Tips from my Navajo Family

Well, we find ourselves in Augusta Georgia this week with the job we were scheduled to do cancelled. Not sure what God has in store for us but … we’ve taken a tip from our Navajo Family and put it in to action for the week.

Many years ago I was blessed with getting to take my family to the Navajo Reservation and introduce my amazing husband; stepson, Sheridan and firstborn, Josiah (Malachi wasn’t born yet) to some of the people I have grown up knowing as family. We visited as many people and places as was feasible thus getting blessed by some amazing home prayer meetings, fabulous food and ability to serve by helping out with different projects i.e. working on vehicles, minor home/hogan repairs, sheep herding, etc. One of the hogan’s we came up to had all of their possessions outside. The guys thought they were in the process of moving … but once we got out and greeted them they found out they were just cleaning their hogan. Thus my Navajo heritage has kicked in this week and … you got it … we literally emptied out our “hogan” and cleaned.

I have to admit it is the easiest and best way to accomplish it. Once it’s empty you clean from ceiling to floor then start putting things back in where they belong and leave out the excess clutter. I meant to take a picture when the furniture and all was setting outside but was so focused on cleaning I didn’t get it done until the end. (Probably a good thing as I’d probably be embarrassed looking at all we have put in to our 37’ home!) It’s a great way to meet your neighbors too as everyone kept stopping and asking if we were having a garage sale. (As if we truly had a garage! But then again with all we had … Ha!)

God’s surprise blessing in all of this was that we sold some Watkins and sold/donated some of our excess. It didn’t cover or exceed what Randy was to have made for the week but it did help cover our living expenses. God always provides - you just have to keep your “God Sighting” vision open to see the wonders He does in the smallest ways to show us how much He loves and cares for us. And we have items to sell on the http://www.MFB247.com site in the classified section (as soon as I figure out how to do it!) and on craigslist.com or E-Bay for future financial needs and more space in our home.

It also gave us another teaching point for ourselves and our blessings God’s sharing with us, Josiah & Malachi. When we are saved and give God the throne of our life He literally comes in and cleans our heart and lets us start fresh with a new, clean heart letting us choose what we move back in. As the typical parent He’s there watching and loving us all the time … beaming with the parental overflowing joy that only a parent can have when their child does greatness even in the smallest things … and … burdened with the deepest sorrow as only a parent can experience when their child makes choices that result in negative consequences and pain. As the Parent of all parents … He teaches us that no matter how high the joy or deep the sorrow … A parent ALWAYS loves us and is there for us. Thank you Abba Father!!