Story to a Novel

Once again sitting in my office (Starbucks) listening to "Mumford and Sons" and thinking back on yesterdays events. These events is like seeing a story take off and one that you sit back and just look in awe at it. This story started about 3 months ago when I met a family on the streets. Greg, Angela, and Jade, three people who find themselves surviving in the woods. As I got to know them, I discovered that they are happy, maybe not about their situation, but that they are together. Even at their camp site they already had a Christmas tree set up in the middle one of their tents. The church that I am serving with decided to step into this families life and basically adopt them. So let me get to yesterday.

Brevard Rescue Mission wanted to pay for a weeks stay at a efficiency and the church did the angel tree deal. So I went and got a real christmas tree, some lights, and candy canes to decorate it. Then I met Trudy, who has been helping me on Tuesdays, with the presents that were gathered. As we were bringing them in we met Cathy who was staying at the same hotel with her very nice, big, pit bull. We told her what was going on and she said she wanted to buy something for the daughter. She came back not even a minute later with tears in her eyes and a $50 gift card for the whole family. The card she received from her sister and the tears because how God has blessed her and gave her an opportunity to bless some else. You see Cathy told us her story that took place 34 years ago when she gave up her daughter for adoption, but her story had redemption as she reunited with her daughter this year and welcomed her back into her life.

As we were still hearing Cathy's story the room service lady came in to vacuum up the fallen pine needles from the newly awesomely (okay maybe not awesomely) decorated tree. Cathy yelled to her and said what we were doing. The lady said "We need more people doing this." After that was all done we were leaving down the hallway of the hotel and the owner of the place was walking towards us. She said she heard what was going on and wanted to help. She then said "the week is on us." I even said "you know it is for a week, right?" She then said "Use that money to help them get something when they get a place."

You see how a simple story can become a epic novel, a novel that may never end. So during this Christmas season, no wait, during the rest of your life, look for that story that you can step into and help it become a glorious novel.