At the Right Time

Larry Yockey is a fourth-generation farmer who owns a 1,200-acre farm in Ritzville, Washington.  Yockey, 63, can no longer work his wheat fields due to stage 4 skin cancer.  When the neighboring farmers in Adams County found out about the situation, they rallied together and showed up to harvest the wheat crop.  To the surprise of Yockey’s wife and three daughters, the farmers were able to complete three weeks worth of work in around 6 hours.

In late June, Patrick Riordan and Susan Cook went to a Payless shoe store to look for a pair of shoes for Susan and possibly some for the grandchildren.  The store in Hamilton, New Jersey, was soon to be closed, along with others across the country.  While they were shopping, the price of shoes went from $3 to $2 a pair.  The couple talked with the employees and found out that they were hoping to close the store as soon as possible.  At that point Patrick and Susan talked about buying all the remaining shoes and donating them to charity.  After approaching the manager with the idea, they offered to buy the remaining shoes for $1 a pair.  The couple bought about $5,000 worth of shoes for $247.  At the suggestion of Susan’s daughter, Racheal, the shoes were donated to WomenSpace, an organization in Lawrenceville, New Jersey that provides emergency shelter and legal services for women and children who find themselves in unfortunate circumstances.

Granbury ISD held their Back to School Convocation for employees on Tuesday.  After the first part of the meeting, a representative from the Granbury Board of Trustees welcomed the personnel and expressed how it is a known fact that teachers spend money out of their own pockets for their students.  Instead of spending money on a motivational speaker, the trustees announced that they had made arrangements with Wal-Mart to purchase $100 gift cards to give to each teacher, front office staff, and bus driver.  After mentioning a few more items on the agenda, the personnel were dismissed to do some back-to-school shopping.  From the looks of the employees on the video, the teachers and personnel are starting the school year feeling well motivated, respected, and appreciated.

And at just the right time, God knew that we would also need help, encouragement, redemption, hope, and a future so he sent his son Jesus to be our Savior.

You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath through him! For if, while we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life! Not only is this so, but we also boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.

Romans 5:6-11