Tuesday, February 23, 2016

My February Blog Project ~ February 21st ~ Being there.

Being single means that I can be available to be there for my friends {and family}.  Tonight my dear friend needed me to be there to encourage and comfort her 2 sons while she & her hubby sat with their 5-year old at the E.R. waiting for stitches.

An amazing God moment in this is that I typically shut off my cellphone around 9:30 each night.  Not on the 21st.  On the 21st, I was binge-reading the third and sadly final book of Lynn Austin's Restoration Chronicles.  Nehemiah was rebuilding the wall around Jerusalem.

When my cellphone rang, I thought for sure it was going to be a gab-fest.  Instead I was greeted with a slightly frantic momma who needed me to change out of my jammies and put on my Super Angie superhero getup { Read:  Jeans and a hoodie. } and come stay with her 2 eldest boys.

It's funny because I remember changing into clothes and I remember praying for the sweet 5-year old and her parents...yet, when I got in the car and started driving, I had to check and make sure I was dressed.  Not that I was NOT dressed...but was I wearing slippers?  Did I put on socks?  Did I grab my glasses?

Being there.  That's what this world needs.  That's what I need.  And tonight I got to be there.

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