Just a little helper

A couple of weeks ago I got a text from my ex-husband telling me that things were not going very well for him since he's been living with a friend.  He mentioned times of not getting a long and times of when his friend would kick him out and that left my ex-husband no one to go so he would sleep outside or in a car.   I feared that I would get a phone call one day that I would have to tell my kids that they found their dad somewhere on the streets...never to see again.

I told my husband about it and he said that we should bring him here to Flagstaff and have him seek help in the Rescue Mission here.  I was a little surprised that he would offer such a thing but he said that the kids need to have their father in their lives and they should be in his.

I finally make that phone call to my ex and then we waited.  The kids were excited with the whole idea.  One week later he responded by texting me a message shortly after I had gone to bed that he was ready to make some major changes in his life.

Last night, actually it was 12:15 in the morning the kids and I went to pick him up from the Greyhound bus depot. 

Today with all of us together was a little awkward at first but I enjoyed watching the kids with their daddy.  We had a nice day.  Tomorrow afternoon we will get him checked into the mission.

The rest is up to him and God.  All we were in this were just little helpers in His big plan for my ex and his choices now.  Now its our turn to wait and see.

On a side note I think every needs second chances, third or fourth chances.  I think that it is up to each and everyone of us to just be little helpers in God's big plan.  Helping who we can, the lost, the poor, or someone who just needs a little help in a new and God right direction.  I feel at peace with bringing my ex here.  God has a plan for him and now he can get started on it with Him and there will be great rewards, one of them being.....involved in his kid's lives.

Lord I'm thankful for my husband.  He takes great care of me and my kids.  He has opened his heart to helping an important person in my children's lives and that is such a gift to them.

Lord my ex is here now he is yours.  I pray that he seeks you and starts his journey with you.  Help him to learn about you.  Help to remember what its like to be held in your powerful loving hands.  Help him to know you and develop a relationship with you Lord.  Humble him Lord and bring him close to you. He has a few things to let go of , one of them being pride.  He will have struggles but make it clear to him that you are not far from him and that he will grow in the ways that he needs to.  His life will come together with your all knowing, all powerful love, strength and peace and forgiveness.  Amen

Thank you Lord for showing us how we can be just a little helper in your big plan.