A Christian Woman Thinks (And It's Dangerous)

Blessed

To everyone who's hurting, to those who've had enough; To all the undeserving, that should cover all of us.

Please do not let go. I promise there is hope -

Hold fast, help is on the way. Hold fast, He's come to save the day. What I've learned in my life, one thing greater than my strife, is His grasp, so hold fast.

Hold Fast by MercyMe

What does a friend look like?

It was the bottom of the ninth.... or, more truthfully, it was day three of packing/moving/emptying out our house. Our closing was two days away.

It looked like we'd never finish.

How do you accumulate so much stuff in eight years of being planted in one place? How I longed for a dumpster to just throw it all in.

Late afternoon found us with several hours worth of packing & moving left to do. I despaired. What could I do?

I swallowed my pride. I made a call.

My friend Ken said, "how much do you have left to do?"

In typical girl fashion, I wailed, "I don't know!"

This was at 3:30.

At 5:30 Ken pulled up in his pickup. He brought along son Andrew and another friend Nick, who came with his capped pickup (did I mention it was cloudy and rain was expected?). They got out and sat on Nick's tailgate, smiling, ready to work. I thought, this is good, they can take a few boxes and some trash for the town dump.

Shortly after that Ryan pulled up in his pickup. He had with him his wife, Melissa, and son, Seth.

Then Jeff pulled up, with his daughter Lauren. Then Todd came with his pickup, which had a cover. And Shawn came with his van, and his wife Karen & son Nick. And Harry came with his van and son Daniel.

You know, pretty soon there wasn't enough for everyone to do. The trucks were loaded. The house was empty. The caravan headed for our new home, in the rain, at about 7 p.m.

At the halfway point we found Dean, who had missed the group at our house. He followed us to the new home to help unpack.

How many friends was that, mobilized with one phone call and put into action in the space of two hours?

Let me not forget to mention previous help we received from Al & Debbie, who came on the first day and spent several hours helping, and my father-in-law, Richard, who came for the first two days and filled his truck both times with either stuff to store at his house, or just plain GARBAGE to put out this week. And my brother, Alan, who loaned us his large dump truck for a run on Monday.

The blessings of all this help are immeasurable. The witness to others is amazing. And people noticed, believe me, with all this coming and going, just like they did when about 25 guys from church came to put a new roof on our house two years ago.

Our church is strong in its ministries like this. Our members make things happen.

We do have weaknesses, but this is not the space to list them - so thank you so much, to all, you made my life (and DH's life) so much easier. Today I can relax and tomorrow we can close on the house, no worries.

Sending my love to you all.

Praise!

{ 12:51, Wednesday, September 20, 2006 } { Posted by Anonymous }

Praise be to HIS GLORY and HIS CHURCH!
Deb

What a move you've had

{ 01:04, Wednesday, September 20, 2006 } { Posted by Darcy }

Ah, help from the masses.......just like we received on Day 3 of pole gathering. It's true that no church body is perfect and there will always be disagreements among members but what a blessing a true church family is to one another. So so glad to hear you are all moved out and praying for that closing tomorrow.
Darcy

wow

{ 02:04, Thursday, September 21, 2006 } { Posted by sharps }

Things go so fast. I didn't even know you were closing. I have been off line for a while. PC was all messed up. But cody fixed it and now I'm back in buisness!! So cool that you got all your band buddies to help. I'm sure your glad it's all over. Just out of curiostity. Who were the buyers? Was it the couple that was trying from the beginning to buy it? Can't wait to see more pics of the progress of the house. See you soon!