Thanksgiving

I am continually overwhelmed and humbled by the extravagant generosity of those around me.  If nothing else, it makes me so aware of the important of the body of Christ. It gives me a vision of what God designed our church to be- the hands and feet of Jesus. I never wanted to be in the "care for the widows and orphans" category, but to see it done by our church, school, work, family and friends with such fierce love and compassion brings me to my knees with thanksgiving.  I thank God for surrounding me with such a community. I sometimes joke that the girls broke me in for accepting help- the other time in my life when I felt so helpless to make it alone. That far pales in comparison to now. Accepting help from so many can be hard. Yet at this point I am so overwhelmed with the enormity of the loss of my beloved, I can just sit here and humbly accept the help with thanks to God for his provision.