God has people everywhere.

Saturday’s blog on Will Smith told how actor Denzel Washington counseled Will and helped him get control of himself:

After the altercation at the Oscars, actor Denzel Washington counseled Smith, “At your highest moment, be careful—that’s when the devil comes for you.”

My son Mark passed on this story from a 2017 NFL game between the Carolina Panthers and the Atlanta Falcons. Falcon receiver Julio Jones had not dropped a pass in the end zone in five years, but he dropped this one on a 4th down play. At that point the defender, Kurt Coleman, went over to talk to Jones. You can see (but not hear) the exchange. What did Coleman say? Here’s the story as reported by Stephen Igoe, on November 6, 2017:

When it came to Julio Jones’ critical dropped touchdown on fourth down in the fourth quarter of Carolina’s 20-17 win over the Falcons on Sunday, the Panthers safety could have rubbed it in a little bit more to the rival wide receiver, or even just walked away without saying anything. But Coleman chose to embrace Jones and pick him up with some words of encouragement.

“He’s a very spiritual guy,” Jones said after the game. “He said some spiritual things to me. That was it.”

Coleman, who’s called the “Bishop” by star quarterback Cam Newton, lived up to the name. Here were the words Coleman told Jones:

“‘Glory to God,’” Coleman said. “I think sometimes we want to glorify Him in the good times. Sometimes you’ve got to glorify Him in the bad times.”

As I said, God has people everywhere.

All the saints greet you, especially those of Caesar’s household. (Philippians 4.22, ESV)

Soon afterward [Jesus] went on through cities and villages, proclaiming and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God. And the twelve were with him, …and Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod’s household manager, and Susanna, and many others, who provided for them out of their means. (Luke 8.1 – 3, ESV)