What kind of "stuff" is in your car?

I keep trying to put this story out of my mind but it just keeps coming to me so I’m going to share it!

My husband and I were having dinner with some of our AMAZING Forest Park family and someone shared something that has had me laughing and thinking for almost 2 weeks.

The guy sharing just happens to be a police officer and he began to tell us of a traffic stop that he and his partner had conducted in the recent past.  They became aware of a driver who was moving the car quite irrationally which pointed to some type of chemical involvement – in other words, driving drunk or high!  So, of course, the police officers began pursuit of the car which ended up in the driver being so affected that they were drug from the vehicle.  The driver was so intoxicated that they really had no idea what was happening.  As the police officers were finishing their investigation they noticed that the person’s car was filled with Forest Park Church brochures, which horrified the officer.  After all, he had just arrested this person for being an unsafe driver, a possible threat to their own life, as well as, the lives of others.  So, the officer removed all of the FPC paraphernalia out of the car because he didn’t want FPC associated with someone who would drive in that condition.

As you can imagine, the group of us who was listening to this story was laughing, uncontrollably.  To hear all of the description of the event and the driver and then to find so much of our FPC “stuff” in the car – it was just hilarious. 

However, the more I thought about it, the more I was happy about the officer finding our FPC stuff in that person’s car.  Obviously, someone who was driving so intoxicated is obviously in need of serious help and to know that someone thought enough of this person to point them to us – I consider that an HONOR!  Our sweet police officer was just trying to protect us and our name but when it comes right down to where Jesus spent his days, it was with people just like this intoxicated driver who was so desperately in need of hope - and of Him.

So, if you find Forest Park Church stuff in places where you think no “church” stuff should ever be, we probably planted it there, on purpose.

Until next time,

Lana