A Privilege,An Honor, and A Challenge

Today I'm thinking a lot about prayer because two incidents in less than 8 hours have made the need for it necessary! Our oldest son(actually my step son) called us at about 11:30 last night. No calls at that time are ever good, right?! His mom (my dh's ex-wife) is in very poor health. Our son will be in town for a day or so helping her as she gets out of the hospital. She recently lost her house so the first order of business is to find her some place to live. My husband asked what we could do to help him and our son replied, "pray." Now this is a woman who left her husband and 2 children. When our son got married seven years ago, he asked me to be the mother of the groom.Even now I'm still in shock! Never once did she ever help us when I was sick or having four children in less than six years. Often she showed up late to pick up her children and usually brought them back early. She was never current in paying child support and even now still owes my husband support which he knows he'll never get. But still I feel called to pray about this even though my initial reaction is to ignore the entire scenario. My husband is feeling upset about this - I can tell! After all, they loved each other enough to get married and have two children. This is not something either of us expected to be thinking about after 22+ years of marriage.......so pray I will!

When I pulled up to my Crossing Guard post just before 7:00 this morning (some 7 1/2 hours later), I saw fire trucks and police cars in front of a house where 2 girls I cross live. My heart was in my throat as I asked the Lord to keep them safe. A few minutes later, I saw them come toward the sidewalk and head my way! I asked them if they were okay. They said that the house next to theirs had caught on fire and they were fine! Whew! I thanked the Lord that they were unhurt.

Both of these situations really made me think of how much I need to give everything to Him! I don't get much of a choice in either of these circumstances, in fact, I'm mostly just a witness to both. The privelege, honor, and challenge He gave to me is to pray for these folks. They'll most likely never know who was praying for them......but I know other Christians have prayed for me anonymously on my behalf. I'm happy to pass that legacy on!