Good Friday prayer need

This comes from a colleague at Desperate Preacher who is a chaplain for a sheriff’s department in Arkansas.

Called out at 3:30 this morning in my chaplain role. RevLurch, It was a house fire. 49 year old lady consumed in the flames. Ministered first to the fireman who found the body as the firefighters were still engaged at the scene. The precious lady’s remains were still in the smoldering ashes.

Then, while ministering to my deputies I realized in the darkness standing about 30 yards away was an elderly man…it was the lady’s father. Come to find out they lived two houses down from the consumed house, the mother heard the popping noises and they both had to watch their daughter’s home…and life be taken away.

Dad is a retired minister of 51 years. I was with them through the whole questioning time by our detectives, they had a very difficult time understanding why we had to treat the scene as a crime scene. Mom and Dad were very courageous and broken.

The daughter was divorced six years, no children.

Please remember the Rev Parker and wife Victoria, the Mom and Dad, if you have time this Good Friday.

Thank you.

chuck

I just had to share with those who would pray. In fact I would add to chuck’s sentiment by asking that you make time to pray for those involved in this particular incident and for all those who find that their lives have become Good Friday.

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