Well,
the little Her-icanes softball team lost their last game, so they are out of
the tournament. It was a close one. They lost it by one run in the bottom of the
last inning. Through the miracle of
modern technology, we were able to watch most of it on their live streaming
thing as we got everything all set up for church. We got to see Cailyn smack another of her
Correa-like doubles. We were really
proud of her and all the girls. Nice job,
6 and under Her-icanes.
What
a surprise at church yesterday. A guy I
knew from high school days showed up to worship with us. And come to find out, he had done some prison
ministry in the past with one our regular couples, so they were able to
reconnect as well.
Then
we looked up, and who should walk in the door but Delores, the wife of the
pastor of the first church I was youth pastor at way, way back while in
college. She was with Jamie, the wife of
Jack, one of the kids in the youth group from back then (who also happened to
be Delores' son). They weren’t that much
younger than we were, so we became friends.
Their daughter and her family were also there. Jack was coming later in the afternoon. They had rented some beach houses for a big
family reunion with one stipulation … no cell phones were allowed. A totally unplugged week of family and fun on
the Island. Well, unplugged except for Delores. The oldest one of the bunch, she informed
them that she HAD to have her cell phone.
No one told her different.
As
if that wasn’t enough, I met a family in town from Phoenix with relatives from Cincinnati.
Not sure how they came to decide on Galveston as a point of connection, but it
was good to have then. As other folks
began to arrive, who should find a seat right in front of them but a second
Phoenix resident. OK, OK, I know not
everybody in Phoenix knows everybody else, but they were able to connect and
talk about what part of town they lived in and the like.
Gotta
love it when God draws people together to connect in different ways. The Church.
Really genius move there, God.
Romans
10:9-10 says, “That if you confess with
your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God
raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is
with your mouth that you confess and are saved.”
Father,
this church thing really is a genius contraption. Thank you for letting me be a part of
it. Amen.
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