OFFER UP A PRAYER

AFTER YOU READ THIS PLEASE TAKE TIME TO OFFER UP A PRAYER OF THANKS FOR MY DEAR FRIEND JULIE .

I GOT A CALL FROM HER TODAY TELLING ME HOW SHE ALMOST LOST THE BRAND NEW HOUSE THAT THEY HAVE JUST MOVED INTO AFTER BUILDING IT THEMSELVES FOR THE PAST YEAR .

JULIE,HUSBAND AND 6 OF THE 7 CHILDREN WERE STANDING ON THE BACK PORCH ENJOYING THE VIEW OF THEIR 11 ACRES WHEN ONE OF THE BOYS SAID WOW SOMETHING IS ON FIRE .SURE ENOUGH IT WAS THEIR NEIGHBORS PASTURE BEHIND THEM .THEY LIVE IN AN AREA WITH VERY STRONG WINDS SO IT WAS MOVING FAST .HER HUBBY AND HER 9 YEAR OLD DASHED OFF TO TRY TO STOP IT WHILE SHE CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ,AND CHASED AFTER THEIR HORSES .THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED AND HAD TO CUT HER FENCE TO GET TO THE FIRE.SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE AND WHAT FEW NEIGHBORS THEY HAD STOPPED TO HELP .SORRY I CANT REMEMBER HOW LONG IT TOOK BUT WHEN IT WAS ALL SAID AND DONE THEY STOPPED THE FIRE JUST A TINY BIT FROM HER FENCE LINE .IT WOULD HAVE GOTTEN HER BARN AND BACK YARD THEN IF NOT STOPPED THERE THE HOUSE . THE FIREMEN TOLD HER THAT IT WAS A NEIGHBOR ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ONE BEHIND HER USING A CHAINSAW THAT CAUGHT FIRE . OH AND SHE WAS LUCKY THAT THIS HAPPEN ON THE WEEKEND BECAUSE ALL THE VOLUNTEER FIREMEN ARE AT WORK DURING THE WEEK .

SO AS SHE COLLAPSES INTO BED TONIGHT HER DAY ENDS WITH A HUSBAND WITH SINGED HAIR ,SAFE HORSES, HOUSE AND CHILDREN

AND KNOWING THAT SHE IS TRULY TRULY BLESSED

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AND A 9 YEAR OLD WHO IS SOOOOOO PUMPED !