I got to hang out with two of my sons for a
while yesterday. Kel’s church is hosting
a community block party Saturday, and I went with them to pick up the Galveston
Baptist Association’s block party trailer.
It has all sorts of cool things inside to make a block party more
effective. Things like two bounce
houses, a popcorn machine, a sno-cone machine, a grill, table games. Not a bad resource to have access to. The trailer access was my part in the tale of
the trio. Kel was there because he knew
someone who had a truck with a trailer hitch that he could borrow. Nathan came along because he was the only one
of us who knew how hook up the trailer and back it into its place at the
church. What a team.
And as it turned out, it looks like there
was an underlying purpose behind the little excursion. Nathan’s truck has been woefully out of date
for about three years now. By “out of
date” I mean literally out of date. It
hasn’t been able to pass inspection for that long. A large part of that time it wouldn’t even
run and sat idly in front of our neighbor’s abandoned house, feeling right at
home. He and April have decided to look
for a replacement rather than throw money at it to get it up to snuff. Wise choice.
Now to the excursion’s purpose.
It just so happened that the reason Kel’s friend had a truck with a
trailer hitch available for us to borrow was that he was trying to sell
it. So Nathan had an opportunity to test
drive it under towing conditions. And he
was hooked. When we got home he called
his credit union and arranged for the loan.
Today he talks directly to the owner to see if they can get the deal
worked out. Not a bad outcome of a
ministry opportunity.
Speaking of ministries, I have been praying
that God would trust Seaside as far as we could deliver on that trust. And after I began that prayer, we have had
two “unexpected” ministry opportunities come up in two days (not counting the
trailer-fetching). We helped out the
lady yesterday with gas money and some groceries. On my way home from the youth Bible study
last night I had a chance to give some money to a family who was headed home
after losing one of their 18 month old twin daughters to sickle cell
anemia. They had already arranged for
every other need. An organization out of
Texas Children’s in Houston, where their daughter had been cared for, took care
of their hotel arrangements. An aunt’s
church in Louisiana was covering the transportation costs to get them
home. I just got them enough to cover
some peanut butter and jelly for sandwiches to tide them over until they leave
in the morning. If we keep trying to be
faithful in these small things, he will trust with some bigger things. I’m getting kind of excited to see what God
has in mind here.
Psalms 29:1-2 says, “Ascribe to the Lord, O mighty ones, ascribe to the Lord glory and
strength. Ascribe to the Lord the glory
due his name; worship the Lord in the splendor of his holiness.”
Father, help us stay faithful. We want to be ready for whatever you send our
way. Amen.
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