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THE TALE OF THE WEBBIE

But first.........
Editor’s Note:
One time, a few years back, I had a close friend who began experiencing trouble in her pregnancy. Her then 3 year old daughter needed a place to stay while Mommy stayed in the hospital. I took her in like one of my own, and we all loved it. Then Machiah and Caleb (my OWN three year old son) decided to begin acting like siblings......"He’s on My side of the seat", "She took MY book"........I don’t know how I did it the first time. Others began to call and ask if they could have a hand in "helping" my friend Lidia, in her time of need. I became very possessive of Michiah, almost like a mother bear with her cubs. We could get through this. Caleb needed to learn how to share.

Why am I telling you all this???? Because I learned a VERY important lesson from this incident. DO NOT HOG THE BLESSINGS. Along with TELL OTHERS HOW MUCH YOU APPRECIATE WHAT THEY’VE DONE. I finally, after almost three weeks, relented and "allowed" Michiah to stay with a family where she could be closer to her father.........how magnanimous of me!!! Then I called and thanked Yvette, the lady who lived closer to Michaiah’s daddy, and she began telling me what a wonderful blessing this little girl was to their family.

WHY would I want to HOG ALL THOSE BLESSINGS?????? And if I had not picked up the phone and THANKED her for all she was doing, I would never have learned that lesson. Michiah did not suffer. She was not mistreated or neglected, as I so foolishly thought she would be. And the family that took her in got a blessing from her just being there, why did I not want to share that?

Because I have learned to be selfish even in my blessings. It was difficult to give up the thought of Evan, my oldest son, being the webmaster for our site, but something in the back of my head kept saying...."DON’T HOG THE BLESSINGS". And now THIS story of our beloved Webbie, the current webmaster for this site....... It is truly another lesson in what you will learn when you just THANK someone for what they are doing. Sharon had just written a quick note of appreciation to Webbie for all the time he spends on this site, and made some silly comment about why on earth would he bother to help two old ladies with a project like this, and the following is the response she got.

Makes me wonder?? How many people have I neglected to thank in my life time, and if I had, how much more would I have been blessed if I knew "the rest of the story".........especially if it was the answer to how God was working behind the scenes in my life? It is SUCH a blessing to know that God had been preparing a young man in Flint, Michigan for us.......JUST FOR US. It makes me see God’s sovereign hand in a much clearer fashion. And has taught me ONCE again to let others be blessings too.

AND NOW..........the REST OF THE STORY BEHIND THE TALE OF TWO WOMEN..................
 

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