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Dear friends,
We asked our friend Gerry Sutter (deacon, Sunday School teacher, MBS graduate, and poet) to help us address invitations to our banquet next month. When he left, I gave him a loaf of homemade bread to share with his wife. He emailed the next day:
Every name I wrote with the same ardency that I write a poem. I prayed over each person. I prayed that the Lord would encourage that person to recognize the beauty of what BALM is doing. The result of this 'apparent service' was that I was blessed and renewed in the service of his Kingdom.
Then you gave me your bread....[he shared it with his wife Kim, who had just returned from her work as a mobile crisis counselor.] She had had a horrible day ... But when I told her that I had Maria's bread, her eyes lit up. She took a piece and gave another to me. It renewed her. And me.
This God is sovereign-stuff is deeper than any of us can unravel. I don't believe that there is a single "coincidence" in the entire transaction. By serving him, we serve one another, the Kingdom grows...
Amen! BALM exists to serve the Kingdom by helping to renew churches, provide a transformative seminary education for all, start new micro/house churches, and encourage the church in works of justice/mercy. May God continue to help us!
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