Seize the Day

WOW, I've been too busy to even blog! I left this past Thursday to go to the CWC convention in Greensboro.  To say it was awesome would be an understatement!  There were probably 500 women there of all ages, and races.  The hotel was beautiful, the food was out of this world, the speakers were wonderful and the concert by Lynda Randal was fabulous! The Holy Spirit was at work in North Carolina! I don't know of ANYTHING that could have possibly made it any better. I am so thankful that I was able to attend. The trip down there and back was great. I was really needing a road trip and Debby and I even managed to get a little shopping time in!  What more could a girl ask for?

I've been working trying to get help for the homeless community in Huntington.  I have solicited help from my church and also friends and people at work.  I really am in hopes that it's starting to get off the ground.  I have been helping serve breakfast on Saturday mornings and this has allowed me to make friends with some of the homeless.  I found that even though they have places they can eat on Thursdays and Saturdays,   they often go hungry on other days.  They are also literally living behind the floodwall and with the cooler weather it's getting more difficult for them to stay warm.  I've been distributing lists of things they need and I have several people who are interested in helping.  I have had such a burden for these people for a while but I never knew how to help them.  I really feel like this is a ministry where I can show God's love and help people who are less fortunate than I am.  So far, it has been a very humbling experience for me.  I have a tendency to be very judgmental.  I think God is trying to show me that my job is not to judge these people but to love and help them.  I really want to go where I'm needed and work where God wants me and where I can do the most good. I feel like I have wasted much of my life up until this point and it's time for me to try to give back to others and try to make a positive impact on people around me.  It's sad that it has taken me 51 years to realize that.