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When God makes up His mind
'I, God, am doing the speaking. What I say happens.' EZEKIEL 12:25
It was either the most astounding coincidence, or an act of God; literally. The small Methodist Church needed a new building, so when somebody donated a piece of land they accepted. It was low-lying land so they constructed a wooden church and put it up on brick pilings. Days later a storm lashed the town and the locals witnessed something amazing. The church building, still intact, was afloat! The flood had lifted it off its pilings and sent it down the road.
At the town centre, as dozens of people watched helplessly, it made a sharp, inexplicable right turn and continued on. Finally, in the same decisive manner it veered off the road, it headed straight for a vacant lot and stopped dead in the centre! The flood waters eventually receded but the building is still there.
In fact, 130 years have passed since the church, now called Providence Methodist Church, floated itself to the most desirable location in town. What's amazing is this: The lot where it settled had originally been the congregation's first choice for their building, but landowner Sam Sadler turned them down. The morning after the flood, he presented the pastor with the deeds to the land! '"For I am the Lord. I speak, and the word which I speak will come to pass"'. No doubt about it; when God makes up His mind, nothing gets in His way!
written by Bob Gass
'I, God, am doing the speaking. What I say happens.' EZEKIEL 12:25
It was either the most astounding coincidence, or an act of God; literally. The small Methodist Church needed a new building, so when somebody donated a piece of land they accepted. It was low-lying land so they constructed a wooden church and put it up on brick pilings. Days later a storm lashed the town and the locals witnessed something amazing. The church building, still intact, was afloat! The flood had lifted it off its pilings and sent it down the road.
At the town centre, as dozens of people watched helplessly, it made a sharp, inexplicable right turn and continued on. Finally, in the same decisive manner it veered off the road, it headed straight for a vacant lot and stopped dead in the centre! The flood waters eventually receded but the building is still there.
In fact, 130 years have passed since the church, now called Providence Methodist Church, floated itself to the most desirable location in town. What's amazing is this: The lot where it settled had originally been the congregation's first choice for their building, but landowner Sam Sadler turned them down. The morning after the flood, he presented the pastor with the deeds to the land! '"For I am the Lord. I speak, and the word which I speak will come to pass"'. No doubt about it; when God makes up His mind, nothing gets in His way!
written by Bob Gass
