This afternoon was one of those times that I am gr8ful for. I met an 80-something year old lady that walked with a 4 point cane that amazed me.....
My mom knew of a lady in the community that needed help. Mom, being the type of person that will do something about it, persisted on getting me. Bad attitude was happening. I was hesitant to help today. The plan was to lawn mow this ladies big 2 lot yard, that a very small house sits on. We tracked down a mower, it all worked out. today was the best day to do it......so we start and this lady gets off her cane and wants to help. She starts showing me she could do it too, and takes it over for a bit. I let her for a minute. my experience with canes...etc is that dependency can be confining (unless its on God) also challenges and grace CAN let us do things that we didn't think we could do. No one thought we could.
wha...her body can't keep up with her "heart". She had such a drive to get involved, with everything we were doing for her. But physically things don't look so good.
Thank God for the opporunity to meet such a person. The facade wasn't there, just actions that speak louder than words. I wasn't able to communicate very well, but it didn't matter. she liked to smile.
She had a garden with one daffodil flower in it.
Is serving contagious? I'm convinced it is.
