Tomorrow Dick will be ringing a bell...
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Tomorrow Dick will be ringing a bell in front of a local store for the
tenth year. One afternoon a week during Advent Dick will be at his
station, drumming support for the Salvation Army. Dick does so because
he knows that it is one of the most efficient organizations when it
comes to helping people in need.
As he stands there in all sorts of weather people will share what the Salvation Army did for them or someone they know who was down on her or his luck. A senior citizen shared, "When I was a kid, probably seven or eight my widowed mother was trying to raise a family and things were bleak. It was all she could do to keep us fed." The children did not expect any gifts that Christmas. Then the day before Christmas, the bright red Salvation Army truck pulled up in front of their home. They received baskets of food and there were even gifts for everyone, including his mother. "I'll never forget the joy I felt or the words of the worker as he left, 'God bless you all.' "
The man deposited some money in to the kettle and as he turned Dick saw tears welling up in his eyes. This was just one of the many people who stop each year to share their story with Dick.
As we enter the season of Advent may each of us remember those less fortunate and give generously. The apostle Paul's challenge to us this day is, "now the moment for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we became believers."
Tim S.
As he stands there in all sorts of weather people will share what the Salvation Army did for them or someone they know who was down on her or his luck. A senior citizen shared, "When I was a kid, probably seven or eight my widowed mother was trying to raise a family and things were bleak. It was all she could do to keep us fed." The children did not expect any gifts that Christmas. Then the day before Christmas, the bright red Salvation Army truck pulled up in front of their home. They received baskets of food and there were even gifts for everyone, including his mother. "I'll never forget the joy I felt or the words of the worker as he left, 'God bless you all.' "
The man deposited some money in to the kettle and as he turned Dick saw tears welling up in his eyes. This was just one of the many people who stop each year to share their story with Dick.
As we enter the season of Advent may each of us remember those less fortunate and give generously. The apostle Paul's challenge to us this day is, "now the moment for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we became believers."
Tim S.
