Another trip to California

i’m sitting here studying this afternoon, but i can’t keep my mind from wandering…

most of you know that the whole farra clan is traveling back to california this next week for corey and lindsey’s wedding.  to help us with this little affair, we have some amazing friends back on the coast who are opening up their lives to make this trip really special for all of us.

a house to stay in, cars to drive, baby supplies for the newest farra, chauffeuring, totally adjusted schedules, food to eat…even a travel trailer for some of our friends from texas to stay in (think national lampoon christmas vacation).

in spite of this incredible imposition that we are creating, they all still seem genuinely excited for us to be coming.  that’s what real friendship is all about, i suppose…

last night, as i was talking to one of our friends who is making this all possible, she said that she had learned a lesson a long time ago, to share what god had given to her…because it was god’s anyway.

it was the same lesson wanda and i were taught when we were just a young couple beginning our life journey…and we have done our best to pass it on to everyone we have ever been around…to our own boys and all who have ever lived with us…to our friends and church family and youth group…pretty much anybody who has ever gotten close enough to see what was important to us.

how incredible to see that the spirit of generosity, that was passed on to us many years ago, keeps being lived out in the lives of humble people along the way.  and it constantly comes back to bless us again and again.

i’ve written about this before, but i want to pass it on again:

don’t own anything that you can’t freely let go of for the benefit of others.learn the joy of sharing what you have, especially to those in need.we live in a world where people are owned by their stuff.  what a crummy way to live.the more you can understand that your stuff is only “on loan” to you…everything…your house and your cars and your technology and your equipment and even your own children…the sooner and more completely you’ll understand that your own life is “on loan”, also.when that happens,  the grossness of the self-centeredness of our lives begins to diminish…and can be replaced with a purpose and meaning  and gratitude that is beyond words.

yes…a much better way to live.

#california #giving #sharing #wedding