war and how could there be two tablecloths so much alike. > > He told the pastor how the Nazis came, how he forced his wife to flee for > her safety and he was supposed to follow her, but he was arrested and put in > > a prison.. He never saw his wife or his home again all the 35 years in > between. > > The pastor asked him if he would allow him to take him for a little ride. > They drove to Staten Island and to the same house where the pastor had taken > > the woman three days earlier. > > He helped the man climb the three flights of stairs to the woman's > apartment, knocked on the door and he saw the greatest Christmas reunion he > could ever imagine. > > 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. > > When there is nothing left but God, that is when you find out that God is > all you need. Take 60 seconds and give this a shot! All you do is simply > say the following small prayer for the person who sent you this. > > Father, God, bless all my friends and family in whatever it is that You know > > they may be needing this day! May their life be full of your peace, > prosperity and power and HEALTH!!!!! as he/she seeks to have a closer > relationship with you. Amen. > > Then send it on to five other people, including the one who sent it to you. > Within hours five people have prayed for you and you caused a multitude of > people to pray for other people. Then sit back and watch the power of God > work in your life. > > > P. S. Five is good, but more is better. God Bless America, have a great day. 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