I have a retired friend who spends almost all his time helping others, especially the widows and the fatherless. In the Fall and early Winter this means, of course, cutting and hauling firewood for these people.
He called me last week and said that his Jonsered 630 had siezed...probably from an air leak. Here's the kicker. Two hours before he called, a co-worker gave me a 630 in great condition that only needed a new fuel line.
I gave him the saw which is in better condition than the old one. Now he's back in business and he has lots of spare parts to keep his Jonny running for a long time.
Pretty neat how these things work out sometimes.
When one goes and does what they can to the hurting its like doing it unto the lord it was the lord that sent that person to you it was the lord that put it on your friends heart to do these kind things to the people that are lonely you can tell a child of the king of kings by the way they love people some are hurting physically emotionally financially this time of the year
some have lost there love ones or someone close thru this past year
to have a heart of compassion on hurting people takes alot to be a man
i do not mean to ruin a thread so dont take it like that but when i say hurting i am within that circle of hurting people if you knew how many times a day i set and cry with tears in my eyes you would wonder why am i crying for its cause i long for my home no pain there no bills to worry about there etc.
some do not understand me maybe if they look at the situation thru spiritual eyes they see what im going thru
do i have anyone to be with during Christmas the answer is no
sad to say my own siblings do not want anything to do with me they are so self centered that all they care about is themselves
i take and go talk with people total strangers when i get the time and just offer some comfort words that God lays on my heart to say
but when it comes to myself i rather be called home ( Heaven ) sometimes it is easy to hide the hurt inside ones heart pastor told me the other day that God is sending me a special friend its like sara was to abraham i felt tickled by that but it still does not change the fact i want to be with my lord God takes care of his children by using others in there path way someone may lift a helping hand or someone may be blessing someone with finances that God lays on there heart to give i had two people give me $ 20.00 each in a weeks time one time they remark was God layed on there heart to give to me that i would be needing it
this time last year i was getting prepared to loose my best friend all i had on this earth that was my dad sometimes people do not understand how it feels to loose someone very close to you when my dad passed on part of me died with him and when God calls my mom home part of me will die again i was with my folks all my life 40 some years and you wonder why i feel the way i do