I
was approached by a parishioner after church yesterday. Now, understand up front … that happens a
lot. People have a lot of reasons for
wanting to touch base with the pastor after a church service.
On
the fly counseling.
To
encourage me about the teaching being good or to share something they learned
from it.
To
ask a question about some upcoming church activity.
To
request special prayer for someone or concerning some situation in their life.
To
make a comment about something they read in my blog the past week.
To
shake their head side to side and ask – again – if I am positive that I make up
the Visual Verses myself, and if so, have I ever been in counseling for it.
Or
maybe to query about where we might be going out to eat, although word has
gotten around that Chris is the one to talk to about that decision.
So
it was not so unusual for someone to approach me. In this particular case, I recognized her
right away. She is a Seaside
regular. She also cuts my hair. So that’s how I greeted her, jokingly, of
course … “Hi there yes I know I need a haircut.” I know there are no commas in that
quotation. There were no commas in my
greeting, either. The thing is, she
replied immediately. No, what would be
faster than immediately? Instantly. That’s it.
She replied instantly, without missing a beat, “I know you do. I have an opening on Tuesday morning at
10. Can I put you down?” After a quick calendar check I told her I would
take it. She smiled, said “OK,” and
turned to walk away. But I called her
back. “Wait,” I wondered. “Is that why you were coming up here, just to
tell me I needed a haircut?” Her
reply? “Yes. See you Tuesday morning.”
Hmm. Guess I look shaggier than I thought. It’s great to have people to look after me
like that. Now if I can just find
someone to lay my clothes out on the bed like my Mom and Nani used to do …
Philippians
1:6 says, “Being confident of this, that
he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of
Christ Jesus.”
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