Hi all.
I hope your week is off to a good start. Lately I’ve been doing a lot of thinking and praying about how I can do more. More to help, more to spread the Kingdom, more to bring joy. So I started thinking…what if I did more “yessing.”
Now, this is a heart thing. Just because this is how my heart is feeling doesn’t mean that this is how your heart is feeling. I’m not saying any of this to make you feel guilty. Or like you aren’t doing enough. Or like I’m some kind of super philanthropist.
Because I’m not.
And you are awesome.
It’s just something that my heart has been saying to me, and I want to share it with you. Right now God is tugging on my heart to say “yes” as opportunities arise. When someone needs or I see a need I try to say “yes.” Keeping in mind that I can’t do everything…because that’s how mental breakdowns start…So I’ve been dog sitting, and making dinner, and buying for Operation Christmas Child {more on that later}, and teaching Sunday school. Little things that I totally have time for when I’m not marathon-ing episodes of teen dramas.
This morning I found another way to say “yes.” It’s called Socks for Sandy. And it’s really simple. A woman who lives on the east coast has started a sock drive for displaced victims of the hurricane. Socks…weird, right? Here’s the backstory.
Laura‘s neighborhood was spared by the storm. But loads of families were not so lucky. Some only escaped with their lives and the clothes on their back. Those folks are now being housed in shelters while they sort out what to do next. Laura became aware of a need at the shelter: Socks. It seems simple, but socks are in high demand. Temperatures on the coast have dropped and lots of people living at the shelter are barefoot.
We all know that uncomfortable my-feet-are-freezing feeling. But most of us can walk to the sock drawer and slip on something cozy. Say “yes” today and help Sandy’s victims slip on some warmth and comfort by joining Socks for Sandy. It’s really easy. Just buy a pair of socks…or several…gloves, hats and mittens are also being collected… and send them to:
