Share from your week; where have you seen God at work?:
Bonnie – This week at the food pantry a lady came in. She’s come about every week. When they’re homeless they can come every week to get food, because they don’t get very much. She was telling us how she lost her house, then she lost her kids - obviously due to drugs. But she’s getting on the right path. She said that she felt that God was with her and that it was a blessing that she lost her house, because now that she’s homeless she is able to help other people. And she considered that a blessing.
Pastor Brett – Wow! That is quite an interesting testimony, Bonnie, thank you for sharing that. That’s not something that I hear every day. God is Good! All the Time!
Kari – This is a power of prayer story in that God is even in the little details. Roberta, Joe’s mom, needs to have surgery on her toes in June and she has to go to a rehab place because she’s not going to be able to walk around and move or transfer herself. So, we needed to call Kaiser to get some help with the referral and everything. Joe was kind of complaining about how difficult it was going to be and they were just going to give us the run around….. I looked at him and said – Well, we’re just going to pray that we get the right person and a good operator who can help us. He said – That’s a good idea. So, we prayed about it in the car on the way there. We got to her place and made the call and we got the nicest operator who was so patient, kind and understanding. I told her – You are an answer to prayer. And Joe was just kind of flabbergasted that it was as easy as that! So, that is definitely a God Sighting.
Pastor Brett – Awesome, thank you Kari for sharing.
Fred – We both got our second (Covid) shots this weekend and neither of us have any symptoms, which is amazing!
Pastor Brett – Awesome, that’s great; congratulations. Sandy & Rich had theirs a couple of days ago and they’re doing fine; Morgan got hers, so that’s awesome.
Pastor Brett – Two weeks ago, we were doing the communion in the parking lot and it was Becky, Sandy, myself, Gayellyn and Gavin who were here lingering afterwards. We saw one Bald Eagle circling in the sky near or above the church. So, we’re all staring and looking at him; saying – Whoa, what does that mean, that’s so cool! We were talking about freedom and talking about the building… and being able to be back in church. And we’re like – That’s a God Sighting, right there! Then, Gavin who is getting into his car about 30 seconds later says – Look! There’s an Eagle, and pointed; that’s a God Sighting! And then another Eagle came, we’re like – There’s another Eagle! About 20 seconds later, Gavin says – There’s another Eagle there! We were all kind of thinking the same thing. Jane Williams is here saying - There were Eagles on Christmas Eve that were kind of circling overhead, as well. That was just one of those things that you can’t do on an online context, is have moments like that where you are physically sharing the sky and the clouds; look what’s going on above us. We all enjoyed that moment.
So, my office where I do my writing and the work I do at home, I have this tree and a fence; all sorts of squirrels and birds are constantly going, it’s like a highway. This week, I saw squirrels getting up in the trees and eating some of the tree blossoms. Just this morning, I saw a bird eating tree blossoms up there. Earlier this week, I saw two birds procreating, you might say. It was a gift because they don’t care about the pandemic, they’re just living their best life. I was just so encouraged looking to nature and what the animals are doing. They’re going about their business, hiding nuts away for the winter, squirrels are gathering their food and the birds are being fed. It just gave me encouragement and a sign of – Life goes on with the animals, we should follow their instincts, we should follow them.
Martha – My husband, Ken, suffered another AFib session this week; it wasn’t as serious as the one on July 4th. We didn’t have to go to the ER. What I am thankful for is technology. He was able to send his heart rhythms through his iPhone or iWatch to the Cardiologist. They were able to view it and say - It’s not as bad as it could be and just stay home and if it doesn’t improve…. So, about 8:30 that night it was all gone. So, God has provided people with the knowledge to give us those things so when we do have events like that happen, knowing that we can stay home, and not that we’re 100% comfortable, but knowing that we are being taken care of.
Pastor Brett – Thank you, Martha. Beautiful witness to what’s available to us and how God moves, awesome.