by lflanders 26 Nov 2009

the holiday season! Blessings to all of you and your families. Also I want to share with you a bit of my day. I am going with my son and his wife to help serve meals to the homeless. This is a first for me and I am almost looking forward to doing this. The reason for the almost is that I am going to come in contact with alot of people that need help and I am penniless to help them. I have the things I need but there are alot of things that I can no longer buy that I once thought were necessities. Disability does not pay the bills must less buy any extra. I, in fact know the feeling that alot of these people have but I am just an old lady that can get by , being alone. So many of these other people have families and small children and really need more that a Thanksgiving Meal! Please, if you will say a prayer for all these families that are too broke to be able to fix a Thanksgiving Meal for their families. The economy is as bad as I have seen it in my 62 years and there are so many people that do not have the necessary things and have small children. My son has always been spoiled and used to having everything he wanted until the last year. He had his Heart Attack 5 months into his marriage and was out of work for a good while. He has had to drastically cut back on his lifestyle and I think it has done wonders with him. He is the one that decided that this was the way he wanted to spend his Thanksgiving. He had his first taste of what it was like to have to pinch pennies and do without all the things that are not necessary for the first time in his life and he has done it with grace. I am proud of his decisions to what he can to help others that are worse off than he thinks he is. He lives well and has never missed a meal in his life so he is not one of the unfortunate ones. He just had a BIG wake up call from above! I have no idea how I am going to be able to stand up for the length of time it is going to take to feed all these unfortunate people but I am sure the Lord will get me through it. I will feel proud to stand by son and give him help to help serve all of these people. There is alot more going on than just food today. There will be donations, a clothes bank, and I am sure toys and money so that the children will be able to have a decent Christmas also. I have a feeling that we will be doing this at Christmas also. This is not the big Thanksgiving Meal going on downtown but at a School close to My son's house. The H. Williams big Thanksgiving Meal for thousands will be going on downtown Atlanta. We will be at a school in Newnan, Ga. This was a last minute thing that he decided to do when asked to help. We will have the Turkey in the freezer at Christmas unless he decides to do this again at Christmas. If so, I will be right there with him for as long as my back and legs will hold me up. I was not asked to help cook because of not being able to hold out for long but He did ask me to come help serve. Please!!!! A prayer for all of those that are suffering to get through just one day at a time right now! Have a Blessed and Happy Day with your family and friends!

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