This is a lesson that I have known for a while but was reminded of during the move. You cannot move alone. You are not meant to live alone either. Genesis 2:18 says, "The LORD God said, It is not good for man to be alone."
So many times we think that we have it all under control. We believe that we do not need any help from anyone else. If I would have tried to move alone, I would not have gotten very much loaded. More than likely, I would have hurt myself and damaged a lot of things in the process. Same way in life. When you go at life alone, you either end up hurting yourself or the people around you. You were not built to fly solo.
I do not know what I would not have done if Brandon and Mark would not have shown up to help load. I would have ran out of energy and strained myself. If I did not have friends around me to help carry the emotional and mental loads of life, I would bog down on a daily basis. I would have been lost if my friend, Chris, did not show up and help me rearrange the truck. He saw things from a different perspective. Without people who can look at your life from the outside in and speak to the areas you can not see that well, our lives become a jumbled mess.
The friends that came to unload and unpack were just as important. They came just at the right time. As we were getting extremely tired they stepped on the scene and took a HUGE load off. God always has a way to send the right people at the right time. It might be a kind word, an encouraging phone call, or just a good sit down talk. What would we have done without Stephanie and Justin? Show up when she is needed the most. Make huge sacrifices, and give up valuable time to help. Those are the friends that will do anything for you and know how to help the most. Then last but not least, I would not know what to do without my family. They were with us from start to finish. There are people in your life that will never leave you. These are the people that we often take for granted and overlook.
I want to encourage you and challenge you to look around your life and take notice of the people that God has blessed you with. Be aware of those people your surround yourself with, they will either help you or hurt you in life.
I do not know what I would not have done if Brandon and Mark would not have shown up to help load. I would have ran out of energy and strained myself. If I did not have friends around me to help carry the emotional and mental loads of life, I would bog down on a daily basis. I would have been lost if my friend, Chris, did not show up and help me rearrange the truck. He saw things from a different perspective. Without people who can look at your life from the outside in and speak to the areas you can not see that well, our lives become a jumbled mess.
The friends that came to unload and unpack were just as important. They came just at the right time. As we were getting extremely tired they stepped on the scene and took a HUGE load off. God always has a way to send the right people at the right time. It might be a kind word, an encouraging phone call, or just a good sit down talk. What would we have done without Stephanie and Justin? Show up when she is needed the most. Make huge sacrifices, and give up valuable time to help. Those are the friends that will do anything for you and know how to help the most. Then last but not least, I would not know what to do without my family. They were with us from start to finish. There are people in your life that will never leave you. These are the people that we often take for granted and overlook.
I want to encourage you and challenge you to look around your life and take notice of the people that God has blessed you with. Be aware of those people your surround yourself with, they will either help you or hurt you in life.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
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