First Church of the Nazarene Corbin, Ky

I was not going to put this in our blog but Reverand Young called us and wanted us to know how GOD works.  He explained that God uses all kinds of situations and all kinds of people to do His work.  He wanted us to know that we had been used by God.  So here is what Rev. Young told us on Monday Dec 5, 2011.

For those of you that may not know it when James and I began this job we were trying to figure out what to do with our tithing money.  We had several ideas and several different things we tried.  We finally settled on  taking the money and putting onto gift cards and when we go to a church on Sunday we ask the pastor who he feels like would be standing in need of the card the most.  Every Sunday, each pastor has a name come to him before I can finish the question.  When he gives us the name , we write it on the envelope and as we are leaving the church after service I walk up to the person and tell them that I was ask to give this to them.  Then I walk away and go straight to the truck so they really don't have time to understand what it is before we are gone.  Just like all the other Sunday's Reverand Young told us the story of Beth, (the stories of the lives are usually heartbreaking) she had I believe 2 kids and several things had happened in her life and she was the name that God laid on his heart.  So I handed her the card and told her I was asked to give this to her.  She said, "Oh, we have secrets floating around church this morning."  I walked away as she was saying this.  We didn't know alot about Beth at that time.  Then the call from Rev. Young, on Monday.  He said that Beth had come up to him after church and asked who told us about her needs?  The Rev.  said that no one had told them anything.  She said that this morning we didn't have anything in the house to eat.  There was no food in the house.  Her and her kids came to church because she new that they usually have donuts in the classrooms and at least the kids could get a donut.  Then as the service was over she was handed this card.  She told the revernd that they never go to Wal Mart on Sunday because it is so busy and they never have a lot of money, but because of this gift card she was able to go to Wal Mart after church and buy some milk and some groceries.  As she was standing infront of the milk, decieding what to get an older man walked up to her, this was no one that she had ever met before and he handed her money and said that she would need it for her bills this month.  She told Revernd Young that this morning before she came to church she had no food in the house and she was behind on her bills by $676.00 and now after God provided a card and a man at Wal Mart, she wa only $76.00  behind on her bills and she told him that they could come up with $76.00. 

Reverend Young wanted us to know that God used us to get her children fed and to get her to the place in time that God provided for her other needs.  After this call, you can imagine, I was balling and was so thankful that God allowed us to be part of His plan.  Remember sometimes when you follow God's plan for your life you really have no idea how He may use it to show His love to another, years, days or even minutes down the road.  James and I pray everyday that God keeps us within the guidelines of His will, that we do what He has called us to do, no matter what this is.