Plum Global Methodist Church

November has become a very busy month at Plum. A lot our attention this month centers on Operation Christmas Child and packing shoe boxes. It  never ceases to amaze me how God uses this ministry in all of its facets. No matter what we are doing, the most important thing is always going to be for people to know Jesus as their Savior and Lord. The child who receives the shoe box is the one was are ultimately trying to reach with this effort, and there are many stories of souls believing in Jesus because of receiving a shoe box.

But this process of getting these gifts to children throughout the world is incredible. It starts with you, going to the store and getting some items and putting them in a box. It ends with a child, thousands of miles away opening this box, receiving a gift and hearing about Jesus (maybe for the first time). In between these two steps are thousands of other moving parts, from packing them in cartons here, to shipping them somewhere else to be checked to a loading dock, to an airplane, etc. etc. It truly is an amazing process.

There is no greater blessing than sharing the Gospel with someone else, especially a child. When you pack a shoe box, that is what you are doing. You are becoming part of the process of bringing the blessing of salvation. As we approach Thanksgiving, we often talk about counting our blessings. As you count your blessings this season, I hope that you are able to be a part of the shoe box effort this year. I can guarantee that you will learn what it means to be blessed by blessing others.

Happy Thanksgiving,

Pastor Raymond