Last night I decided to tackle the “pile”.
Or more appropriately, the “piles”.
Little did I know, that as I was whispering the prayer,
The piles were choking me and I couldn’t stand it anymore.
{I despise piles.}
So the big kids, Dw and I popped in a Jeanette Oke movie {oh, it was sooo good!} I went to all the places I stash papers and brought them one at a time and dumped them on the family room floor. The pile was enormous.
Then while we watched, I tackled the gigantic mess.
It looked stinkin’ overwhelming to be quite honest.
As I worked away tossing and organizing, I realized that the pile hadn’t been sorted through thoroughly since we moved to this home in early December 2012.
Then I realized that because of the quick move, while in the midst of settling Nehemiah, I really hadn’t organized in the last house either.
Suddenly it hit me: Even in the rental Ruby had had four brain surgeries and a couple of hospitalizations. No organizing there.
Before that I had been in Africa for 7.5 weeks. Prior to Africa, we had had the big trip to San Francisco because of the serious issue with Jubilee’s ears. And before that we had driven across the country to hug our hero good-bye before his previous depl*yment.
Just before that Karl had been in the horrible accident – whew!
It had probably been about 2 years since I really went through the piles and truly organized.
Yikes!!
No wonder the pile was enormous and overtaking our home.
Such a scary thought.
SO last night I vowed I would not stop until I had finished.
At 2:15am I crawled into bed, the pile now mostly in the garbage and the rest filed neatly.
But just before crawling into bed, I had found a padded envelope
that had come in the mail on Saturday.
It was from someone I had not ever met before, only through the blog world.
Earlier in the day I had whispered a secret to the Lord.
It was just a whisper.
I whispered a need I had. No one knew what it was.
Little did I know, that as I was whispering the prayer,
the answer was sitting in our home waiting for me to organize and open that envelope.
As I read the card neatly tucked inside the padded envelope I sat in the quiet of our home and just shook my head in disbelief. I couldn’t even cry. I was too dumbfounded.
The Lord knew what I needed. He sent it via a faraway friend whom I’ve never really met. Her loving gift in the form of a card she wrote upon and a book ministered more to my inner soul than anything has in a really, really long time. The book was about a subject rarely discussed, but so needed to my soul.
And this precious friend? She will probably never realize what her kind gesture meant to me. It spoke volumes to my aching heart.
The Lord knew what I needed.
He knows what you need as well.
Whisper to Him.
What a beautiful post, Linny! I, too, have a pile that is threatening to overtake me! We're now in the middle of adoption #4 and I honestly don't know when I'll have the energy to tackle it! Thanks for giving me hope! Thanks, too, for reminding me that God is always a step ahead of all I need!!!! How I love Him!!!! Hugs from one pile hater to another!!!
Lori McCary
Well it's definitely been over 2 years…the beauty of organizing it all now, is that we are *finally* in the home we will stay in indefinitely. We, of course, thought the home we built after our fire was our last home, but moving for Ruby was necessary…then the rental, then the 'stupid' home we bought with no yard…and now, *finally* we are home. Ahhhh. Really, there is nothing sweeter than to know we won't be packing up again.
So from one pile hater, you *can* do it. When the time is right and when you have the strength. Hey, if I lived nearby, I would come help {if you wanted me to}. xo
Beautiful post!
Any chance we might get a health update on your kiddos? You haven't mentioned Autumn in a long while in regards to her health but you use to ask us to pray for her often. Is she better? And how did Jubilee's surgery turn out?
Hoping all is well!
KK
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Hey my friend, Thank you for asking. Autumn did 2 rounds of chemo, lost 45 pounds each time. She didn't finish because of how sick it made her and they found that still the tumor did not shrink. The surgeon does not want to try to surgically remove it because of it's positioning. She just finished her nursing course! She loves being married – it suits her well. And, they already have a fund set aside to adopt! How beautiful is that?
Jubilee's eyes are much better with this 3rd surgery. The 2nd surgery was awful for her eyes, as they wandered outwardly. This one is just about perfect.
Thank you, seriously, for praying for my kids. You are a blessing to my soul. xo
Aww, I love this! XO
This spoke volumes to me…I have whispered to the Lord our need, and in our time of need, many have come forth and supported us and held us up…
Wow – words fail – but our Father never does!
hugs – aus and co.
Such an awesome story! Thank you for sharing and encouraging me and drawing me closer to Gods's heart. I'm always blessed by reading your blog!
Love and blessings,
Rose
I love your blog because you encourage me so much in my faith in the Lord. I know the right answers, been to Bible school, got the t-shirt, diploma, whatever. Been through mission training to church plant; now in full time ministry. But it's been a rough go of it, tough couple of years, and I so often need to her what you post. Thank you.