Luke 17:28-30 “Likewise as it was also in the days of Lot: They ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built” but on the day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all. Even so will it be in the day when the Son of Man is revealed.
A Connecticut Pastor, outside his church on Sunday morning placing American flags in honor of Memorial Day, was shot by an unknown assailant.
Rev. Augustus Sealy, 54, is pastor of First Church of the Nazarene in Hartford, Connecticut. He was planting small American flags in the church yard when someone drove past in a black car and opened fire.
Police say that they received multiple 911 calls and found Rev. Sealy shot in the leg and shoulder. The pastor’s femur was shattered and a metal rod was placed in the leg to stabilize it.
His wife Sharon told the Hartford Courant that while her husband was in a lot of pain he should make a full recovery from his wounds.
“He hasn’t lost any hope,” Sealy’s wife told NBC Connecticut. “You know, this is something that was really terrible and shouldn’t have happened and we’ve already prayed for that person who actually committed the crime.”
Rev. Eustance McDonald of Brooklyn, New York came to the church to preach at the 11 a.m. service and spoke from the book of Samuel where King David and his men had their town burned down by an enemy but did not lose heart.
“Misfortune in life comes to us all,” he said, telling the congregation that what matters most is their response. “You have to go to a place of hope.”
Rev. Henry Brown, who has been working to end gun violence in Hartford, came to the church after the incident to comfort and counsel church members.
“I am tired of people being shot,” he said. “The devil is not going to win here.”
