Cato
10-12-2005, 12:15 PM
This came to me from my church. This is the most amazing story from a MS Gulf Coast CC employee, who lives in Ocean Springs. Here is what Jackie has to say:
My values have changed drastically, post-Katrina. I did have such a nice
home, beautiful furniture, and gorgeous yard. Now those things do not
matter in the least. All I want is my family to be together again in
some sort of little trailer in our front yard. That would make me so
very happy. I am sure a few years down the road I will once again want a
nice home, but for now "nice" things seem to have little to no meaning
to me. When I do get back up on my feet, I am going to do all that I can
to help other people.
I want to share a testimony with you. When we came home after the storm
and found we had lost everything, I thought......this is what it feels
like to stand before the Lord. You have no earthly possessions, only
what you have ever done for the Lord. Then when we started pulling out
everything and throwing it all out to the street, I started to feel
depressed. Not about the furniture, but the loss of personal things.
I do not even have one picture of my deceased mother, my antique book
collection, great-grandmother's china, things like that. It hurt to see
all of your life sitting out by the roadside. We had such large oaks and
magnolias, every one of them went down. David's chainsaw had salt water
in it and would not start. People were passing everyday asking for one
to two thousand dollars to cut the trees for us.
One day a caravan of young guys pulled up. They were between the ages of
18-23, had taken a semester out of school to come to MS to cut people's
trees for FREE. All they wanted was to pray for us and give us a Bible.
All of our Bibles had been destroyed. Everything was so wet, we tried to
dry a lot of it out in the sun, but the pages would all tear or stick
together. This group gave me the most beautiful leather bound Bible you
ever wanted to see. Each one of them signed their name to it and hugged
us and promised to pray for us each day. When they handed us that Bible,
I felt as though Jesus was standing right there comforting me.
I do not let that Bible out of my sight now. I read it every night,
different people are marking different scriptures they want me to read.
Those young men and that Bible restored my faith and renewed my spirits.
They were from a group called Samaritan's Purse. It was started by the
son of Billy Graham. They do not take money for the help they give.
Truly, they were angels who came to my rescue. Just thought you would
like to know about them!
My values have changed drastically, post-Katrina. I did have such a nice
home, beautiful furniture, and gorgeous yard. Now those things do not
matter in the least. All I want is my family to be together again in
some sort of little trailer in our front yard. That would make me so
very happy. I am sure a few years down the road I will once again want a
nice home, but for now "nice" things seem to have little to no meaning
to me. When I do get back up on my feet, I am going to do all that I can
to help other people.
I want to share a testimony with you. When we came home after the storm
and found we had lost everything, I thought......this is what it feels
like to stand before the Lord. You have no earthly possessions, only
what you have ever done for the Lord. Then when we started pulling out
everything and throwing it all out to the street, I started to feel
depressed. Not about the furniture, but the loss of personal things.
I do not even have one picture of my deceased mother, my antique book
collection, great-grandmother's china, things like that. It hurt to see
all of your life sitting out by the roadside. We had such large oaks and
magnolias, every one of them went down. David's chainsaw had salt water
in it and would not start. People were passing everyday asking for one
to two thousand dollars to cut the trees for us.
One day a caravan of young guys pulled up. They were between the ages of
18-23, had taken a semester out of school to come to MS to cut people's
trees for FREE. All they wanted was to pray for us and give us a Bible.
All of our Bibles had been destroyed. Everything was so wet, we tried to
dry a lot of it out in the sun, but the pages would all tear or stick
together. This group gave me the most beautiful leather bound Bible you
ever wanted to see. Each one of them signed their name to it and hugged
us and promised to pray for us each day. When they handed us that Bible,
I felt as though Jesus was standing right there comforting me.
I do not let that Bible out of my sight now. I read it every night,
different people are marking different scriptures they want me to read.
Those young men and that Bible restored my faith and renewed my spirits.
They were from a group called Samaritan's Purse. It was started by the
son of Billy Graham. They do not take money for the help they give.
Truly, they were angels who came to my rescue. Just thought you would
like to know about them!