Day TWO (b) (out of order) September 6th! Trey's Trek continued...

This Family affected the whole area!

As Luke and I headed up Beck Road from the corner of 7 Mile and Beck; we reached Grand River and headed North-West paralleling I-94.  Then we turned North again and walked up Wixom Road past the Ford plant that is now closed down.  Right there where the plant is located is the old Samuel Morse Home place (the man who invented the Morse Code). As a matter of fact, Becky, My wife's Grand Pa, "Rollin Morse Severance" was a direct descendant of Samuel.  Neat stuff!!!

Anyway...this house that is in front of me in this photo was the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wire.  They were some of the first folks in the area and lived their lives with integrity!  Their Godly witness and ministry to this community was evidenced by the sign that now stands there in Wixom near their former home that I am standing by!  It is folks like this, who live life with abandon and touch others with the Love of Jesus that make a difference in whole Nations and certainly small communities like Wixom!  'Money', comes and goes and can disappear in a heart beat!  'Stuff,' comes and goes and breaks,  Pleasures, last for only a little while but those folks who invest themselves in the lives of others as representatives of Jesus Christ have a lasting affect, long after they go to be with Jesus!  Then there are the benefits of Eternal life that just keep on giving!  That is an awesome thought!

The Wire House

This home was the heart beat of this area in regards to ministering to the needs of the people who were pioneers who came to Wixom.  The Marker across the Street reports a bit of what benefit this family and their home was to the area!

Just thinking about how hard it is for folks in the Detroit area these days in regards to economic issues and the  stress it causes families.  Pondering the days of the early to mid or latter 1800's can be sobering in comparison!  Knowing what they 'did not have' in regards to transportation such as automobiles and planes, furnaces in their homes and air conditioner units that keep us 'just right,' and just the "difficulty" it was in obtaining food and goods that were necessary to sustain life 'on the frontier!'   I don't think that we have anything to complain about, really! Things that we are used to "having", by just 'going to the store' and being able to purchase a gallon of milk with money we have left over from the Ice Cream we just purchased at COLD STONES or Coffee we drank from STAR BUCKS!  Getting a gallon of milk in 1850 was an ordeal!  "It was utter work!!!"  The "McDonalds Culture" has made us forget what real life is like!    I do believe we have gotten a bit soft in our 'modern era!'

And you know, thinking about the Wire Family and the struggle just to LIVE 'out there' on the Frontier and survive, not to mention opening up their tiny house to the whole area for services and ministry!  In some ways we who live in this day should be really challenged to not be so 'isolated' in our attitudes and actions.  Especially us "White Folks" who are most of the time trying to 'get away from people who are different from us!' We should keep in mind that this place is not our home!  Yah, there is nice stuff 'out there' but compared to what is coming...  It does not even hold a candle's light of significance in comparison!  Like Keith Green used to say, "this is like living in a garbage can compared to what is up there!"  So what are we building for ourselves?  Are we so short sighted that the 'here and now' is what dictates who we are and how we live and what we do?  I say... NA NA!   Let's use what we have right now to reach out where we are in whatever situation we find ourselves in!   You never know!  A tornado or a flood or 'God Forbid', an earthquake would flatten everything that we consider precious to us and then where would we be?   I just can't get away from Jesus's words about treasures here on this earth and where we need to be 'laying up' for ourselves!   I think that the way to do that is for us to do for others so when He comes for us, we will have deposited with Him Treasures in Heaven that no junk here on this earth can touch!  Halleluia!
OK... 'nough said about that!

With my feet on the Ground!

Simply Trey