Thursday night I drag my tired carcass home from work thinking only of a snack, a hot shower and bed.
I check the mail and find something that had me mighty curious, a large priority mail envelope from a familiar name on these forums.
"What could this be?" I thought to myself and opened it to find a Christmas card.
What it said,
"John,
we know it's been a tough year so some of your SMF friends wanted to send you a gift.
We hope you do something great with it.
Merry Christmas,
(name redacted)"
There was money in it.
I picked up the bills and noticed something under the bills.
There was a money order under them, and for a very significant sum.
I was floored, stunned even and felt the blessings bestowed by others and the Lord upon my family and I.
I can say this,
"Thank you to everyone who had a part in this!"
And, "I plan to pay it forward to others who can use a helping hand."
Thank you so much to all those who who thought of me and mine, to those who think of others and share their blessings.
People who not only talk the talk, but walk the walk and do as the Lord has asked of us.
I'm tearing up... Again, Thank you.
Blessings come around and go around, and I know it's true from personal experience.
We had a mechanically sound Volvo wagon with almost 180K miles, over a decade old, interior well worn with the wear and tear of three kids.
We were buying a new to us, lightly used car, and the Volvo had a low trade in value.
There was a family in our church who was experiencing hard times and they were without a car.
Rather than trade it in we gave it to them, it made a huge difference in their lives.
That was four years ago and that wagon is still running that family around town.
I check the mail and find something that had me mighty curious, a large priority mail envelope from a familiar name on these forums.
"What could this be?" I thought to myself and opened it to find a Christmas card.
What it said,
"John,
we know it's been a tough year so some of your SMF friends wanted to send you a gift.
We hope you do something great with it.
Merry Christmas,
(name redacted)"
There was money in it.
I picked up the bills and noticed something under the bills.
There was a money order under them, and for a very significant sum.
I was floored, stunned even and felt the blessings bestowed by others and the Lord upon my family and I.
I can say this,
"Thank you to everyone who had a part in this!"
And, "I plan to pay it forward to others who can use a helping hand."
Thank you so much to all those who who thought of me and mine, to those who think of others and share their blessings.
People who not only talk the talk, but walk the walk and do as the Lord has asked of us.
I'm tearing up... Again, Thank you.
Blessings come around and go around, and I know it's true from personal experience.
We had a mechanically sound Volvo wagon with almost 180K miles, over a decade old, interior well worn with the wear and tear of three kids.
We were buying a new to us, lightly used car, and the Volvo had a low trade in value.
There was a family in our church who was experiencing hard times and they were without a car.
Rather than trade it in we gave it to them, it made a huge difference in their lives.
That was four years ago and that wagon is still running that family around town.
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