Comments on: But For The Grace of God

By: Kay Green, Child Safety Mama

Kay Green, Child Safety Mama — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 03:50:22 +0000

Thank you Cricket for helping me see more clearly those around me

By: Stephen King

Stephen King — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 01:09:13 +0000

Cricket, beautifully written. I, myself, have used that phrase many times, in part because I believe it in my heart. Unlike many people in my circles, I’ve actually been there. I got out of the Army full of hope and sure of my own capabilities for the future, and moved to Phoenix. A few years later I ran away, Valley Fever having robbed me of my job, and then my home, and every penny I’d ever had in addition to my treasured keepsakes from West Point. I’d gone to family and received nothing but sorrow, and my church had expressed their own dismay before explaining they could do nothing to help. Welfare (we still called it that then) wouldn’t help me because my truck was worth too much. I lived in it, in a cabover camper, in a free campground for the summer, and at one point I remember eating a meal just because the campground hosts brought us some fingerling trout that hadn’t survived the stocking.

I got healthy over time, and I rebuilt a life for myself, up to the point now that I’m a Dean and an author and about to complete my doctorate. But I can’t help but get angry thinking of my own experiences whenever I hear people dismissing the homeless that I used to be.

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By: Lisa Marie Mary

Lisa Marie Mary — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:18:23 +0000

Excellent, excellent post, Cricket. I know it’s an old one, but, it’s a good one and I completely agree with you. Wow, I really, really *felt that* when you talked about her look of total despair… *shiver*

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By: Lauren at LucasWorks

Lauren at LucasWorks — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:09:16 +0000

“For it is in giving that we receive.”

I believe that each day, God gives us the chance to be better, to give more, to come closer to being the person we should be, and that many times those chances come through that lady you helped, or through people like my disabled son. I, for one, am grateful for the opportunities (they help keep my mind on the end game!)

I’ve also noticed that some of the richest, most ‘stuff’ laden people I know are the most unhappy, because they’re busy making excuses for why they won’t part with anything…

Your kindness blessed you both!

By: Jay

Jay — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 06:56:42 +0000

You didn’t particularly pointed out what you actually did to that lady Miss Cricket. I say, you gave her hope even just for that day.

If you have same case as mine, whenever it’s my “lean” days or run out of allowance or cash, and my mom or my siblings would just simply give me their extra, it soothes my day’s worries and get motivated for that wonderful reason – “I know someone still care and that is Hope”

By: Joyce Camp

Joyce Camp — Fri, 29 May 2009 22:27:53 +0000

Everything this week..good or bad..has been making me cry! Today this story has continued the trend! Cricket your words are so touching and inspiring! I just hope the opening of your heart to her that day gave her hope and confidence to go on!
God bless you!

By: Cricket Walker

Cricket Walker — Fri, 29 May 2009 21:46:02 +0000

P.S. My use of the wording, there but for the grace of God go I, was not intended to come across as blaming or thanking God. It was used simply as an expression explaining how easily I could see this happening to any one of us . . .