Don’t allow fear to ‘blot out’ God’s blessings for you
By Dwight Wilson, M.Div., M.A., LPC, RPT
Perhaps you can’t explain it, but it won’t seem to go away.
Fear sometimes is faceless horrors that lie waiting in the silent darkness of night. It is unreasonable phobias that exist in the furthest reaches of the mind and approaching shadows that threaten to blot out all light. All are contained in the worthless scripts known as fears, a terrible script that must be re-written and erased to pave the way for a rewarding, satisfactory life.
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Children's Homes help to families and individuals affected by Hurricane Katrina and other tragedies has been made possible through the Annual Children's Homes Offering. To learn how to participate in the Annual Offering, phone toll free
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Hurricane Katrina: Valuable opportunity to fulfill Children’s Homes mission Hurricane Katrina provided many ways for Alabama Baptist Children's Homes residents and staff to fulfill the ministry's mission: to protect, nurture and restore children and families. Shortly before the deadly storm in 2005, Children's Homes director Mobile Campus and his team of boys helped board windows and complete other storm preparations at homes in the community near the Mobile, Alabama campus. After the deadly hurricane, Chinners, his youngest sons Aaron and Justin, Children's Homes houseparent James Moore, and some teen-aged boys from the Mobile campus put their muscular strength to widespread use to clear fallen trees and repair roofs for various families. God had protected the Mobile campus from major storm damage, and the children and adults' gratitude motivated them to seek ways to help less fortunate neighbors, Chinners said. Elsewhere in Alabama, Children's Homes director Above: Children’s Homes director Ted Embry, center, and John Thomas, left, associate director of missions for Calhoun Association, pray with a lady seeking temporary shelter at the Oxford Civic Center due to Hurricane Katrina. (Photography by Debbie Buffaloe) Lee and Sharon Loveless, hospital chaplains and members of Ranburne First Baptist Church, participated. They and the other counselors used Critical Incident Stress Management techniques. "Most counseling was at mealtimes at the civic center, but we put together an emergency care list of counselors available any time," Embry reported. "The fact that people from Louisiana and Mississippi continued to come to the Anniston/Oxford area for help showed how much devastation there really was at their homes. "We saw many people come to the Oxford Civic Center, an approved American Red Cross shelter, when they could no longer afford motel rooms and food," Embry said. "We just wanted to be available to help comfort them because they were uncertain about if and/or when they would be allowed to return to their homes." Embry said the crisis counseling for Hurricane Katrina victims was likely to continue for weeks and maybe even months at the Oxford Civic Center. In addition,
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Ted Embry in Anniston formed a team of several pastors, youth ministers, hospital chaplains and other caregivers to provide crisis counseling for individuals and families temporarily sheltered at the Oxford Civic Center. In conjunction with Director of Missions Sid Nichols and Calhoun Baptist Association, Embry's leadership on the counseling team was invited by Elaine Nelson, American Red Cross coordinator in Calhoun County. Nelson is a member of Jacksonville First Baptist Church.
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