I saw this on Joy's Hope today and thought it was another fitting verse for our community.
Monday, May 30, 2011
Saturday, May 28, 2011
faithfulness...
The stories I continue to hear about this storm are amazing. Many are not mine to tell, but I'll share my husband's story. Scott had the opportunity to work alongside a Samaritan's Purse relief team for part of the day yesterday. They cleaned up debris at 2 houses and arrived at a third house.
According to Scott, the family that lived in the house was emotionally broken. The couple didn't own the home, but were renting-to-own. They did not have insurance on their belongings, but would be able to make an insurance claim for the home if they had "proof" of the rent-to-own agreement. The proof was in a jar in a room of their home, that was nearly destroyed.
The husband had already searched this room twice, but searched through it again at Scott's urging. The wife was praying with a group in the yard, pleading for the Lord to reveal the jar. Within seconds, before Scott could even jump down into the debris to help, the man yelled "Here it is!" and handed the jar up to Scott. He was able to hand the jar, with the "proof" intact, to the women. Our God is good!
Samaritan's Purse gives each family a Bible, and allows each team member to sign it. Scott signed it and wrote this verse, Lamentations 3:22-23, on the inside. I can't think of a more fitting verse.
After hearing his story, I couldn't get that verse and what it means for our community off of my mind. So, I came up with this design in Photoshop Elements. I plan to print this out and hang it in our home as a reminder of God's faithfulness. I encourage you to do the same. Please leave me a comment if you download this! If you'd like a larger size, leave it in the comments and I'll send one via e-mail.
Please continue to pray for our community!
link love: 05.28.2011
image credit|big fish tees
Today's link love is totally different than the others that I've posted. I'm going to share links for ways that you can help our community.
Friends and family who live out of town have asked, "Is it as bad as it looks?" Unfortunately, it's much, much worse. The videos and pictures on TV just don't capture the utter devastation that our community is experiencing right now. I saw the main part of the devastation with my own eyes a few days ago and there are no words.
If you'd like to help Joplin, whether you're local or out of town,here are some links:
Samarian's Purse has been in Joplin since Sunday night. They have been helping families salvage belongings, repair damage to homes, and removing trees and debris. My husband, Scott, had a chance to work with them yesterday.
Several moms in my MOPS group have lost homes and many belongings. An Amazon wishlist has been set up and items can be purchased to help these moms!
Big Fish Tees has designed a Hope for Joplin t-shirt. 100% of the proceeds is going to be donated to Convoy of Hope.
Convoy of Hope has a large presence in Joplin right now. It's a faith-based organization who is help out tremendously.
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