New Life as the Seasons Change

Guys I am blown away not only by the devastation that we have found East of us but also by my husband. This morning as I was praying over him, I was reminded that when we were 1^st married he didn’t do any labor without pay. The kids and I got to work with Jason for 3 days before school started back. The kids were amazing y’all. They were complimented for their kindness and their hard work everywhere we went. We got to meet some very cool people along the way. We were in a trailer park on Monday looking for ways to help, we ended up at one where others were working but needed a bigger chainsaw. Turns out they didn’t live there, they were from IN. They have been vacationing in PC for 30 years and turned this trip into a mission trip. Those 2 teenage girls of theirs were hard workers! Our 1^st day out 4 people joined our crew, 2 were local men that didn’t have damage and they wanted to help out and their parents from AL. We did a few houses together. Many hands make light work. Being out and about showed lots of kindnesses. So many people gathered around, doing what they could do. Neighbors loving neighbors.

So, as I watched him head out for the 6^th day to work for free, I was blown away. God has been transforming my husband before my eyes. He is working tirelessly, just as hard as he would be if he were getting paid. He is willing to walk up to homes and offer his services. He has met many people who have been blessed just by his offer, though they deferred to more needy recipients. He said the coolest thing about offering his services has been the sideways look he receives. It blows people’s minds. Yesterday he ended up at a retired pastor’s home and the 1^st thing he said was are you the Jason from Freeport that the radio said is out here working for free? The pastor ended up praying over him and blessing him and told him about storing up treasures in heaven and about adding jewels to his crown. Jason is also convinced that the Lord has been guiding his truck and that he has been at just the right spot each time. I could not be prouder of him. He was in a neighborhood yesterday and stopped at a house and offered his services and after they laughed at him (not rudely, just blown away) and said that they had heavy machinery on the way sent him across the street to an elderly couples’ home. There was a massive tree covering their driveway but since it missed the house insurance was not going to help. While he was there the woman commandeered his services and put him to work. Her husband has dementia and she needed help. He unclogged 2 toilets, fixed the garage door put gas in her car before clearing the giant tree.

This week in my reading of both the Bible and Celebration of Discipline there has been a definite theme: Seek first the Kingdom of God. Living by faith and not by sight.

Matthew 6:33AMP

But seek (aim at and strive after) first of all His kingdom and His righteousness (His way of doing and being right), and then all these things taken together will be given you besides.