In the Hollow of His Hand
I had been praying for God to show me how Awesome He is, so when I was
invited to go to the West Virginia Camp Meeting with a couple of my friends, I
jumped at the chance to go. They made room for me in their cabin, and I took
food for us to help out with the expenses.
The next morning we were waiting for the services to begin when an announcement
was made asking if there was anyone there named Norma Wellman. I was so shocked
to hear my name called. When I went to the back of the pavilion the Conference
President told me that my daughter and my 7 year old granddaughter had been in
an automobile accident near Knoxville, Tennessee. I almost fainted. I could
hardly walk. They took me to a place where I could call my oldest son. He told
me that his sister was okay, but my granddaughter was in intensive care.
When I talked with my daughter she was so upset and wanted me to come down to
where they were. I had no way or the means of getting there. Others wanted to
take up a collection for a bus ticket, but I wouldn’t let them, because at the
Camp Meeting they were trying to raise money for a project at the Camp Grounds.
They called it The Past President’s Pitiful Poor Pocket Fund where people would
walk up to the past Presidents and put money in their shirt pockets for this
project. I didn’t feel right to let money be taken away from that.
My friends kept trying to find out if someone was driving to that area, but
couldn’t find anyone. One of them saw the mother of a Pastor whose wife was the
daughter of one of her church members whom she had always wanted to meet. She
introduced herself and asked the woman if she was going to stay for the whole
Camp Meeting. She said she couldn’t because she had to go to a wedding in
Tennessee. This friend got so excited and asked her where she was going. The
woman told her and she was disappointed because it wasn’t near Knoxville. The
woman told her that she was driving right by Knoxville and had been praying for
someone to ride with her because she had trouble staying awake when she drives
long distances. Isn’t God Good! This woman’s son, was presenting a seminar at
the Camp Meeting that showed the Awesomeness of God that I had been praying for
God to show me. He was told this and gave me the brochures of the seminars.
Before I left one of my friends gave me $20 to help out with expenses. I gave it
to my daughter when she needed it most. I took some of the food with me that I
had brought to the Camp Meeting so I had plenty to eat.
God provided a way for me to get to Knoxville, a place for me to stay near the
hospital, and after my granddaughter was able to travel, a way for me to get to
my daughter’s place in another state, and then back home in such a miraculous
way. I even got to visit my oldest son who lived not far from his sister, and
then my youngest son and his family on the way home. My granddaughter has mended
and is doing great! God is so good. He worked everything out for the best. I not
only learned about God’s Awesomeness, He showed me His Awesomeness! What a
Friend!!!
IN THE HOLLOW OF HIS HAND
God holds us in the hollow of His hand
When things go wrong and we don’t understand.
With mercy and kindness He leads the right way,
When this life’s highway has taken us astray
by Norma Wellman
butterflyblue7@frontier.com