Monday, August 1, 2016

August 1 – “The Spontaneous No Agenda Lunch”

We were invited to have lunch yesterday after church with one of the new couples at Seaside.  They just bought a house in Sea Isle and were anxious to begin having some company.  They live in Houston, so I have a pretty good idea that they will be having plenty of company once their friends up there realize what is available.  They want to use the home as a ministry site, so that will be just fine with them. 

Bill sold a business in Houston and agreed to stay on and help with the transition for a few months.  That few months is rapidly coming to an end.  Ten days away and counting.  Dianne is active in a ministry to single Moms at their church in Northwest Houston.  She wants to make their beach house available to the moms and their families as much as she can as well.  They are a great couple.  We really enjoyed hanging out with them.  My favorite part, though, was the insight Bill had to share when we first arrived.  Apparently he had asked Dianne if she had “an agenda for inviting the pastor over.”  She assured him – and us – that there was no hidden agenda.  She was just a spontaneous kind of person, and wanted to invite us over and get to know us.  The Spontaneous No Agenda Lunch.  Best kind.

1 Corinthians 2:10-11 says, “The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. 11 For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the man's spirit within him? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.”


Father, thank you for Bill and Dianne.  Honor their desire to use their home in ministry, and bless them in a great way.  Amen.

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