Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Final Term Paper: an A

An Ozark Christian College freshman named Natalia Puebla was killed during the tornado that devastated the small town of Joplin, Mo. The school was not damaged in the storm and classes had ended just a day or two before this tragedy. Regarding Natalia, one of her Professor's commented:

"I still had a stack of papers to grade when the tornado hit. Today I looked and on the top of the stack there was Natalia's paper about the resurrection of Jesus. It's a good paper, deserving of an A, but she knows this truth far better now."

Perhaps Natalia's paper on the resurrection of Jesus may have contained this passage of scripture on Knowing God Through Love:

Beloved, let us love one another,for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.

He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.

In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him.

In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.(1 John 4:7-11)

Somehow I get the feeling that this is who Natalia Puebla was: someone of love,who walked in love, and did everything in God's love.
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6 comments:

  1. Craver ViiJune 7, 2011 at 1:28 PM

    Thanks for sharing this.

    You feel a twinge of loss for Natalia, but it sounds like she is doing much better than any of us here and now.

    I kinda wish I could see what her paper said, don't you?

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  2. Pastor DaveJune 7, 2011 at 2:18 PM

    i would absolutely love to read it!!

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  3. Short PoemsJune 7, 2011 at 5:06 PM

    Lovely post and great blog!

    Lantern Peems

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  4. Pastor DaveJune 7, 2011 at 5:24 PM

    thanks!

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  5. Brenda GreenJune 28, 2011 at 4:45 PM

    Dear Dave
    I love your heart! Your blogs are great. The story on the term paper very touching. I believe that the professor's life will never be the same. He just got a dose of reality. (in real life)
    If you can check out my site, we have the same desire to bring hope and encouragement through our testimonies. My goal is that people will be touched through the transparency and boldness. I also believe that Christianity is relationship and not religion. (You go Dave)

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  6. Pastor DaveJune 28, 2011 at 7:24 PM

    Thanks brenda!

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