So it was a busy Monday morning—usual for Hope House, chaos, lots of needs, lots of people. Gray skies and rain completed a fairly bleak picture. Add to this the fact that I am getting over a cold and low on energy and what you get is someone who really is questioning why she is at Hope House today!
So, as so often in my life, God likes to remind me of why I am here and where my place is. Being sick or tired is no excuse for me to sleepwalk through a chance to serve in His name. Paying attention to the small things is a valuable lesson in faith for me. Case in point:
Darlene is a long time client, a single mom who struggles to educate and feed her 4 children on her own. She is well educated herself, but life has had some not so great twists and turns for her. She has never abandoned her faith, though, always trusting God to keep her close. Today as I returned from a run out to the store for supplies for distribution, Darlene caught me in the parking lot to tell me her witness of the New Year.
“My resolution this year was to trust God more” she said to me with a smile. “Today I came here hoping to find some things I need, and guess what! I found them all.”
Here is how God helped Hope House help Darlene today:
• Darlene found her hard to find shoe size, enabling her to stop wearing her teenage son’s size 12’s!
• She also found a coat to replace the one that she had to throw away because it was worn and torn.
• She and her 10 year old son decided last night that he would enter the Science Fair at his school and she found a book called “101 Science Experiments for Science Fairs”.
• Her 4 year old daughter just started gymnastics and they found a leotard for her.
Meeting the needs of our clients where they are is our primary goal at Hope House. Learning to trust God and increasing our own faith is just an extra added bonus!
