I Get to See…
I was telling a buddy of mine yesterday that part of the incredible journey that is Renovation is that I get to see God’s activity daily! When you get around areas where there is great need, desperate people, brokenness, lost dreams… fill in the blank.
I am discovering almost daily as God takes me into new places and experiences that when you have lived most of your life with much you begin to assume things about life, God, others that aren’t necessarily accurate. From mobility to accessibility to convenience… Renovation is positioned in a under-resourced area not just financially but educationally, socially, spiritually so people’s junk is just out there for people to see. We get a chance it seems almost every day to show kindness… to be authentic… to stop and take the time to talk, listen, pray with people, fix a teenager a pp & j sandwich… it has made me rethink what is most important, what we should be “busy” about.
Had a chance to take my friend Jay to see a friend of his in the Buffalo Psychiatric Hospital. I have never been inside before and it was all that I thought it would be and a little more. The lady was sweet but it was sad to hear her talk about her past… as she could remember it… hard to think through 18 medications. So many precious souls walking around in a “fog.” I was so touched and blown away as Jay sat and listened, encouraged, laughed with, instructed his friend. I was the pupil he was the teacher. He spent 3 years in that place… he walked out 22 years ago and he says that by the grace of God he has not had to return.
That’s why I love being where and doing what I get to do!
