What is this thread all about?
Just a place for general discussion. A place to unload whats on your mind and talk about anything - personal, health, help needed, achievements, daily highs and daily lows, theories, predictions and what have you.
Does not need to be Q related.
Prayer request:
New guy at work is sleeping in his car in the national forest. It's about to get cold AF. Boss offered to let him sleep in the building but he declined the offer. I'm concerned. -30f is no joke and if the weather man is right he's going to be stuck in snow before the real cold sets in.
Pride can be a powerful obstacle. I'd like very much for some assistance convincing him to swallow his pride and accept the help being offered. His wife might hate him but I'm sure his kids don't want their Dad to freeze to death Christmas eve.
Halp. Feeling powerless here. Like dude....come on. Come inside. Please.
There are thousands upon thousands of these folks in cars and tents. Someone I dearly love used to be one of them. When you have a face you know in the equation, it changes the story.
An extremely hard lesson the good Lord impressed upon me these last few years is that every soul has free choice. You can make offers, you can share information, but in the end the road that soul chooses to take is something God protects. Very hard lesson.
However, friend, your choice is to offer shelter (or your boss's), support and prayer.
Just tell him to do it for his kids. Pride comes before the fall, but she has kids miss out on having their father around for the rest of your life because he was too proud to sleep in a building offered for him to sleep in.
I will pray for this man. The cold can kill at that temperature, the only way to survive it would cost over a thousand dollars in the gear he would need. Is he suicidal? Because this is one way to kill himself. I realize no one here believes in intervention against a persons will, but if the authorities were anonymously notified at the time the temps get to deadly lows, and that he is in the forest, to do a wellness check people would know he was there, they might save him. I will pray. Loss and pain and depression can make a person turn their back on the gift of life we are given.God gives us examples and opportunities to help one another, if a person refuses that help, all that is left is prayer. I pray that he comes to his senses.
If he is offered it with a small rent he may take it. Men don't like charity, but give them a way to keep their pride and they'll do it. Another option is to offer to let him ",pay" by doing some duty around the building like cleanup or maintenance so he doesn't have to come out of pocket. Praying one of these works...
I agree,I like your idea but I don't think it's just men. I think it's more people feel they need to contribute. I'm helping an older lady out of a dv situation at the moment. She isn't in a position to pay me anything for staying here ,which I didn't want anyway but she feels she has to contribute, so I said she could cook some dinners ( she's a brilliant cook and loves cooking) and do some gardening as she likes gardening. Personally I'm just glad she's had the courage finally leave but it makes her happy and gives her some self esteem.
Great idea! Bless you both! u/eyerighteye
That's so great for you to open your home. I'm starting to realize it's the one-on-one ministry that makes the difference... being God's hands when no one sees it.