"Welcome to my blog space. I believe that God has carefully placed gems in our paths to fill our days with joy. The challenge for us is to take the time to notice them. My desire is to share the gems in my life so that, hopefully, you will see the ones He's placed in yours. I hope what you read here will be worth your time and you'll want to return often." - Cathy

Monday, October 15, 2012

A Unique Find


My granddaughter, Caitie, moved into a new home about a month ago. She and her husband had some trees cut down in the back yard that were leaning dangerously toward the house. While they were cleaning up some of the leftover brush, they found a class ring.
Once back inside the house, Caitie found a name engraved on the inside. The ring was from the Class of 1986 from Seton Catholic Central High School. Google provided the phone number of the school in Binghamton, NY. The school Secretary referred Caitie to the Alumni Association who listened to her story and took her contact information.
After doing some research, the Alumni Association found an address and phone number connected with this guy in his school records. The problem - the phone number was for his mother and from 1986. When the representative from the Alumni Association called the number, amazingly, the student’s mother answered.
She called Caitie and Caitie told the story again. Being satisfied this wasn’t some kind of scam, his mother gave Caitie his number. Oddly enough, he only lives about an hour and a half away. Caitie called him and told her story one more time. He was amazed. Caitie arranged to meet him and his family last Friday.
He told her the ring was lost twenty years ago. He went swimming at a pool in New York. He had the ring on when he went into the pool and when he got out the ring was gone. He looked all over the pool for the ring, but when he couldn’t find it, he assumed it was sucked into a drain. There is no explanation for how the ring got from a swimming pool in New York to her backyard in North Carolina. He has never been to this area.
This is a great lesson in hope, a never-give-up kind of hope. I recently talked to a woman who had been praying for healing for her husband for five years. Rather than give up on her quest for an answer to her prayer, she just said, “God hasn’t answered me - yet.”
In the Bible, the book of Romans tells us, “For in hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what is seen? But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.”  Romans 8:24-25 ESV
How quickly do you give up on your dreams and prayers? What kind of a time limit do you put on God to work out all the myriad details it takes to make your prayer request happen – one year, five, ten? I hope these two stories will encourage you to let God work in His time and in His way to provide His best for you.
Have a blessed and joy-filled day-
Cathy

10 comments:

  1. That is a joyful story..apparently someone else got a hold of that ring before Caitie! Blessings!

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    1. Thanks, LaJoyce! I'd love to know the rest of the story but I'm sure that is buried in the past. Thankfully, the ring is back home where it belongs. Blessings!

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    1. Thank you, thsank you, thank you! What would I do without your support!

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  3. Cathy:
    A beautiful lesson here. Thank you for sharing this story.

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    1. Thanks for stopping by. I'm glad you liked this example of keeping hope alive in your heart. Blessings!

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  4. Very cool story and lesson. (But I was kinda hoping it would turn out to be my mom's class ring that I lost outside 48 years ago when I was two... lol)

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  5. Don't give up, Brenda! You may be the one who gets a call from who-knows-where someday saying they have your Mom's ring. Blessings of hope to you and your Mom!

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  6. I find the best things happen when you let go and let God. Not a
    Ways an easy thing to do. Trust is key. Thanks for sharing this amazing story.

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  7. Thanks for stopping by, Peggy! I'm always excited to see someone new comment. I hope you'll drop by again soon. Blessings!

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