31. Thirty-one. Seems ominously closer to 40 than 30 did.
On a random note, I am loving the power that facebook has to remind even my kindergarten teacher that today is my birthday! My narcissism is b.e.s.i.d.e. itself! I've got to quit using that word, I'm really not narcissistic. Most days, anyway. I just like to be wished happy birthday!
So...a few days ago my dryer decided to go on strike. For no reason at all other than it was just done with me. We think the fix will be a 9 dollar fuse, so the laugh is really on the dryer. Anyway. All of this led me to the laundromat today. I was almost forced to sell a kidney to pay for it. Seriously, laundromat owners are ROLLING in it! I break out in hives just thinking about how much I paid to wash a little laundry.
Cool thing happened there. An older(ish) lady walked in and began to vent her frustration with her current landlord. There was a lot of cursing and gnashing of teeth, but I finally got her to take a breath and was able to share with her details of a project we have at 7 Hills called the Ficasso project. It is a Hud-funded program that assists people who are in danger of losing their housing and provides them with short-term assistance with rent and utility bills.
I was really worried I would offend her by mentioning it to her. But. She hugged me and wept. Literally wept.
She must have told me 42 times that I was a "blessing from God". And then proceeded to punctuate that blessing with several curses. I loved her instantly.
I was reminded again today of how blessed I am to work in a field that I am passionate about. I was also reminded how closely His eye is on the sparrow.
Now I know why the dyer gave up for no apparent reason. There is no such thing as no apparent reason.
3 comments:
Couldn't agree more!!
I love it when God does stuff like that and let's us see the why in it.
Wow! That is awesome. Our dryer went on the fritz the other day and nothing so cool happened so far from it--but I'm gonna keep an eye out : )
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