Our Light in a Dark Time

Right now, there are a lot of messages encouraging us to help where we can but how in the world does anyone help when we aren’t even supposed to go near one another?  Well, sometimes the only way you can help is to take that risk.  I’m very thankful that my neighbors were willing to do that last week.

Hurting

I hurt.  There really isn’t another way to put it.  I had some seizures last week and hurt myself pretty badly.  We had to call on our neighbors to help us watch the kids while Erik took me in to the ER.  I was not a happy camper after my seizure so I wasn’t excited to see anyone else in our home or to hear that I was leaving but when I realized just how damaged my ear was, I understood why Erik had called them over.

I hate having to get emergency medical care and it is especially difficult when we are already dealing with a pandemic situation.  After weeks of doing everything we possibly can to stay home, we willingly went in to a medical care building.  To make it even worse, we were told to go to three different places.  We started at an Urgent Care and then went to an Emergency Room and then a bigger Emergency Room before I finally got stitched up.

The Light

The only light in all of this was the kindness of our neighbors.  I am beyond embarrassed that we needed to call on them in this way and amazed that they were willing to say “yes”.  They ended up being here for over 6 hours because of the many places we had to go.  They were truly angels to our family in this horrible time.

When Erik and I finally got home, their college age son was playing with our 7 year old boy.  Instead of having a negative look on his face, when we thanked Andrew for his help, he commented that we knew where to find them if we needed anything else.  That meant a lot to me.  We’ve only lived here about a year and we are still getting to understand the dynamics of the neighborhood.  With those words, I realized this wasn’t a one-time gift of kindness.  This is a bridge that will be left open from now on with a new understanding of needs.  I slept with a new sense of peace that night.

When you go through a difficult experience such as we did here, you look for the light or you end up lost.  I’m so thankful for the light our neighbors were willing to shine their light for us.

Ask Yourself

I know we’re not the only ones experiencing hard times, all of us on this earth are going through a very difficult experience and it is the perfect opportunity to look for the light or even to be the light that shines.  What small way can you be a light in a very dark time or maybe even what small light has been shone in your direction to help you make it through until tomorrow?