I wrote this post about three hours after my house caught fire.
Today, my husband put some of the final touches on the restoration that we've been wading through since July. It is nice to live in a house that was once whole, was gutted (in spots) as a result of the fire that ate away part of the structure, and is restored to much nicer condition than it was six months ago when this all started.
My motivation for writing that post was three-fold.
1. I needed to get my mind off of my "loss" and move it to a more productive place. Yes, my house was charred on the outside. Yes, I had a flood in my attic, my bedroom, and my daughter's bedroom.
And I was still alive and had breath left in me with which I could turn my "disaster" into praise, giving glory to God.
2. I had been thinking about the people who are mad at God for allowing bad things to happen. I needed to work through what my response should be to those people and to the bad things that happen.
3. Matthew West's song "Do Something" was wildly popular on Christian radio at that time and I kept hearing it. I couldn't hear it without, well, doing something.
So here I am, sitting in a restored house, still subject to the ups and downs of this fallen world, but turning my joys and sorrows back to the Creator of it all.
The winner of the charity donation is:
1. I needed to get my mind off of my "loss" and move it to a more productive place. Yes, my house was charred on the outside. Yes, I had a flood in my attic, my bedroom, and my daughter's bedroom.
And I was still alive and had breath left in me with which I could turn my "disaster" into praise, giving glory to God.
2. I had been thinking about the people who are mad at God for allowing bad things to happen. I needed to work through what my response should be to those people and to the bad things that happen.
3. Matthew West's song "Do Something" was wildly popular on Christian radio at that time and I kept hearing it. I couldn't hear it without, well, doing something.
So here I am, sitting in a restored house, still subject to the ups and downs of this fallen world, but turning my joys and sorrows back to the Creator of it all.
The winner of the charity donation is:
...comment #4, Cheree Moore's choice, Crossnore School. In Cheree's words, "We have friends that work with a Residential Charter School for kids in foster care called the Crossnore School. The school has recently implemented a new home for kids that graduate from high school and go on college but don't have support systems."
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| $50 donated to Crossnore School |
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| $50 donated to Amazima Ministries |
I'm sharing this with you so that you know what happened with my previous challenge, and to encourage you to keep doing "somethings" that change the lives of fellow citizens of earth.
The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’ Mt 25:40
The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’ Mt 25:40
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