THOUGHTS FOR THE ROAD....... LESS TRAVELED

Lessons learned for the Christian life.

Tuscaloosa AL... Here We Come

   My family including my 5 children, parents, sister and niece will be driving the 5+ hours to Tuscaloosa AL to do whatever we can to help with the relief efforts going on there. We will be leaving Friday and returning home Sunday. We are funding this trip entirely ourselves, we will be purchasing food, baby items, toiletries, medical supplies or whatever is needed when we arrive in Alabama, if you would like to contribute every cent will go to purchase items for relief, you can send money to my fathers paypal account at mullima@gmail.com

  We are teaming up with First Wesleyan Church of Tuscaloosa, you can follow their efforts at the link below.



First Wesleyan Church Tuscaloosa, AL



Images for the trip can be viewed HERE


   My own little world was rocked by the tragic storms of April 27, 2011. Not because I lost my house, or a loved one, I am hours away from the nearest damage. For perhaps the first time in my life, I saw people hurting and didn't think " OH, someone should help them, why isn't the government doing anything, where is the National Guard".... my heart ached to reach out, my spirit was unsettled, my mind was constantly replaying images of destruction and broken hearted faces. It wasn't someone else's problem, it was mine.

   I spent much of Thursday watching the news, reading updates online and growing increasingly unsettled. My spirit just would not rest, I prayed for those effected, I thought about sending money to help with relief, but there was a relentless gnawing inside me, an unexplainable need to be there. I am not by any means someone who handles stress well, I tend to freak out and over react so you can see how the thought of me being at ground zero, so to speak, might seem like a stretch but I know in my heart that that is exactly where God wants me right now.

   I can't live my life as a by-stander, God has called me to be all in. I need my life to mean something. I don't want to be a goat!!! Lord, help me to be a sheep!

Matthew 25:  31 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.
   34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’
   37 “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’
   40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’
   41 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42 For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, 43 I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’
   44 “They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’
   45 “He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’
   46 “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”