Hi folks,
My latest orange story happened a few weeks ago. I was in the middle of a lousy week. I'm a single dad of four kids and everyone in the house, including me, decided to get sick at the same time with one winter illness or another. So four sick crabby kids and an equally sick crabby dad sat down to eat dinner one night, and sensing that we really needed some God time, I pulled out that week's lesson on Orderliness from the Family Times Virtue Pack.
The story focused on a young boy who's best friend was moving away, and how he was coping with his sadness and loss. The bottom line of the lesson was, when God closes one door, he opens another.
My kids just lost their Mom to an extended illness a few months ago, and we've been learning how to cope with our own sadness and loss.
Hearing those words that night, when God closes one door, he opens another, truly changed the mood at the dinner table. Seeing God- induced hope in the faces of my own kids was a humbling experience, and one that I'm not soon to forget.
See, the great thing about living orange is that I don't have to always feel like I've got it all together. If I'm not feeling particularly spiritual, or hopeful, or energetic that day, the church has tools like Virtue Packs that I can use to keep myself and my kids focused on the eternal things of God.
That's why for me, orange has become the only way to live. Thanks for the opportunity to share.
Many blessings,
Steve Tye
