Take 10 for Charity
As many of my faithful readers know, a fellow pilgrim in the blogsphere name Charity Singleton is battling cancer. Many of her friends and aquaintances around the blogdom (is that a word?) have been chipping in to try and help her emotionally and spiritually. Now of course we are called to do that, but we are to minister to one another in a practical and real way when we can. We may sit behind our computers and not know Charity face to face, but we can reach out to her in a tangible and real way. Here is what I am suggesting.
1) Take 10 minutes of your day to be in prayer for Charity and for those who are like her fighting this good fight every day. Pray for her battle armor to be strong, her ax to stay sharp and her mental disposition to stay on the sunny side through all this.
2) Write a check for 10 dollars and send it to:
The Charity Singleton Fund at Forum Credit Union. The account # is 2010792. Donations can be mailed to PO Box 50738, Indianapolis, IN 46250-0738. Questions can be directed to Forum at 800.382.5414.
Some of us might be able to give a little more, some of us a lot more. Please consider doing what the Lord lays on your heart. Charity does a lot of freelance writing, photography and painting. She does not have a disability policy we are aware of and she is in need of our practical support.
3) Write a blogpost that links back to this one, or write one of your own with the same information and link it back to this one. This is not a shameless ploy for me to get more web traffic, it is a deep felt cry from my heart and soul for a sister in need.
Just some quick math for those who think 10 dollars is not all that much. I recieve about 2000 unique visits a month to my blog. I do not spend a ton of time advertising my blog, and I know others of you do. Some of you get a lot more traffic. Lets assume that all the people who do this represent a total of 20000 blog hits a month and one percent of those who read your blog respond. That is 200 people. 200 people times 10 dollars is 2000 dollars. Not a bad start and that probably covers most of one month of expenses for her. (I do not claim to know her expenses, just averaging here)
Please prayerfully consider doing this. And then doing it again a few times as you can. Charity is in Chemo and Radiation for the next few months. She needs our love and support.
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Carl, thanks for this practical post. And the “practice” you’re calling for is simple. I like the “10″ idea. I’ll put the link to this in my Charity for Charity post, as well as in Lament, the virtual scrapbook we’ve been doing since this difficult time began.
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Great to see you this weekend Carl. Thanks for taking the time to come. We’ve got to be intentional about hanging out more. Life is too busy and that’s a drag, frankly. Let’s connect ASAP!