“The King will answer and say to them,
“Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of
Mine, even the least of them, you did it to Me” (Matthew 25:40) Read
Matthew 25:35-40 to see what Jesus was talking about here.
Hey Gang: A grandmother came up to my bride, knowing
she had connections to Eagle Village and began to pour her heart out in deep
agony and concern for her thirteen- year- old grandson. It seems he has been on a very straight and
narrow road, not for good but for evil.
I wish this sort of thing was a very rare event but such is not the
case, as we evict God from our families and institutions. The number of young
people, who have nothing to hang their lives on, increases as hope has been
ripped from their hearts and souls.
That yearning,
seeking trait that God wired into our bodies at conception- you know the one-
the one in your chest cavity that is the size of God, which we try to fill with
the things of the world. I wasted a lot
of years following that path, with ever deepening hurt along the way.
After working in
the government-run Juvenile Justice System, and seeing the failure of that
system, and making a vow that I would either develop a way to reach these
hurting kids or become a plumber’s helper.
I believe I would have made a lousy plumbers helper. But God answered the deep yearning of my
heart and allowed me to be part of providing a shirt tail for hurting kids to
hang onto.
God laid it on my
heart, a couple years ago, that I was more concerned with what I would pass
down to my children, assets I had accumulated in my lifetime, but I had neglected
my spiritual legacy! So, I sought the
Lord’s direction on how I could fix that.
You see, the greatest fear I have is that one of my kids, grands or
great grands will reject the gift of God’s Son, who laid down His life for them
and all who seek Him. Recently, I received another poke in my gut, saying I
needed to do the same with my legacy, as
a small part of developing the Eagle Village.
Now, I say all of
that to make two points maybe even three:
Point one, I had absolutely no back-ground to try such an undertaking -
none, absolutely none, not one single iota of background in what was down the
road waiting for me to tackle.
None! I asked God why he choose
me to be His legs. He answered my question, “Because you have committed to
make yourself available and will complete the task.” He impressed on my heart and soul- “I
will supply all of your needs”.
Point two, which I
am convinced was a major contributing factor to the success and uniqueness of Eagle
Village, resulted when He closed all doors for me to visit other programs,
attend workshops that would influence my thinking and remove my dependence from
listening and taking my marching orders from anyone but Him alone. My total dependence was Abba Father. Remember, I knew nothing, no experience. NONE!
Point three, He
sent me wonderful, totally dedicated people, with wonderful ideas that were
innovative, effective and powerful in their results. One young man came and said we have no
mountains to climb, so let’s build a couple. And we did. Out of the ground came the first climbing
walls East of the Mississippi. Well,
folks that is another story for another day, but I will say, Satan threw
everything at us but the kitchen sink, and if there had been a kitchen sink
available, he would have thrown that too, much like our trip from California to
Michigan.
I felt a strong
urge in my heart and spirit to reread the past “God Does Meet Our Needs When We
Ask - With a sincere Heart” blogs. And
after rereading them I had the feeling it was kind of like a short book that
did not have a beginning or end. With
your blessing, I would like to address the beginning but praise God there is no
ending. I have prayed unceasingly, since
the day we took that first boy into that first Summer Camp, that when the Lord
returns to take His children to the Marriage Feast of the Lamb, the entire 700
plus acres of Eagle Village Campus will be totally void of people -that only
their clothes will be found.
Join me tomorrow
for the story of an unbelievable trip from Pittsburgh, California to Hayesville,
Ohio! (Read the previous 7 blogs and
first ones in May of 2017).
Blessings,
Gramps
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