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The War Cry | NOVEMBER 2013
T
hroughout the Bible there are accounts of
things happening in threes. The Ark of the Cov-
enant contained three sacred objects. Daniel
prayed to God three times a day. Elijah stretched out
and prayed over the widow's dead son three
times. Balaam blessed Israel three times.
Jesus restored Peter in a threefold manner
and was tempted by the devil three times af-
ter returning from the wilderness. And Jesus
emerged from the tomb three days after being
put to death on the cross.
Centuries later, after all these Biblical
stories were recorded and passed down through the
generations, a Jewish single mother with three chil-
dren found herself in a Salvation Army shelter in
Philadelphia. From that shelter she and her three
small children moved into a transitional house across
the street from the Pioneer Corps, the first Salvation
Army corps to be opened in the United States. Later
this family moved into a house around the corner
from the Pioneer Corps.
This overwhelmed mother found herself needing
assistance and remembered that The Salvation Army
was close by. As she spoke with the young lieutenant,
he invited her to church where she politely declined,
stating, "I'm Jewish."
The lieutenant didn't seem concerned about the
matter. He counseled and accepted her anyway. He
would walk the streets of the neighborhood
and would visit with the me and my two sib-
lings and our mother until we decided to come
to Sunday school.
Our lives have never been the same.
I have a vivid memory of that first Sunday
and the Sunday school campaign taking place
that day. We three found a place where we be-
longed, where we were wanted, loved and nurtured.
The corps became more of a home to us than our own
home. To this day our closest family is our Army family.
Now, more than twenty years later, I have the
blessed opportunity to joyfully serve as a corps officer
in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, where we have a shelter
offering services to families similar to mine. Not only
am I a Salvation Army officer, but my two other sib-
lings are as well. Terrific Threes.
Lieutenant Monica Seiler is the Corps Officer of the
Murfreesboro, TN corps.
How I Met
the Army
............
Terrific Threes
by
LIEUTENANT MONICA SEILER
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Admit Your Need
"For all have sinned and fall
short of the glory of God"
(Romans 3:23)
Believe in Christ
"Believe in the Lord Jesus,
and you will be saved"
(Acts 16:31)
Commit Yourself to Christ
"Yet to all who received Him ... He gave
the right to become children of God"
(John 1:12)
Being truly sorry for your sins, and through the
power of Christ forsaking them, go for ward to live
for Christ. He will give forgiveness, power, victory,
purpose, the Holy Spirit and life eternal.
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