REMEMBER
"Let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord." Galatians 6:9; 1 Corinthians 15:58
They were an incredible pair. I've never met two more compassionate and loving people whose mission in life revolved around serving and loving on others. From the world's perspective, they were very wealthy. Yet their wealth did not make them "better than everyone else." In fact, most people would have never known how wealthy they really were.
Nobody will ever know the extent to which they helped people. It was anything from buying groceries, to helping you get a car. For some, it was paying their electric bill or their mortgage payment. For at least one person I know, it was almost paying off their house. For many of us, they offered themselves as a listening ear, a shoulder to cry on - a place for a safe hug that brought encouragement and a feeling that you were safe with them.
On the morning of September 10, 2008, Don Peterson stood in my office and shared the burdens on his heart. It had nothing to do about his stocks and bonds - it was all about people - his kids, and his dear friends, John and Josie Caruthers. He shared his concern that John and Josie, volunteers at the Colony of Mercy, needed to be cared for and a place would be needed to provide care for John. We prayed. We cried. We hugged. He stepped out of my office and I never saw Don again.
On September 11, 2008, patriots Don and Jean Peterson, heroically gave their lives for our country as they and their compatriots died on the field in Shanksville, PA, as flight 93 crashed at the hands of the terrorists. They left for us an incredible legacy - God first and people second. Love on people. Care for their needs. Give them Jesus.
This November, a bus load of friends who are traveling with me and my family to Branson, MO, will drive to the crash site and have our Sunday morning worship there. It will be an emotional experience for sure. It will be another moment in time to thank God for the life and legacy of Don and Jean Peterson - Well done, good and faithful servants.
On this seventh anniversary of September 11th, Don and Jean, we love you and miss you, but we thank God for leaving behind your incredible legacy. May God bless and protect America. - Bill Welte is President and CEO of America's KESWICK.
God's WORD for YOU: Proverbs 10-12; 2 Corinthians 4
Great Quote: "There is to be communication of the Holy Spirit with the individual Christian in the present life, and in a sense the Holy Spirit's communication carries with it the entire Trinity. In a sense the Spirit is the Trinity's agent in communicating with us humans. If I am going to walk in this present life according to my high calling as a Christian, I need a strength higher than my own strength. I need the power of Christ. How is this power of Christ to be mine? It's not enough just to imagine that I have this power. It's not even enough to take the second step and reckon myself dead to sin and alive to Christ. There must also be a communication of the power of Christ to me through the agency of the Holy Spirit who indwells me." Francis Schaeffer, The Finished Work of Christ
"Let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord." Galatians 6:9; 1 Corinthians 15:58
They were an incredible pair. I've never met two more compassionate and loving people whose mission in life revolved around serving and loving on others. From the world's perspective, they were very wealthy. Yet their wealth did not make them "better than everyone else." In fact, most people would have never known how wealthy they really were.
Nobody will ever know the extent to which they helped people. It was anything from buying groceries, to helping you get a car. For some, it was paying their electric bill or their mortgage payment. For at least one person I know, it was almost paying off their house. For many of us, they offered themselves as a listening ear, a shoulder to cry on - a place for a safe hug that brought encouragement and a feeling that you were safe with them.
On the morning of September 10, 2008, Don Peterson stood in my office and shared the burdens on his heart. It had nothing to do about his stocks and bonds - it was all about people - his kids, and his dear friends, John and Josie Caruthers. He shared his concern that John and Josie, volunteers at the Colony of Mercy, needed to be cared for and a place would be needed to provide care for John. We prayed. We cried. We hugged. He stepped out of my office and I never saw Don again.
On September 11, 2008, patriots Don and Jean Peterson, heroically gave their lives for our country as they and their compatriots died on the field in Shanksville, PA, as flight 93 crashed at the hands of the terrorists. They left for us an incredible legacy - God first and people second. Love on people. Care for their needs. Give them Jesus.
This November, a bus load of friends who are traveling with me and my family to Branson, MO, will drive to the crash site and have our Sunday morning worship there. It will be an emotional experience for sure. It will be another moment in time to thank God for the life and legacy of Don and Jean Peterson - Well done, good and faithful servants.
On this seventh anniversary of September 11th, Don and Jean, we love you and miss you, but we thank God for leaving behind your incredible legacy. May God bless and protect America. - Bill Welte is President and CEO of America's KESWICK.
God's WORD for YOU: Proverbs 10-12; 2 Corinthians 4
Great Quote: "There is to be communication of the Holy Spirit with the individual Christian in the present life, and in a sense the Holy Spirit's communication carries with it the entire Trinity. In a sense the Spirit is the Trinity's agent in communicating with us humans. If I am going to walk in this present life according to my high calling as a Christian, I need a strength higher than my own strength. I need the power of Christ. How is this power of Christ to be mine? It's not enough just to imagine that I have this power. It's not even enough to take the second step and reckon myself dead to sin and alive to Christ. There must also be a communication of the power of Christ to me through the agency of the Holy Spirit who indwells me." Francis Schaeffer, The Finished Work of Christ
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