"Do The Next Thing"

I had coffee with a friend of mine the other day. This gal is a person who I did not know very well before Gretta died. Immediately following, she told me that she was going to call me everyday for "a long, long time". She has been faithful to that burden that God obviously placed on her heart alone. Everyday whether I answer the phone or not, she calls. I can hear her children in the background of the message, crashing around or crying or laughing, which confirms to me that in the "thick" of her day I was still on her mind. She stopped whatever it was she was doing and called me. It has been sortof a life preserver for me.

Funny, but I don't expect her call. I don't wait to see if she calls, she just does. Now, some people I have told that to immediately feel guilty because they don't call me enough. Or so they think. But I have to say that this woman was obviously given a burden by God to do this for me. If everyone called me everyday, it would not be a good thing. There are many, many people who have done and continue to do other things for me or our family and I am not saying one is better than another. It just continues to amaze me what God did for me through this friend in such a special way.

Then while we were having coffee in the middle of my messy house the other morning, she gave me another gift. She said,
"MY grandmother used to say, when you don't know what to do or how to keep going, 'Just do the next thing '".
Now this is something that spoke to me greatly. So since Thursday it has been my mantra. When I collapse on a chair or find myself standing in the kitchen staring out a window or starting a job and not having the strength to finish, I hear that little phrase, "Just do the next thing," and I do.