We
were blessed and highly favored at just the right time yesterday. Chris was up to her elbows in preparations
for Bethlehem Street Market coming up this Saturday. And she has been for pretty much all of this
week and much of last. Tuesday she
worked most of the afternoon with some of the Seaside ladies putting up
Christmas trees and cleaning. Yesterday
she put in an entire workday at the church with Lauren. They swept and mopped the worship center,
vacuumed the retreat center, cleaned bathrooms, restocked toilet paper and
paper towels, and even made time to mark out all the booth spaces for
Saturday. Today after taking me to
physical therapy, she has to make a Sam’s run to get the stuff for the food,
and then has to be back in time to pick up Cailyn from school. And in between there she sees that I have the
correct medications and have access to everything I might need that I’m not
able to get to on my own. Wow. What a menu of items. What a woman to check off all those
“todo’s.”
So
all of that to say, Ed and Pat (Seasiders)
showed up with a meatloaf and potatoes and carrots for lunch. Not to mention the brownies (for me, according to Ed) and pretty
flowers (obviously for Chris). Now don’t get me wrong. We haven’t been going hungry or anything. We still had some ham from Thanksgiving and those
complete meal things, and Chris is a master at putting together meals at a
moment’s notice. It’s just that, as
humbling as it is to be on the receiving end instead of being the one doing the
giving, it was very nice in the midst of the madness to be able to simply peel
back the aluminum foil and dig in. And
there was plenty for some great leftovers last night. Thank you, Ed and Pat, for your foodly expression
of practical love.
Psalms
119:18-19 says, “Open my eyes that I may
see wonderful things in your law. I am a
stranger on earth; do not hide your commands from me.”
Father,
thank you for The Jackson’s and for the others who have shown us expressions of
love in various forms. Bless them. Amen.
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