Hey, I've got a story to tell...
Dear Community Family,
Another Community Impact (February 28th) with amazing results! You truly are the hands and feet of our Lord. We had 463 people serve on that Saturday! Our Neighborhood Food Drive collected 9,253 lbs of food! So many lives touched, Thank You!
I love to tell stories…and if you hang around me long enough…you’ll hear me say “Hey, I’ve got a story to tell…” and it’s usually a story where I’ve seen God at work.
Saturday morning before we went out to serve, I shared with you a personal story…for those that didn’t hear it I’ll share it again.
This happened a few months ago…and it’s a true story. I was running errands and I had my kids with me (2 boys). One stop on my list was to buy something for my husband at Radio Shack. Since I am technology challenged this isn’t my favorite store, however my boys love that store and want to examine every gadget. I had so many things to do, I simply wanted to run in, buy the item, and run out. On the way there in the car, I told my boys, please don’t touch anything in the store, we are going to run in and run out…run in and run out…run in and run out. That was the goal Run in…get the item…and run out.
Goal accomplished! Yeah! In the car and off to the next thing on my list, when my youngest son (age 10) asked me, “Mom, do you think that lady was homeless?” I asked him to repeat himself, because I had no clue what he was talking about. I then asked, “What lady?” and he said, “The lady outside of the store.” I asked him why he thought the lady was homeless and he said that she was digging in the trash can. I was so focused on running in and running out that I didn’t see anyone. Feeling guilty that I missed something so obvious, I tried to convince him that she must have dropped something in the trash and that she was trying to find it. He said, “No mom, I think she was homeless, she looked hungry, and she was dirty.”
Wow, how could I have missed that? The trash can was right outside of the store, it was so close. How could I have not noticed? I am an Outreach Director…I’m supposed to notice things like that!
I missed 3 things that day, I missed an opportunity to feed someone that was hungry, I missed an opportunity to serve God, and I missed an opportunity to teach my children about the hungry and homeless people in our community.
Since that day, I keep a post it note near my computer screen. It says, “God, What do you want me to notice today?” I pray that prayer often…and He always faithfully answers that prayer.
I want to challenge you to pray that prayer often, and watch for Him to answer.
Thanks again,
Nancy May
Outreach Director
Community Christian Church
Another Community Impact (February 28th) with amazing results! You truly are the hands and feet of our Lord. We had 463 people serve on that Saturday! Our Neighborhood Food Drive collected 9,253 lbs of food! So many lives touched, Thank You!
I love to tell stories…and if you hang around me long enough…you’ll hear me say “Hey, I’ve got a story to tell…” and it’s usually a story where I’ve seen God at work.
Saturday morning before we went out to serve, I shared with you a personal story…for those that didn’t hear it I’ll share it again.
This happened a few months ago…and it’s a true story. I was running errands and I had my kids with me (2 boys). One stop on my list was to buy something for my husband at Radio Shack. Since I am technology challenged this isn’t my favorite store, however my boys love that store and want to examine every gadget. I had so many things to do, I simply wanted to run in, buy the item, and run out. On the way there in the car, I told my boys, please don’t touch anything in the store, we are going to run in and run out…run in and run out…run in and run out. That was the goal Run in…get the item…and run out.
Goal accomplished! Yeah! In the car and off to the next thing on my list, when my youngest son (age 10) asked me, “Mom, do you think that lady was homeless?” I asked him to repeat himself, because I had no clue what he was talking about. I then asked, “What lady?” and he said, “The lady outside of the store.” I asked him why he thought the lady was homeless and he said that she was digging in the trash can. I was so focused on running in and running out that I didn’t see anyone. Feeling guilty that I missed something so obvious, I tried to convince him that she must have dropped something in the trash and that she was trying to find it. He said, “No mom, I think she was homeless, she looked hungry, and she was dirty.”
Wow, how could I have missed that? The trash can was right outside of the store, it was so close. How could I have not noticed? I am an Outreach Director…I’m supposed to notice things like that!
I missed 3 things that day, I missed an opportunity to feed someone that was hungry, I missed an opportunity to serve God, and I missed an opportunity to teach my children about the hungry and homeless people in our community.
Since that day, I keep a post it note near my computer screen. It says, “God, What do you want me to notice today?” I pray that prayer often…and He always faithfully answers that prayer.
I want to challenge you to pray that prayer often, and watch for Him to answer.
Thanks again,
Nancy May
Outreach Director
Community Christian Church
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