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We had finished picking strawberries and were headed back to the car.  A young couple with three small girls came by us and asked us to take their picture.  We struck up a conversation, and learned that he was James Skipworth, the Children’s Pastor at Christ Community Church here in town http://www.cccsumter.com/james.htm.  We did the typical Southern conversation of finding out where each other was from and he mentioned that he lived for a while in Tampa.  I told him I was born in Wauchula.

His wife Cindy spoke up and said, “My mother was born in Wauchula!”  “Really?” I replied.  We started unraveling her mother’s background.  Cindy said, “Her grandmother was Flosse Crews.” I held out my hand and said, “Howdy cousin.  Your great-grandmother and my grandmother were sisters.”

It really was a God moment for me.  You never know who God will put in your path - maybe family you didn’t even know you had. 

These two thoughts - isn’t that what church is supposed to be?  Family you didn’t know you had?  Second thought - if you are part of the body of Christ, you do have family you’ve hever met.  But you will, in a place called heaven.

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