By Tom Jenkins on 5/28/2009 7:00 PM

     I visited with one of our aging members that is no longer able to attend church. He was about as excited to see me as I was to see him. He said, 'I've been sitting here waiting for someone from the church to talk with." I had not planned to make the visit on that day. I had other tasks on the schedule for the day. But sometimes God nudges me in a direction I had not chosen for the day. So I made the visit and received a wonderful blessing. I call visits like that one, "Just in time ministry." God urged me to see someone because he knew the person needed an encouraging word on that day. He's been in a rough place recently and felt like he was struggling by himself. I was able to assure him of God's love for him and the love for him shared by his church family. I'm grateful God gave me a nudge in a different direction on that day.      "Just in time ministry", for me, is suddenly appearing at the right place with the right people doing the right thing. Only God can set that sequence in place. When God "nudges"...

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