Great Grace

God's grace was very apparent tonight at the funeral service of Danny. His mother was able to greet family and friends without breaking down. We had a good service in which the Gospel was the key element. I spoke on some of the sayings of Christ from the Cross and their significance to the sinner. Christ's willingness to forgive all who come in repentance and the assurance that all has been accomplished in order to secure our salvation were the main points. We heard a number of good comments regarding the message and keep praying that some of the unsaved will come to the Lord in these days. The burial will be tomorrow morning at 10:30. Norma will need your prayers.

The storm which was headed for us has become hurricane Omar, but it has been turned aside by God's grace. We will continue praying until it has moved far north of us since these things seem to have a habit of turning around and doing strange things this time of year. Yesterday we did receive some heavy rain, but hardly any rain has fallen today.

Thank you for all your prayers and encouraging notes. By the way, Jon had a great time at school today. He had nearly everyone sign his cast. I think a couple of his classmates were jealous of the attention he got, but we hope they won't break an arm to get it.