JAMES 1:27 Religion that God accepts is this: caring for orphans or widows who need help; and keeping yourself free from the world’s evil influence. This is the kind of religion that God accepts as pure and good.
Yesterday, March 12 2009 a friend told me a story that just brought chills to my whole body. Her husband, Ray, came in around 6:00 am after feeding and said, ‘some idiot is stuck at the end of our road!’ Debora told him he should help them. But Ray’s intention was to leave them there. He hesitated but after about 5 minutes he thought about it… and said, ‘you think I should go see if they need help?’ Debora said, ‘my guts tell me you should. So, he did… It turned out to be a woman in her 80’s who said she had just come from church; on a Thursday? Could she have driven all night after a Wednesday night service?
She told Ray that a nice looking man had just left and told her he would send her help. Ray asked what the man look like and she described him to be a very nice man, nice tan, and long brown hair. Debora suggested to Ray to call the police as her story did not add up as she was from Pleasant Grove. What was she doing in Greenville TX? She was a long way from home and they were concerned that she might be a missing elderly person. Just to tell you a little bit of the area where Ray saw the stranded car, it’s very private, and no one is around for miles.
Ray heated up some food for her and she must have been starving as she ate 5 slices of pizza and 2 pieces of bread. When the police arrived they too were concerned as she tells them about this man who said he would send help. The officer looked around and noticed there were no other set of footprints to validate another person being present. Now, what does that remind you of? That’s right God’s footprints in the sand…The police took her with them to find a family member. Meanwhile her car still remains at Debora’s house…
Is that an amazing story or what? That is the kind of stories I need and love to hear in my life to know that God IS and ALWAYS will be with us! I love to hear of his miracles in this world we live in. It’s a sign that He is here and His miracles still do happened on this earth.
Angels of God can feel when someone is in trouble and Debora and Ray are definitely Angels of God who came to the rescue and saved this sweet little 80 year old woman’s life…May we all learn from this and care for others. As the book James explains, ‘This is the kind of religion that God accepts as pure and good…’ God bless
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Elsa, thank you for posting this story. For anyone wondering, It did happen at my husband and my house yesterday. It is such a great feeling to know that God definitely works in mysterious ways.
By the way, her car has a big sticker on it that says JESUS as well.
I hope others have the opportunity to help someone through God’s influence.
thats cool!