Perhaps when you were little sitting at the dining room table and sharing a meal with your family, your grand-dad looked up at you and winked. It was his gesture that you were very special to him and that everything in life was going to be alright.
When Maggie’s hot water
tank died, our Lutheran contractor installed the new tank that was a “Godwink”
meaning everything was going to be alright. When the Office of the Aging
petitioned the Ministry of Concern and they contributed $200 towards the
purchase of the tank that was another “Godwink.” When Jana, the social worker
called to share that Catholic Charities would donate $350 that was a “Godwink.”
Then when Doug said that he would reach out to Angel Action for help, now we
are praying for another “Godwink.”
Sadly, when I took Maggie
to Social Security to apply for SSI, her claim was denied for the second time.
She has two insurance policies and the government rules that you cannot have no
more than $2,000 in your combined savings and insurance.
After waiting two hours on
the phone to speak with a Social Security agent, they sadly did not know how to
help. When I called the local Batavia Social Security office, the agent was
somewhat more helpful in looking up the rules but said she could not help me
any longer because there were other people waiting on the phone.
We are waiting for another “Godwink.”
Someone who knows the Social Security SSI rules and would say in this case, “piece
of cake.” We can help Maggie make her eligible to receive the funds she needs
to pay for repairs, buy food and pay off her monthly loan for medical bills
when she had cancer. You see “Godwinked” at her a decade ago so that her
cancer is in remission.
Lord, I pray for all my
Sonshine Friends who have the gifts, the potential, and the funds to be a “Godwink”
to the “little ones” like Maggie in our world. God bless those people who make
the time, find the means and walk the talk to bring your compassion and love to
others. Now that’s a “Godwink.”
