I had one of THOSE phone calls this weekend . . . One no pastor ever wants to get. No names, but a young lady called me to let me know her young husband was in the ER at one of our hospitals with a possible heart attack. Was this serious?? DIDN’T I SAY HEART ATTACK! Any time my phone rings at 3:30 in the morning, it is serious . . .
Headed up there to pray with them and do whatever I could do. This is not an unusual thing for any pastor . . . What I saw in the next hour was. As I sat there with her and her mother-in-law, slowly the men from their Sunday School class began to show up. AT 4 AM!!! By the time we got the news that he was doing well and they were able to take care of everything in the Cath lab, SEVEN men from their Sunday School class were there. On the spot. Praying. Just being there.
Where were all of the wives?? They were home with the kids, and I will guarantee you they were praying. We all have our warts and problems, but THAT IS WHAT SUNDAY SCHOOL IS ALL ABOUT. Brothers and sisters in Christ standing in the gap with each other for each other!
God just found a new way to pump me up. Today I am pumped up, honored, and proud to be a pastor.
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