We came as a church. Habitat for Humanity is a Christian organization.
I know that there’s been a lot of interest and questions regarding the work we were doing, and between doing the actual building and keeping you informed, it did seem to get a little wrapped up in the task at hand. Besides, we’re guys.
But other things were going on as well. We grew as men, and men of God.
Prayer Walk
Today was our last day on the site on Prince George Street. We’ll miss the house, working together, and working on this house, but mostly we’ll miss the people we met, and we wonder about the home that will one day fill the house.
We took our last moments on site to pray.
We prayed for the future tenants, the local area, for Habitat, for Bracky, Diane, David and all the others seen and unseen. We prayed for peace within families, especially the family that will call this their home. We prayed for God’s protection over all these things and prayed for a blessing on the home. We prayed most of all that they know that we came because we wanted them to know that Jesus loves them.
Each one of the ten guys sat or stood in a room and prayed whatever he felt. It was good. It was moving. Many of us cried. It was humbling. I’m glad that I belong to a church that believes in prayer and has guys that are used to praying, especially publicly. We walked around and prayed for the neighborhood, especially because Habitat owns the lots to the left and right of this one, as well as several others in the area.
We pray that the right families get the homes, and we pray that they know that God loved them enough to send 10 guys with not a lot in common to build a home for them.
It was humbling to be part of a greater plan, to be a small part of a small team that was a small section of the life of this house. God could have done anything with anyone, but He chose this method and these people: Habitat, volunteers, us, to bring this home together for no other purpose than to let them know that God is so loving and powerful that He could orchestrate so much for a family that is in need.
God loves people regardless of what they can give Him. He just loves them.
So we prayed. And we became better men because of it, and because of this trip.
We’ll tell you some things over the next few weeks about why this was a significant thing for us to do, and for the particular timing. And Oh My Gosh I’m glad that we’ll have some time to catch up and post things without having to go to sleep and get up and start hammering by 6 am.
But we wanted you to know that we pray for you out there that are part of this experience.
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