| They call it Meditation Rock, I call it
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| | recovery time hit me and in the meantime
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| Miracle Rock. Beautiful, serene and the
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| | life wasn't giving me any breaks. That
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| perfect place to sit quietly, read and
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| | special young man got engaged (and not to
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| pray. That's just what I did - until I
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| | me), my grandfather passed away and my
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| fell off it. It was a twenty three foot
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| | uncle committed suicide. I was a wreck.
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| drop with a rock-solid landing. Ten
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| | Totally and completely depressed. I did
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| broken bones, three broken teeth, four
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| | find a job I had wanted all my life - a
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| years and a whole new life later I'm
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| | youth director. But, I was so
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| ready to tell my story.Long ago I knew I
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| | discouraged that I couldn't keep it up.
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| wanted to be a camp counselor in the
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| | I had no idea what to do with my life.
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| spectacular mountains of Colorado. I
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| | Once again I found myself questioning
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| wasn't a big fan of my college. The only
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| | God.I began to make lists of things that
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| thing I liked about it was the giant bean
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| | I loved. A funny thing came to mind. Bean
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| bag chair that I crashed on in my dorm.
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| | Bag Chairs. I was infatuated with the
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| I had to get out of there. I applied to
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| | huge bean bag chair I had in college. I
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| the perfect camp and sat by the phone for
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| | even got a job selling them my sophomore
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| weeks waiting for my acceptance call.
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| | year. Every time I thought about what I
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| Rejection was not what I expected, but it
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| | wanted to do for a living the word bean
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| is what I got. Angry at God I
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| | bag popped into my head. Though it felt
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| begrudgingly headed to a smaller camp in
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| | crazy, I decided to call my old boss and
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| Maine - a state I hadn't heard of since
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| | tell him how I was feeling. He suggested
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| my 6th grade geography class. Little did
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| | that I start selling his bean bag chairs
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| I know I would fall in love...with Maine,
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| | in Maine for a 20% commission. I gave it
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| with Matt and with the Lord. Let's start
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| | a try. That Christmas I decided to sell
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| with the Lord. We met at Chop Point camp.
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| | the bean bags at a small strip mall. I
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| We had been acquaintances for a long
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| | set up a tiny little business in a back
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| time, but it was there that our true
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| | corner. The business consisted of one
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| relationship began. I'd wake up early,
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| | employee (me) and three bean bag chairs.
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| drudge my way up a windy path and crawl
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| | Then Matt came along. Again. He just
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| under Meditation Rock. There were a lot
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| | happened to be an artist and somewhat of
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| of jagged rocks under Meditation rock but
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| | a perfectionist. He encouraged me fix up
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| there was one smooth, flat rock that was
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| | the corner, build print business cards
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| perfect for quiet times. That is, of
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| | and pricelists. He also began (or maybe I
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| course, when the tide was out -
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| | should say continued) to pursue me
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| otherwise it was covered in water. It
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| | relentlessly. Over time I noticed some
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| was there, on that special rock that I
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| | pretty amazing qualities in Matt. These
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| discovered the Word was living and active
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| | qualities won my heart. We have been
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| and that, it applied to my life! I
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| | married for two years now and I'm still
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| visited this special spot regularly over
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| | not sure when the honeymoon is going to
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| the next four years. Speaking of special,
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| | end. As our love grew, Heavenly Bean Bags
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| a particular young man caught my eye one
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| | also blossomed. Eventually we started
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| summer at Chop Point. One that I just
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| | making the bean bags in Maine and adding
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| knew was the one for me. I'm told I
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| | all sorts of new features (like
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| called his name out over and over when
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| | removable, washable covers). We set up at
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| they found me broken beneath the rock.
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| | the same little strip mall every
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| He wasn't the man, however, that drove
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| | Christmas Season. Although the business
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| an hour every day for a month to visit me
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| | venture kept us incredibly busy, we knew
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| in the hospital. No, I broke up with that
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| | that Matt's art was a talent that we did
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| man long ago. He wasn't the one for me. I
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| | not want to let go of. Matt and I saved
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| knew best.So there, I lay beneath
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| | some money and made prints of his work.
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| Meditation rock bleeding and murmuring
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| | We rented 40 feet of space from the same
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| this other young man's name over and over
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| | little mall and started something totally
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| again. I'm told I whispered "help me
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| | new. We gathered the work of local
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| sweet Jesus" a few times between the
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| | Christian artists, including potters,
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| painfully embarrassing displays of
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| | photographers, jewelers, painters,
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| emotion. Over an hour later I was
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| | stained glass artisans, and furniture
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| life-flighted to the Central Maine
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| | makers (bean bags included) and sold them
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| Medical Center where I under went 18
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| | on consignment. We fell in love with
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| hours of surgery. I remember none of
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| | the idea of supporting Christian artists
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| this. The first thing I remember is my
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| | and now we are going to pursue it full
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| friend Matt, the one I'd broken up with
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| | time. Tomorrow, we're signing a contract
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| long ago, sneaking me a sip of water when
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| | with the biggest mall in Maine, the Maine
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| the doctors were looking the other way. I
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| | Mall. We are opening our own store,
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| was dying of thirst and they would only
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| | Genesis Guild. Genesis Guild will
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| give me ice chips! I spent more than a
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| | specialize in Maine Crafted Home Decor
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| month in the hospital. I was blessed to
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| | items made by Christians!So here I am at
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| be alive. Somehow, miraculously, I did
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| | two o'clock in the morning thinking over
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| not land on the dangerously jagged rocks,
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| | what God has done in my life over the
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| but on the one flat rock I had spent so
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| | past four years. I had it all figured
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| much time on. Not only that, but the
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| | out. I was going to a camp in Colorado,
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| angle of the rock I landed on leaned
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| | working with youth and marrying "the man
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| toward the water. I managed to roll up
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| | of my dreams". But God had a different
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| the rock. I should have rolled off and
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| | plan. I went to a camp in Maine, fell off
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| drowned. I did however, shatter my knee,
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| | Miracle rock, married a wonderful (but
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| break my femur in three places, destroy
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| | real) man, started a bean bag business
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| my hip, crush my wrist and spit out a few
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| | and am about to open a store in the
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| pieces of my back teeth (into Matt's
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| | biggest mall in Maine! Although it was
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| hands). But, I was alive and had no
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| | incredibly hard at times, I thank God
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| damage to my head, neck or back. The
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| | that I fell off a cliff and into my
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| recovery period was still quite the
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| | life!Valerie Lecher's life changed
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| process. It took years. People thought I
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| | dramatically when she fell off a cliff a
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| would get depressed right away, but I
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| | few years ago. She now owns and operates
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| didn't. I was surrounded by loving family
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| | and has her own store at the Maine Mall
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| and friends for months. Then my world
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| | in Portland, Maine.
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| began to fall apart. The reality of the
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