A Blessing for the month of October.
It doesn’t seem possible that another year has almost gone by. We at the Chapel have had some wonderful times together throughout the past year and look forward to our Carol Service on the 7th December at 6-30 pm. This year our offering will be given to ‘Crisis Homelessness Charity’. It is always very difficult to know which Charity we should support when it comes to the Carol Service Offering, there are so very many good causes needing support.
We will all be meeting at the War Memorial on the 9th November to remember all the wonderful people of Ashburnham and Penhurst that lost their lives in 1914-1918 and 1939-1945 wars. So very many of our men fought so bravely to give us the freedom that we now enjoy.
My own father was in the 2nd World War and was in the Royal Engineers. His job was to build Bailey Bridges and clear land mines to enable our troops to advance. He didn’t talk very much about it because he said he didn’t want to relive the terrifying experience of seeing so many wonderful brave men losing their lives. He did, however, tell me that Our Lord was very much with him throughout the whole time he was fighting for our freedom.
My father did share two particular times when he knew that Jesus had saved him. Once when he had been ordered to dismantle a Bailey Bridge to stop the enemy who were approaching fast and he was the last man left the wrong side of a very wide river and Jesus gave courage to a Scottish man who jumped in a small boat and rowed across the river and picked daddy up and got them both back to safety.
The other time Jesus saved him was when he was clearing mines for our troops to advance and his Commanding Officer decided that he wasn’t waiting for daddy to give ‘the all clear’ and ordered a truck load of soldiers to drive past and continue on their way. Unfortunately that truck was blown up by a mine that was in front of daddy and his team.
My father always insisted on going to Chapel every Sunday because he said he could never thank The Lord enough for the courage, peace and protection that He gave him during those dreadful years.
I am sure there will be many of you that will join us remembering those that didn’t come home and sadly didn’t have the chance to tell you of their experiences.
Richard Martin led our last Healing Service, something he hasn’t done before, and he was absolutely brilliant. He led with precision and such enthusiasm. If there was anybody in our
midst that hadn’t yet given their life to Jesus, I am certain they will be doing so shortly. Not only did he point out many of the places in the Old Testament where the Prophets of the day, hundreds if not more than a thousand years before Christ came, foretold of His coming, even telling where He would be born, his birth, life, death, and resurrection. Examples include being born in Bethlehem, being born of a virgin, being born into the lineage of David, speaking in parables, being betrayed for 30 pieces of silver, being mocked and pierced, and dying as a sacrifice for sins. His death and burial, as well as his resurrection, all of which are seen as fulfilments of the prophecy of Jesus’s coming and life.
Richard then shared with us some answers to prayer he has witnessed, prayers the Holy Spirit prompted him to pray with people he was with when carrying out his normal every day life.
As he pointed out to us all. The Bible tells us we all can pray for people we meet in our every day life. If we have given our life to Jesus then we have all received this gift and we should use it.
This is the same Richard as you can read about on our Testimonies page!
Bless you all,
Fay