A ,, Christmas Story Worth Reading !!!

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> GOD IS SOOOOOO GOOD ! HALLELUJAH !
> T he 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 whatever 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.
> T hen 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. PHILIPPIANS 4:13 I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH
> CHRIST WHO STRENGTHENS ME
>


>>> This might be a true story , or it might not , I don't care one way or the other, It's a wonderful story at this time of the year ,SO ALL you unbelievers and other atheist and commies ,terrorist lovers, STUFF a sock in it , I don't hear you.