I gave a "Christian talk" at a banquet
Sunday night.
Which was followed by:
-some great alone time with God under the
stars
-cherry pie for breakfast
-psalm 66 read by the maintenance man
-prayers with a guy leaving for missions in Liberia with a crate full of blessings
- Sunshine
-a cup of coffee with great people that knew the more immature me
& a great
sermon on the radio (sounds very elderly I do realize) during my drive
home.
I was hungry. So I attempted to drive to a place and get
some food.
I took a wrong turn (so I
thought)
There (as the sermon was still teaching me stuff from the radio) sat 2
homeless people.
I said out loud "Dang it God" Really? Today?
Along with the account of all the other very Christiany Jesus things I had just accomplished over the past few days.
I
pulled over looked to see what I had to give them.
All it
amounted to was Gatorade (fruit punch), BBQ corn nuts & 67 cents in change....
What happened next was more important than food and anything money could ever buy-even a whopping 67 cents.
I talked with them …nothing
special, just talked
We talked like three acquaintances that happened to see each other at the gym --except not the gym because I do not ever go there.
Came to find out they
had showered at a shelter that morning & I had not showered in more than 24
hours :)
When it was time for me to go they
each touched my hand and said goodbye.
I am not sharing this story for praise or any of those other flowery words. Really I do not know why I am sharing this. I do not even have pretty pictures to go along with it.
All I know - is in that second when they touched my hand. I felt like I was being touched by God himself.
For approximately two weeks I have been pleading with God to forgive me for hanging out with the 99 & not looking for the one:
"What do you think? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go to look for the one that wandered off? Matthew 18:12
In fact just one hour before my right "wrong" turn. I had confessed to Norm and Ardith I need to be more intentional of the 1
-I even started to sing this song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bSCL_7vID8
God knows me better than I know myself.
He knew I would walk myself down into a valley of disappointment for not keeping my eye on God's will for me
so.............
He sent me 2 examples
I got to bask in the glory of feeling like an over achiever....But God knowing me. Knew that wouldn't last long either.
My homeless friends
did more for me than I did for them.
All this is to say.
Heck, I don't know?
I do not care if even one person reads this post. Just like the tattoo on my wrist.
This post may be only for me.
Yesterday was a gift to me,.
Yesterday I was the one in need.
And for a moment I felt full.
I did not feel alone
I do hear God & he sees my attempts at obedience & He wants me to know that there are things only I am here to do. .........And when I do them. Only then am I full. Only then am I not alone.
Hanging around the 99 can be grand. But hanging around the 99 I sometimes see too much of what I wish I was or wish I did better.
When I am looking for the ONE, I am not lost.
