Church of the Nazarene in Greencastle, Indiana |
As she looked more closely at the stamps in her hand she realized that the page of 100 stamps were a part of that batch printed in 1998 in anticipation of a price increase that never happened. They had been immediately pulled from the market but some were never found. Now she held them in her hand. Stamps purchased by a Nazarene laymen, who sold them to the church to be used for sending out postcards. Stamps that somehow were never used, never handled, never soiled; perfect rare stamps.
To make a long story short, this honest pastor's wife, turned the stamps over to the church officials who eventually sold them for over $300,000! The monies were invested in gold....gold prices soared....and before you knew it the church was worshiping in a brand new Worship Center that had only been a dream for so long.
But think about it for a moment. A church had been praying about how they could afford to finish a building program started in 1979. A misstep by the federal government in 1998. A Nazarene laymen buying discount stamps and giving them to the church. Stamps being forgotten and untouched for all those years until 2006. A newspaper story about the possible existence of the stamps. A pastor's wife happening to see the story just days before uncovering the stamps. Does anyone else see the hand of God or is it just me?
To God be the glory, great things He "is" doing. To God be the glory, great things He has yet to do.
Wow....I did not know this
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