The other day, After leaving work, running to the post office and bank to make the deposit, I was driving home with my little Girl asleep in the back seat. It was a normal day, nothing exciting on tv, nothing exciting at work, nothing exciting at all. I was just driving.
Then a former friend/employee of mine that moved away and got married popped into my head. She has been gone for almost 6 months, living and working on her life and the time that our lives had any connection was gone. But she popped into my head. I pulled out my new G1 phone and found her number. It was an Oklahoma number and she was not living in Oklahoma so I figured it would not be her number any more. I pressed send.
1 ring... 2 rings... 3 rings... not a good sign... then voice mail picked up! It was her voice... so at least it's not a wrong number.
I left a message something like this" Hi , this is Michael, I hope your doing well. Just calling to check on you!@ Call if you get a chance!
I hung up and started getting Evelyn out of the car. Just then my phone rang and it was her.
We started our conversation like most friends do.. weather, family, work, old friends.
Then she started telling me how her heart is feeling empty. She had medical issues that prevented her from working, so she just sits home. A home she married into 6 months ago. In a city she moved to 6.5 months ago with a man she loves. He works 12 hrs a day (ave) and so she sits at home alone (cat and dog) but alone. She talked about bible studies that she couldn't get to for one reason or another... and how she just feels worthless.
I then understood why I called her. It was not for me. God needed me to call her. To listen to her hearts cry and remind her that she is not alone. She is not worthless and there is a reason for this dry season.
We talked about how life when we are in high School is. We get up (at our parrents home) go to school. (regardless of the socialization) we come home... do homework (sometimes) call our friends, go do something. Home sleep. Repeat daily. We usually spend 3 to 5 nights a week out of the house fellowshipping with friends.
I expressed that I miss that about my youth. Getting together with friends and talking about life. I encouraged her to go to the church and ask about small groups. Ask if she could help out in the office, answer phones, fold bulletins, anything. Even if just for an hour. She asked if I am in a small group and I told her about the group Amy has been going to. I have not made it to a meeting yet... but I do want to go. Although I am not best friends with most of the people in our group... it still is good to fellowship.
Amy came home durring the call and I wanted to say our goodbyes so I could be with my Wife... However I knew God wasn't done. I reminded how special she is to God. How strong her personallity was here at Emmanual Baptist. She cried and so did I a bit. I said... you can call me durring the day... I'm just sitting in my office answering calls.... If you don't mind holding... I can talk all morning.
We laughed a bit about life... then Evelyn started wakeing up... so I said I needed to go get her. And we ended our call.
I thank God for using me that day. I didn't know where the words were comming from some of the time... and know now, they were from Him.
M
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Celebrating Randomness
My wife Amy tagged me, and here are the rules:
1. Post the rules on your blog
2. Write 6 random things about yourself
3. Tag 6 people at the end of your post
4. If you are tagged, just do it, and pass the tag along!
Rather simple, so first here are the six random things about me:
#1. I am an untrained business owner. I have taken the steps to buy and business and I am running it as best I can. I don't have any real training about what I should or should not be doing... and I make a lot of mistakes.
#2. I use to hear music in my head all the time. It was like theme music or just songs I knew that MIGHT be about what I am doing right now. OR it could be just music I like. For a long time... it was gone. It really bothered me. I have always thought it was a gift from God, like my spirit singing and praying all the time... but since it went away... I didn't know what to make of it. Did God leave me... Did I do something to cause my spirit to stop singing... or was it just I was not listening to music so It was not playing. It has started playing again but not as much as it did... it may come back... I hope.
#3 I have learned a lot about our US history and about the stock market from watching FOX news. At first I thought is was just a fixation on the election... but I find that I want to know how the market is doing and what has happend around the world. I feel it is me growing up.
#4 I am a TV addict. I love to watch TV, so much so that Amy and I have 2 TIVOs and a dual tuner DVR from the cable company... it is my weekend indulgence. I love to watch the Stargate Atlantis, Sanctuary, Knight Rider, Pushing Daisys, CSI etc.
#5 I dont' know what else to write so this is a gimmy!
#6 I want to make our house more efficient. Clean things out.. get rid of things that we have not used in years... and use the things we find that might be fun. Clean out the cabinets... get rid of the old and put away our stuff. Re-Paint - Re-Arrainge, and redo most of the house... I want it to be a lived in Better Home & Garden home. Not perfect, but no an abomonation either! I just need to be less lazy.
