Update on my friend…he came over this evening. He was in better spirits than yesterday.
I gave him sodas, juice, soups, canned spaghetti, canned ravioli, other canned food, vegetables, noodles, cereal, TV dinners, other frozen food, bread, and meat.
He was speechless that someone would help like this.
I am continuing to pray for him and his economic situation.
I am writing this from my phone before I go into prayer time for a friend.
The company my friend works for started laying people off in September. But he was one of the lucky ones to keep his job. But to stay on the payroll he had to take a 50% cut from 40 hours a week to 20.
Now it’s taking it’s toll. He
can’t pay bills or upcoming rent.
I know it’s all in God’s hands. But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t help, Right?
I want to help my friend but he’s too prideful to ask for help or accept a giving hand.
I can remember when I was laid off my job in 2008 some one from church came up to me and helped me out by giving my family food from their overstocked garage.
Three years later it’s
time to pay it forward. We are fortunate enough too have extra food we had stocked up for a possible strike at my wife’s work in October that never happened. So we have this food in our garage not being eaten. So I want my friend to come over Tuesday night and take some of the food away.
I just have to get him over there to take it. That might be the tough part. I have a plan that just might work.
My heat is broken almost every day when I hear and see people that are struggling in our great country America. We are so rich and some are becoming richer.
Let’s just not forget where we came from. And if ever given the chance lend out a helping hand.
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving so I thought I would share with you a few things I am thankful for.
I am thankful for…
1. God….Being able to worship freely and able to read the Bible.
2. My wife. She is my best friend.
3. My son. He is in college (culinary arts institute).
4. My daughter. She’s in high school, on the honors roll and on the water polo team.
5. My friends.
6. My church.
7. A roof over my family’s and my head.
8. Food in the refrigerator and in the pantry.
9. My wife’s job.
10. Health insurance.
11. My health, my family’s heath.
12. Hot water.
13. Electricity.
14. Having a car to drive.
15. Living 20 minutes from the ocean.
16. Living 30 minutes from the mountains.
17. Having a computer, cell phone, and other electronic items.
18. My neighborhood.
19. Social media
These are just a few things that I am thankful.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone.
God Bless
Many people wait until after Thanksgiving Day, mainly on Black Friday or sometime after that day to start Christmas shopping. Well, not this family. Now it’s time to gloat.
For the last two years we have been using a special account, our Christmas fund account, that we saved money throughout the year so we could pay for our Christmas presents by cash or debit card. And with the last two years we have been able to achieve the unthinkable. Getting our Christmas shopping completed before Thanksgiving Day.
Last Thursday went to the mall and got my wife half of her presents and the other half ordered online Saturday and Sunday.The first package already arrived today. Achievement Unlocked.
This past Saturday and Sunday ordered online some presents for my daughter and yesterday went back to the mall and got the rest of my daughter’s Christmas presents. Achievement Unlocked.
This past Saturday and Sunday ordered online some of my son’s presents and today went back again to the mall and got the rest of my son’s Christmas presents. Achievement Unlocked.
This past weekend ordered online a Christmas present for my wife’s mother to be delivered by Friday December 16. Achievement Unlocked.
My wife has 3 brothers and 3 sisters. Since her family is so large we only have to get one of them a Christmas present. It is decided on a rotation basis. So, this year we have my wife’s oldest sister. So, this past weekend I ordered online her sister’s Christmas present to be delivered by Friday December 19. Achievement Unlocked.
So now we don’t have to worry about the hustle and bustle of Christmas shopping. We can just kick back and relax and laugh at all the others fighting for items in the huge crowds.
2008 was a horrible year for us with my dad passing away and me losing my job. And people out there helped my family get through a rough spot. Now we can also use some of the extra time to help others. Show them and give them the Christmas spirit and love that was given to us.
Christmas shopping 2011 fully complete. Achievement Unlocked.
I’ve been writing and rewirting this blog in my head for a little over a year now. Trying to figure out how I was going to write it and what site I was going to publish it too. And the wheels in my head started spinning in 5th gear for the past two days, especially after I changed the background and template as well as the name of this blog from Moses in the Wilderness to BJ Hewitt’s Blog.
Now here I am breaking the news to you guys.
I have 6 different blogs, 2 on Tumblr, 2 on Blogger, and 2 here on WordPress. I know I am crazy to have that many blogs. And I know as well I am a perfectionist to have that many blogs. So, being unhappy with my situation and my way of going about writing posts I just gave up for awhle and haven’t posted much of anything worthwhile.
I know it sucks I haven’t taken my blogging seriously in the past year. It does suck. There’s no denying it.
Now I believe I have figured it out and this is the decision I have made….I will keep all 6 of my blogs. BUT I will focus heavily on my two blogs hosted on WordPress: BJ Hewitt’s Blog and BJ Hewitt Ministries.
Hope you like my decision.
Happy Reading
I am trying to be motivated to post to my blog more often that I have been. I have never been happy with the look or the title of my blog. So, I am trying new things. I just changed the look to my blog. And I changed the title to my blog as well, from Moses in the Wilderness to just my name, BJ Hewitt. Do you like these changes? Sound off in the comments.
