11.01.05

A Tale of Two Tommy(s)

Posted in Uncategorized on November 1st, 2005 at 4:20 pm by DJG

by: Donna Gossett This whole blog thing sometimes becomes a great vacuum that seems to suck up all of my time. But I think the blessings that have come from it far exceed the harm of a few wasted minutes (OK more like hours, or days even!) Let me tell you about two of my blogging buddies both of them are named Tommy. As you all are aware Katrina caused massive destruction on the coast of Mississippi and Louisiana. Dee and her family were greatly affected and are still trying to pull together the pieces of their lives. Our friend John Dobbs in Pascagoula Mississippi is still suffering through wide spread damage. He nor his neighbors have yet to move back into their homes. From day one on August 29th Tommy Stewart started writing about the storm. By September 2nd he was spearheading a massive relief effort. By that weekend he himself had made a trip to the coast. His church continues to coordinate work groups to go each weekend. On October 9th Tommy and his wife went back down, this time to Pascagoula where they met and worked with John Dobbs. I know it has been a great encouragement for John to have folks he has never met to come down and help out. I am not sure of Tommy from Kentucky’s last name. He is a fellow NASCAR enthusiast and got involved in JD’s trivia games along with me (until I realized they just made me feel stupid). I don’t think Tommy knew John personally before last week. I tried to go back and read some of his early post, but I think he met John just as I did, through blog-land. On the weekend of October 20th Tommy and his wife were going to take a little vacation to get away from it all. Instead they made a trip to Pascagoula as well. They got involved in delivering supplies and helping with whatever work needed to be done. To hear his account you know he was blessed as much as he delivered a blessing. Both of these men named Tommy have given that precious commodity called time. To be able to extend grace to people you have never met, to get dirty and work hard, just because they know it is what Jesus would do; that is a perfect picture of grace in my eyes. Thanks guys, you truly have been an inspiration to me.