A Dollywood employee found a burned Bible page after wildfires devastated the area around Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Wait until you hear what was on that page.
The day after wildfires tore through Gatlinburg destroying more than 150 structures, killing at least three people and displacing thousands, Isaac McCord was doing his part to help out, picking up debris from the Dollywood park grounds.
He said he was cleaning up under a park bench when he caught a glimpse of a piece of paper lying in a puddle of water — soggy, seared and torn in two.
McCord, a University of Tennessee alumnus who now works as a human resources training coordinator at Dollywood, said he had no idea what the paper would read, but considering the circumstances, he was curious enough to pick it up.
He told USA Today, ”In silence, he and a co-worker pored over the page, the edges of which were burned black, rendering many words illegible. But parts of the right side of the page were preserved enough to get the message across: it perfectly reflected the tragic natural disaster that had thrust Gatlinburg into the national spotlight.
Here’s that verse from the first chapter of Joel – “O Lord, to thee will I cry: For the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field.”
McCord posted a picture of the burned verse on his Facebook page.
Four hours later it had been shared more than 50,000 times.
