STUFF REALLY DOES HAPPEN....

I HAD DRIVEN OVER TO MY LANDLORDS APARTMENT AND WAS INSIDE FOR MAYBE A HALF AN HOUR WHEN THIS GUYS COMES POUNDING ON THE DOOR. WE THOUGHT HE WAS POUNDING ON THE NEIGHBORS DOOR AND PAID NO ATTENTION. THEN HE COMES BANGING ON THE WINDOW SCREAMING, "COME AND LOOK AT YOUR CAR!!!" I CASUALLY GET UP THINKING MAYBE I HAVE A FLAT TIRE OR SOMEONE HAS NICKED IT OR, YOUKNOW, SOMETHING MINOR. I FOLLOW HIM OUTSIDE AND THIS IS WHAT I SAW....

THE PREVIOUS 2 DAYS THERE HAD BEEN STORMS THAT PROBABLY WEAKENED THE TREE AND THEN A LITTLE MORE WIND JUST PUSHED IT OVER. THERE WAS THAT MOMENT OF SHOCK AND THEN THE PROCESS OF, 1. HOW DO I GET MY CAR OUT FROM UNDER THERE. AND 2. WHAT AM I GOING TO DO ABOUT TRANSPORTATION NOW. THERE WAS ONE OTHER CAR UNDER THERE AND I WAS GLAD FOR THAT. IF NOT FOR THAT I WOULD FEEL LIKE I WAS BEING SINGLED OUT AND ALL OF THOSE WITH "JOB'S FRIENDS" TENDENCY'S WOULD HAVE TO LOOK FOR NOT ONLY MY SINS BUT THE SINS OF THE OTHER GUY AS WELL. TRUTH IS, STUFF HAPPENS. MY VERY BEST RELIEF IS TO REMEMBER THE OMNIPOTENCE OF GOD. HE KNOWS ABOUT AND CAUSES OR ALLOWS ALL THINGS. HE IS NEVER SURPRISED OR DISTURBED. JUST GOTTA TRUST HIM AND GO ON.

WHAT NOW? I HAVE TO HURRY TO ESTONIA AND TAKE THE STRATUS BACK. BECAUSE IT IS REGISTERED IN ESTONIA, I CAN'T SELL IT HERE. THEN, I WILL TRY TO FIND SOMETHING ELSE TO DRIVE. VEHICLES ARE HALF THE PRICE THERE. I HAVE TO TAKE THE POLICE ACCIDENT REPORT WITH ME, SO THAT IS WHAT I AM WAITING FOR NOW. I HOPE TO GET IT TODAY OR TOMORROW AND TAKE OFF, FIND SOMETHING AND COME BACK QUICKLY. I KNOW YOU'RE THINKING....HOW IS HE GOING TO DRIVE THAT TO ESTONIA? I'LL TRY TO SHOW YOU THAT PICTURE TOMORROW.

SO, THIS IS A GOOD PLACE TO BEGIN TALKING ABOUT HOW WE MINISTER TOGETHER IN A SITUATION LIKE WE ARE IN AT GWOF. MY FIRST THOUGHT IS, WE LEARN TO PRAY FOR EACH OTHER. NOTHING WILL DRAW US CLOSER TO EACH OTHER THAN PRAYER. AS I PRAY FOR YOU, I ENTER INTO YOUR LIFE AND GROW IN MY CONCERN AND LOVE FOR YOU. WE HAVE A SUPER, GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT AT GWOF. THERE ARE NOT THAT MANY OF US. WE KNOW OF NEEDS THAT EACH OF US HAVE. WE CAN BE LEARNING THAT RATHER THAN TO JUDGE, RATHER THAN CRITISISE, RATHER THAN WHINE......WE CAN PRAY!!!!! PRAY FOR ME RIGHT NOW...STUFF HAS HAPPENED! IT'S ALL GOOD, I'M FINE, BUT I SURE NEED YOU TO PRAY. FINANCIALLY, THIS DIDN'T COME AT A GOOD TIME, BUT GOD KNOWS THAT. HE CAN PROVIDE, IF WE'LL PRAY. WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE PRAYING FOR KATIE AND AMY...SERIOUS PRAYERS, IMPORTANT PRAYERS...WHAT A WONDERFUL THING FOR US TO BE DOING RIGHT NOW AT GWOF!!!! THERE ARE DOZENS OF OTHER NEEDS AMONG OUR PEOPLE AT THIS VERY MOMENT. PRAY FOR EACH OTHER. IT IS AN OFTEN REPEATED SUBJECT IN SCRIPTURE. WE SHOULD NEVER BE COMPLAINING ABOUT A LACK OF SOMETHING TO DO...AS LONG AS WE HAVE EACH OTHER TO PRAY FOR.

I UNDERSTAND THAT SOME OF YA'LL ARE OUT OF TOWN. ENJOY. BEHAVE.

LOVE YA'LL, YA'LL LOVE EACH OTHER.