Did you know God could work through cigarettes? I sure
didn’t. Last Saturday it was my turn to do yardwork around the church building
in Arnhem, the Netherlands. A fellowship of mainly immigrants meets in the
building on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. One of Christian sisters who was
waiting for that service to begin came out for a cigarette break while I was
finishing up. Otherwise, we wouldn’t have gotten into a conversation. She had a
warm, open personality. I soon learned that she was originally from Curacao.
Last summer my husband Keith Holmes and I spent two months in Curacao recording
the New Testament in this sister’s first language, Papiamentu.
She knew nothing about the recording. When Keith showed
up, he showed her how to find it on Internet. The audio recording has been put
into a video of the Gospel of Mark. She was amazed and delighted to
see it. “I’m going to look at that at home!” she said. “I’m going to show it to
my children!” I’m not saying God wants people to smoke cigarettes. But
He can use even a nicotine additional for good.
Hallelujah!
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