Fifty Two Weeks of Joy

This blessing took place the week of September 21 st – 27 th This is it folks, my final blessing, my ending to an incredible journey. The past few days have been a little emotional for me. I've gone back and read a few of my past posts, and relived the stories. I must say this journey has taught me so much about God, so much about myself, and a whole lot about people. I've learned it's not my place to determine if someone is worthy of a blessing. God just provides opportunities to take care of his people and I either take advantage of the opportunity or I don't. I've decided it's better to bless someone because helping people has shown me how blessed I am. It has taught me to count my blessings and to be thankful for what I have, because others aren't as fortunate. I started this journey because I wanted to restore a joy I lost when my mom passed away. I wanted to find whatever it was I was missing… Looking back I don't think I had a lack of ...

This blessing took place the week of September 14 th – 20 th My best friend has been devastated by the crisis in Iraq. She and a friend have decided to do something to help children and families who are being directly impacted by what is happening there. Are you willing to do the same? Will you Dare to Love these families and help bring hope in the mist of the darkness? My friends are selling these shirts:   With 75% of proceeds going to Samaritan's Purse, below I've provide a little bit of information about Samaritan's Purse and the work they are doing in Iraq. ***Via Samaritan's Purse Facebook Page*** The crisis in Iraq has opened up new opportunities for our staff and partners to share the Go ... od News of Jesus Christ. One team member was talking to a displaced Muslim family and they asked why we are helping. The team member proceeded to share the story of the Good Samaritan. The father of the family then told him, "And you, a Christian, ar...

This blessing took place the week of September 7 th – 13 th   *Disclaimer-- this blessing is about blessing my son Eli… Who also happens to be a superhero, in case you didn't know? He recently watched the movie the Amazing Spiderman and has decide He. Is. Spiderman. But shh… his identity needs to remain a secret. On Monday, September 8 th I took Eli for his last blood draw. As soon as I pulled into the parking lot Eli started to cry and begged me to not take him inside. I looked at him and said, "Eli this should be our last visit and remember you are Spiderman, you are strong, and it's not going to hurt this time. We got inside and the lab tech called us into the room. Eli was SO brave and tried not to cry. He set in my lap like a big boy and told me, "I Spiderman it no hurt". Both the tech and I looked at him and said yes you are and it might hurt but only for a minute. I kept reminding him he was strong and it would ALL be over soon. He took it like...

This blessing took place the week of August 31 st – September 6 th Sometimes the greatest blessings are the simplest of things…. There are times in life when we need to stop and just be there for others. We don't need to have the answers to all, of life's riddles. We just need to be an ear willing to listen. This week I listened. One of my taxi participants came in and needed someone to listen. She told me all about her family and the drama that entails. Every family has drama and she just needed someone to listen to her vent. She stayed for about 20 minutes and thanked me. We hugged and cried together. She left and I got back to work. Now I wasn't able to "fix" or "solve" her problems but I was able to listen and offer encouragement. Sometimes in life we just need to know we have a cheerleader in our corner. Try and encourage someone today… You might need the encouragement tomorrow.