When our community groups director challenged us with the $100 challenge (each Suncrest community group was given $100 to multiply in some way and bless someone's life) our group's first thought was to make it personal. Not that we would be opposed to giving it to an organization, but we wanted to do something for someone that was personal...for someone we had or would have a relationship with. So we prayed...and prayed...and finally God brought someone to my wife's attention. It was a family who we had just started getting to know and who had fell on hard times. It seemed like a clear sign.
Our project was a garage sale. It was something Sheila knew a lot about as we had one annually and typically had a bunch of stuff to sale. So we gathered our stuff and our group member's stuff and then as if God was confirming our effort, we received a bunch of stuff from two other families not connected with our group. The result: we were able to give away $600!
Sheila delivered the money in a card along with some other items that had been given to the family from our group yesterday. She didn't say anything about what was in the envelope, letting the card say it all. 5 minutes later the family was on our doorstep thanking us. All thanks go to God though because he made the garage sale successful beyond what we imagined. It's always a blessing to be a blessing to someone else.
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Wow, that is one smart community group director you have! :- )
Not as much as she thinks. :)
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