Steve Reeves was overcome with emotion when he recently received an
unexpected blessing.
Reeves, like so many
restaurant owners, has struggled due to the coronavirus pandemic. He’s
had to consolidate his three Rosa Pizzeria’s restaurants in the Prescott,
Arizona area and lay off nearly half of his 100-person staff, many of
whom are friends.
Most restaurants that
have been able to keep their doors open have moved to offering curbside
pickup or drive-through service. Reeves has chosen the curbside pickup
option for his restaurant which serves Sicilian and Southern-Italian
food as well as New York-style pizza.
He was busy filling
orders on Tuesday when a woman approached him, handed him a white
envelope with his name on it, and then quickly walked away. Reeves was
busy serving customers, so he didn’t open it right away. But when he
did open the letter, he found $2,000 cash with a note.
“Hi there. As a neighbor and lover of
Rosa's, please accept the enclosed and use it as you see fit for your
staff,” the anonymous customer wrote.
“The hairs on my arm literally stood up,”
Reeves told Fox News. “I was just so touched with all the craziness
going on.”
What is Reeves doing with the blessing?
He has asked his employees to bring the bill to him that stresses them
out the most, and he will use $2,000, along with his own personal funds,
to pay them. *
During this pandemic when we hear so much
bad news, isn’t it refreshing to hear some good news?
Here’s more good news:
There is a pandemic that has affected the
whole world since the beginning of time. It is the pandemic of sin. It
has been brought about and propagated by rebellion against God, our
Creator. It separates us from God (Isaiah 59:1-2) and carries a death
sentence (Romans 6:23).
So where is the good news?
The Good News, the Gospel, is that God
loves us so much that He gave His one and only Son to die on the cross
for our sins (John 3:16). Although God was the offended party, He made
reconciliation possible and accessible by paying the price for our
redemption from sin. “In Him (Christ) we have redemption through His
blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace”
(Ephesians 1:7).
God will save and
give eternal life to those who place their
faith
and
trust in Jesus (Acts 16:30-31), turn from their sins in
repentance
(Acts 17:30-31),
confess
Jesus before men
(Romans 10:9-10), and are
baptized
(immersed) into
Christ for the forgiveness of sins (Acts 2:38). He will continue to
cleanse from sin those who continue to walk in the light of His word (1
John 1:7-9).
What makes this gift so unexpected is
that we don’t deserve it. Because of our sins, we deserve God’s wrath
and punishment. Instead, He offers forgiveness and grace. What
blessings!
Won’t YOU accept His offer of
salvation and eternal life?
-- David A. Sargent
* Information gleaned from “Arizona pizzeria gets
$2,000 from anonymous customer, owner uses it to pay staff's most urgent
bills” by Caleb Parke,
www.foxnews.com.
David A. Sargent,
Minister
Church of Christ at Creekwood
1901 Schillinger Rd. S.
Mobile, Alabama 36695
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