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Prodigal Bible Returns!



Back in November my wife and I returned from vacation to find that my Bible and a church devotional guide (photo above) had been lost from my luggage. At luggage claim in Detroit we found the front zippered pocket of my bag had failed and the contents were gone. We found a note fom the baggage inspectors that they had been in our bags too. So someplace between El Paso Texas, a change of planes in Houston, and arrival in Detroit my bible had been lost. I filed loss reports with the airport in Houuston and with Northwest airlines in Dertoit, but nothing had turned up after 2 months.

Well, this Sunday past Doug (our choir director) hands me my missing Bible and devotional guide! He also handed me a letter which I have posted below.

Dear #####,

I'm sure that you are wondering how I ended up with your Bible; I myself wondered about it for quite a while. I traveled to Michigan in early November, when I arrived I placed my bags in my room and joined some co-workers to do some networking. Later that evening when I returned to my room and began unpacking my bags, I felt something in one of my bags that I did not recognize. I pulled it out of my bag, and it was your Bible; I quickly turned more lights on to examine it closer. I checked and double checked, yes it was my bag, it had my name on it and my belongings in it. It troubled me how this Bible could have ended up in my luggage, enough so that I felt compelled to read a couple passages; I truly thought it to be a sign from God. I am a person of Christian faith, but I do need to get my life back to God.

  I apologize for taking so long to get your Bible back to you; as near as I can tell, it must have fallen out of your bag and they stuffed it in the first bag that came by. I was on three flights that day; one from DFW to Houston, Houston to Detroit, then Detroit to Traverse City. You must have been on one of those flights.

I remember praying after my Bible was lost that whoever finds it gets some use out of it. Well aparently this man did!

What a great inspirational story ! It's good to hear testimonies of how God blesses us and works through us !!
Thanks !!!

Wow Smokey what a blessing for both you and him.

Oh, Smokey!

This is just a wonderful happening and praise the Lord, He does do all things perfectly.

I'm so happy that this man who needed God's Words found your Bible to be a help when he needed it.  I do pray that you'll be able to keep in touch with this man.

What a great example of God being in control of all things...at all times!  Thanks so much for sharing.

Oh man.  That is awesome.

God IS in control -- even over lost luggage or the contents thereof!!!!!!

Go God!

Wow, that is wonderful.  How cool that it helped someone to get their life back to God.  I'm so glad you got it back. 

Sara

Great story!!!

I pray that our Lord won't let the man that found the Bible forget what he read, but that he'll fully turn to the Lord.

Wow!  Talk about a gentle nudge from God.  Two great things happened in this instance.  Maybe more...only God knows! 

God is good all the time.  All the time God is good.

I am reminded that God doesn't make mistakes and things happen for a reason. 

My favorite pastor used to say "Things don't just happen!"  He's the same one who reminded us a lot to "Think about what you're thinking about!"

You're so right, Larry.

That is astounding!  I suppose that you are glad now that you lost your Bible....  Praise The LORD!

Glad you got your prodigal bible back and hopefully the prodigal son that ended up with your bible will return to God also.

I have never heard from him even though I wrote him back to thank him.

Wow this has sent goose bumps down my arms!