I have no-one to tag...
SO
I'm done
My wife Amy tagged me, and here are the rules:
1. Post the rules on your blog
2. Write 6 random things about yourself
3. Tag 6 people at the end of your post
4. If you are tagged, just do it, and pass the tag along!
Rather simple, so first here are the six random things about me:
#1. I am an untrained business owner. I have taken the steps to buy and business and I am running it as best I can. I don't have any real training about what I should or should not be doing... and I make a lot of mistakes.
#2. I use to hear music in my head all the time. It was like theme music or just songs I knew that MIGHT be about what I am doing right now. OR it could be just music I like. For a long time... it was gone. It really bothered me. I have always thought it was a gift from God, like my spirit singing and praying all the time... but since it went away... I didn't know what to make of it. Did God leave me... Did I do something to cause my spirit to stop singing... or was it just I was not listening to music so It was not playing. It has started playing again but not as much as it did... it may come back... I hope.
#3 I have learned a lot about our US history and about the stock market from watching FOX news. At first I thought is was just a fixation on the election... but I find that I want to know how the market is doing and what has happend around the world. I feel it is me growing up.
#4 I am a TV addict. I love to watch TV, so much so that Amy and I have 2 TIVOs and a dual tuner DVR from the cable company... it is my weekend indulgence. I love to watch the Stargate Atlantis, Sanctuary, Knight Rider, Pushing Daisys, CSI etc.
#5 I dont' know what else to write so this is a gimmy!
#6 I want to make our house more efficient. Clean things out.. get rid of things that we have not used in years... and use the things we find that might be fun. Clean out the cabinets... get rid of the old and put away our stuff. Re-Paint - Re-Arrainge, and redo most of the house... I want it to be a lived in Better Home & Garden home. Not perfect, but no an abomonation either! I just need to be less lazy.
I have no-one to tag...
SO
I'm done
Monday, November 3, 2008
American Dream
Living the American Dream.
I have been captivated by this election cycle. I have watched every debate and most of the speeches. I have visited both parties sites and read about where they want to take our country. I don't know why I have been caught up SO MUCH - however I am caught!
A few days ago I was watching the Mike Huckabee show on Fox news. He closes his show with a little blurb summing up what the show was about and this show he was talking about the American dream. He said that he was the first person in his family to graduate from High School and college and how his parents worked 2 and 3 jobs to save up money to make him and his sisters life better... and that was not shelfish(ref- obama sayig higher taxas is patriotic and not wanting higher taxas is shelfish) it was part of the American dream. That got me thinking about my piece of the American Dream. No I was not the first in my family to graduate from High School... nor the first to go to College(althought I haven't graduated... YET!). But I am the first in my family to own a business. I know that others have done work on the side... but none in my family have run a full fledged, paid employees business on a regular basis. That is the first for my family.
My American dream was not to be a business owner. My dream, like most others out there... was to provide the best life for my family. Where I was in my life... it was not going to happen... much less provide for a future. Buying a business was a step. A step in the Dream. I don't know where I will go from here... or how to get there... but I will move up. I will provide for my family and from my daughter! I will build a business and keep moving up.
M
A few days ago I was watching the Mike Huckabee show on Fox news. He closes his show with a little blurb summing up what the show was about and this show he was talking about the American dream. He said that he was the first person in his family to graduate from High School and college and how his parents worked 2 and 3 jobs to save up money to make him and his sisters life better... and that was not shelfish(ref- obama sayig higher taxas is patriotic and not wanting higher taxas is shelfish) it was part of the American dream. That got me thinking about my piece of the American Dream. No I was not the first in my family to graduate from High School... nor the first to go to College(althought I haven't graduated... YET!). But I am the first in my family to own a business. I know that others have done work on the side... but none in my family have run a full fledged, paid employees business on a regular basis. That is the first for my family.
My American dream was not to be a business owner. My dream, like most others out there... was to provide the best life for my family. Where I was in my life... it was not going to happen... much less provide for a future. Buying a business was a step. A step in the Dream. I don't know where I will go from here... or how to get there... but I will move up. I will provide for my family and from my daughter! I will build a business and keep moving up.
M
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