Today over 100 volunteers gathered at the Beechwold Christian Church to build hope - a house of hope that is! Beechwold in partnership with Crossroads Christian mission and Licking County Habitat for Humanity built the frame for a two-story house. Tomorrow this house will be dedicated and prayed over, and then shipped to Licking County. Once it arrives, the Licking County Habitat will add it to the basement footer and finish the house, adding walls and roof. Shortly after that a family who thought they might never own their own home will own a piece of the American dream.One hundred volunteers each giving approximately 4 hours of volunteer time, you do the math, 400 hours of service will change the life of a family forever. What would these people have done instead with their Saturday morning? Rake leaves, clean the house, watch cartoons? Instead they spent their time doing the eternal, doing something that will encourage and change the lives of others, quite possibly for an eternity.
God desires for us to build houses. In Jeremiah 29:5, the Lord God Almighty says to those who've been captive: "Build houses and settle down; plant gardens and eat what they produce."
I'm thankful to be part of a church that cares so much, even those they've never met. I'm thankful to call many of those volunteers my friends. I'm thankful for a God that loves us so much that he shelters us with good things.
What are you thankful for today? Is it time we fall on our knees in thanksgiving?
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