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"God Will Not
Forget"
Tuesday, November 18, 1997
"God is not unjust; he will not forget your work
and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to
help them" (Hebrews 6:10).
I write this in memory of George Hemminger, who spent
many years as a missionary to Africa. He and his wife retired some 25 years ago and it just so happens
that my brother married their only child, Laverne. Brother Hemminger had such
a love for the African people and carried that burden till the day he went to
be with the Lord. I remember their home full of all kinds of neat stuff from Africa.
Last Saturday I was at a men’s meeting and met a pastor
from Boston. I spoke to him for a few
minutes and detected an accent I was unfamiliar with and asked where he was
from and was surprised when he said Sierra Leone. I asked if he had ever heard of the Hemmingers and he
lit up like a firecracker! I wish I could convey his joy in print as he
gushed in broken English about Pastor Hemminger!
His last association with Bro. Hemminger goes back over
twenty-five years ago. Yet the fruit of Bro. Hemminger’s faithful service for
God goes on. Consider the phrase "he will not forget your work" in
our daily text. Pastor Hemminger is now in the great cloud of witnesses but
God has not forgotten his work. That which is done for Christ goes on. The
church in Boston is an extension of the faithful
work of Bro. Hemminger. I wonder if he saw in the life of that young man in
"Timba Church" a future warrior for the Kingdom of Christ in Boston?
What about you? We often see the fruit of our labors in
part. But you know what? I feel what we see likely only represents the tip of
the iceberg.
Be encouraged today,
Stephen C. Weber
(Mr Hemminger’s wife passed away in 2003 at 98 years of
age.)
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