God Given Daisies — by
Today I Was
Reminded
How many times do we forget to remember how God
has supplied all our needs, and has given us better than we ever expected?
I am currently involved in a project that requires us to move a historical art museum… A costly adventure! While trying to raise funds and look at available properties, I stumbled across an awesome property at a great location, for a great price.
Needless to say there was a contract on the property
already.
The real estate agent asked me what I wanted the
property for and I told her that I wanted it for a museum. She told me she had
another property she could show me but it was more than 2 1/2 times the price.
In fact the selling price is $1,999,999.
I laughed and said "A piece of cake! Nothing ventured, nothing gained!"
I made an appointment to see the property. Excuse
me! This property is an estate!
On my way out the door to see the estate, I got a
phone call from the County Freeholders Offices. They wanted to set up an
appointment with me concerning the non-profit organization I represented. In the letter I wrote requesting a meeting
with them, I never stated what organization I was with, or what I wanted.
Instead, I wrote "If you are interested in honoring all Veterans and Seniors, while exciting the minds of School Administrators,
Teachers and Students, please give me a call"
They did!
All the way over to the estate I kept thinking God
had to have set this up. The Freeholders are the people who control the County
money and in order to get big grants from the federal government and/or any
state funding, you need the cooperation of the local officials. (How well I
know that!) God's timing is always
perfect. Never too early, never late, but always on time!
I met with Pat the Real Estate agent and we went
through the big gates of the estate. The
estate’s home-owners were regular, down to earth, real people. In fact, the
wife had just cooked for 100 people at their church the day before. We chatted
like old friends and I really enjoyed meeting them.
I laid out the plans of what I would do to make this the showplace of the county. In the meantime I was thinking about the fact that the museum doesn't even know I am doing this.
I was comfortable with the homeowners, and
comfortable in their huge
A center honoring
all heroes… A place of reflection, appreciation
and healing…
It shouldn't be one museum. It should be a group
of museums honoring heroes all under one roof and on a huge piece of property.
Who deserves the honors better than our heroes including the military heroes,
the police, the firemen, other rescue workers, who put their lives on the line
to protect ours?
But the Devil (who always has negative things to
say) says "Who are you kidding? They will never give you the money to do
this project honoring our heroes."
Then the phone rang. It was a friend since
childhood. She asked me what I was doing and I told her.
She said "Didn't you once get a $4,000,000
sport and camp complex ... just by asking?"
I laughed and said, “Yes! I did!”
All I had to pay was $100 for a dumpster. A cheap price to pay for a multi-million dollar facility with 13
acres, a swimming pool, out-back courts, racquetball courts, and ice-rink, a
snack bar, and exercise rooms.
Today I was reminded
that "With God
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