I am so thankful that this month, the month of giving, the month that God gave us his only Begotten Son, Jesus Christ. What a gift!
My day was starting off to be pretty hectic. First, I needed to email a updated list off all the gifts I was missing for our families we were helping this Christmas. I was approx 10 gifts short. Considering we had a total of 13+ kids that wasn't bad. I just wanted each of them to have enough. I thought of how they would feel when they get back to school, as kids are bragging of all the things they got from "Santa" they thought of why they only had a few. My heart weighs so heavy! I sent the email out and prayed that God would help me help these angels in need or that maybe I could help someone that was wanting to give but just hasn't stopped to do it.
"Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me." Psalms 50:15
The email did not go out in enough time for everyone to read it and we got a response. I praise God! One of our local community Angels, herself, Wendy Kotowske, emailed me asking me to call her asap! I did.......she said "Steph, knock this off your worry list, I'll get it all!, move on to the next family and do not worry about these!"
Boy does that work! Call upon his name and he will provide. What a true blessing she is to me and all the kids she is providing for this Christmas.
With much relief, I still thought "How am I to balance this day?" My husband called and said he had to run to Freeport to an auto part shop which is where I needed to head to drop off Angels gifts from our family to the Freeport Fire Dept. One thing knocked off the list. Then off to the post office to mail my own families gifts. I can not wait until they get to open them. One more gift to buy for one of my own children and I'm done. (I say "my own" to reference which are my actual family because I call all the families as if they are mine too. Make sense?)
As I'm shopping, I got a call from a friend, Donna. She had bags of clothing donations for me to pick up. What a wonderful friends we have. This is only after I had to go by Prime Lending to pick up at least 20 bags of clothing donations from their office.(again, coordinated by Mrs.Wendy) Load the car up, Drop loads off at my house, pick up a kid from a friends, stop by one of my friends to pick up gifts for our angels, back to the house for a quick diaper change! WOW "God give me the strength to keep on keeping on!"
This was such a wonderful day with a purpose! Every day I believe has a purpose wrapped up in it. Take time to see it! This time of year especially we are all wrapped up in so much when really we should take time to un wrap ourselves. Find our purpose in that day or that moment. Today evidently for me was to visit Angels for our little Angels.
Love this......"~If you are all wrapped up in yourself you are overdressed."
Off to the barber shop with 3 of my own little Angels(no such much j/k).......Leave it to your imagination!
GMomma Out!
Steph
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