A Dog Used by God

Recently, three brave volunteers joined the Light America Team in Illinois for a two week intensive focus on the residential areas surrounding the Southwest Chicago Church. This was a part of the church’s preparation for evangelistic meetings which will start in April 2008.

One night during a heavy snowfall a gated community close to the church left its gates “open” so the snowplows could clear the streets inside. At one “castle” a lady and her three children invited Maka and I inside to the warmth. As she wrote a check for her purchases we all rejoiced at the timeliness of our arrival and how God provided open gates for us!

Upon leaving the house the family dog, Finney, suddenly jumped up, snatched my glove out of my hand, and was off like a bolt of lightning! My first thought was, “Lord, what an embarrassing thing to happen. Why would you let something like this happen?” Maka waited in the driveway as I tried to coax the dog to return my glove.
I was still negotiating with Finney when a man drove up and parked outside one of the four garage doors at the end of the house.

“What are you people doing here?” He asked.

“Finney took my glove!” I called out. The man looked incredulous that I had called his dog by name! But he turned and walked toward the front door where his wife and three children waited.

Before I could explain further about the stolen glove the lady called out: “Was I not supposed to get my books this evening?” And sure enough, her books were still in my arms.

It was no surprise that my glove was promptly retrieved from Finney as soon as the lady had the books.

We were all very thankful: the family for their books, and Maka and I for God’s gracious way of preventing an honest mistake! Our Lord works in very unique ways.

Ron Clark
Publishing Leader
Plainfield, IL

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