Going Home to Help.

I will be going home in two weeks to help in any way possible. Someone very dear to me has lost all she's ever owned. This lady was like a mother and a great friend to me growing up. When I look back on my jr. and high school years, there is no doubt it was her love and support that carried me through some tough times.

Next week we have church camp. I am teaching a seminar there on Tues. and Thurs. so I cannot go home yet. I plan to pack up after camp and head to Indiana. I need to be there. I want to be there. I am ready to do anything and everything I can to help those whose lives seem to be falling apart, especially my friend and her family.

We haven't been in close contact much over the past year because of some sticky circumstances, communication breakdowns...crap like that. But, I have never felt such a strong desire to pour my energy and efforts (and my heart) into something. These people need to see Jesus. My friend needs to see Jesus. God is doing something amazing in my heart for my friend. A month ago, there was an incrediable distance between us. Today I just want to wrap my arms around her and do anything possible to bring hope to her heart. I feel nothing but compassion.

* God, I pray that you would work through me. Beginning now, I ask that you would give me the words to speak that will bring hope and joy in this time of great loss and desperation. Would you be my hands and my feet as I work to restore whatever I can. Help me to see through your eyes. If I've ever wanted you to increase and Amy to decrease, it's now God. You know my heart. Amen. *