In the midst of destruction, loss, and despair, it can be hard to see the light, but one Tennessee man found a physical reminder to keep his faith while cleaning up debris after a deadly wildfire hit.
This past Monday afternoon, a deadly wildfire from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park spread into nearby communities thanks to severe 80 mph winds that pushed the fire, which was fed quickly by drought-stricken trees. So far, the inferno, which was the state’s biggest forest fire in 100 years, has killed three people, burned hundreds of homes and buildings to the ground, and forced 14,000 people to evacuate the area. And the fire is still burning…
Despite the fire, employees from a local theme park, Dollywood, showed up to the park to help clean the property. One of those employees, Isaac McCord, had been cleaning up near a bench and noticed a lone piece of paper on the ground. He picked it up to get a better look at the burned remains and realized it was a single remaining page from the Bible.
“I just found this while helping our House and Grounds team clean different areas of Dollywood Theme Park,” McCord wrote in a Facebook post, which has been shared over 66,000 times. “It was under a bench soaking wet. Talk about goosebumps….”
The page was badly burned, yet a few verses were still visible. One of the verses left was Joel 1:19. “To you, LORD, I call, for fire has devoured the pastures in the wilderness and flames have burned up all the trees of the field,” McCord said he will never be able to forget the moment he read those lines in the middle of all the devastation and plans on framing the page.
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[Featured Image: Facebook/Isaac McCord]
Man Finds Lone Burned Bible Page After Deadly Wild Fire is an article from: LifeDaily