True Story..........Miracles Thread.
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Subject: Beautiful story.... makes you understand that things happen for a reason
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. They 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. The 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 what ever it is that You know they
may be needing this day! May their life be full of your peace, prosperity and power
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.
