Share from your week; where have you seen God at work?:
Bonnie – This week at the pantry, I met a man named Gary. Last year he got out of prison after being in prison for 20 years for something that he did in his early 20’s. He said when he was young and stupid. He was talking about his grandmother and how much his grandmother meant to him; that his grandmother always kept him on the straight and narrow and was such a good influence to him. When she died, he turned away from those things and for whatever reason, ended up in prison. He was just saying how blessed he was now. He’s out of a job but he’s confident that he’s going to get another one. Because of Covid he lost his job, but he’s just very upbeat & positive. And it’s always amazing to me the people who are really down and out are so positive and know that God’s going to take care of them.
Pastor Brett – Amen, thank you Bonnie. Happy Mother’s Day to everyone! I saw Merry’s post in the chat. We’re going to say a special prayer for that later in the service, but I want to say to all the mothers out there – Happy Mother’s Day! That’s a God Sighting right there!
Merry – One of our members had a knee replacement donated for free this week and more care donated for someone else, at the Farm Workers this week.
Kari – I think that nature is always a God Sighting; we celebrated Mother’s Day with my mom yesterday and we took her to the Rhododendron Garden. It’s in full bloom and spectacular; how each little detail and all the different colors on all the Rhododendrons & Azaleas are incredible. I never get tired of looking at them. This is for Gayellyn, there were all these little baby ducklings all over the place too and they were so cute. So, there you go, I’ll say – Go Ducks to them.
Michele – This week we had so many pretty days, but one day in this condominium complex that I live in, we have a pond. It’s spring and the pond is just so pretty. I was walking my dogs down by the pond. The sun was out and the wind was blowing; I sat down at this bench there. You know, it’s interesting to sit and watch, to just stop and smell the roses. I sit there and watch people; a lot of times people don’t realize the beauty around them. If anything really makes me feel so close to God, is when it is so beautiful and all you want to do is say thank you. That you can have this in your life. No matter where you live, no matter where you are, there’s still so much beauty around us. Sometimes though, we just forget to stop and smell the roses and just look around and put our head back and say - Thank you for giving this to us! That was my God Sighting, it was so beautiful.
Pastor Brett – Amen. Thank you Michele.