November 25 – “A bit of excitement”

We had a bit of excitement in Jamaica Beach yesterday.  It happened in the middle of the sermon, so I couldn’t do anything to be involved.  I knew something was up when Lauren jumped up from the worship computer and grabbed her replacement to take over.  That generally means a volunteer fire department call has dropped.  It took a few minutes after she left before we began to hear the sirens.  Not fire engines, though.  These were clearly ambulance noises. 

The people in church were obviously distracted by the sirens, but we worked our way through it all, uttering a silent prayer for whatever crisis was occurring.  Sometimes I stop and pray out loud right then, but for whatever reason I didn’t feel led to do that this time.  Lauren returned toward the end of the service and when we finished she let us know what had happened.  It was not a fire call after all, but a medical one.  Someone needed a trip to the emergency room, so Lauren and the chief and his wife (the paramedic) got her down the stairs and into the ambulance.  Lord, take care of that lady, and help the docs figure out what is going on with her. 

It has been a while, but several of us went out for lunch after church.  Pit Stop Barbeque not far from our house.  Cathy had just returned home from a “business trip” to Orlando, Florida.  She was anxious to tell us all about the rigors of her oh-so difficult work schedule.  She was most excited about the field trip several of them took to … The Wizarding World of Harry Potter.  So sorry you had to work so hard, Cathy.  Tough job, but somebody’s gotta do it, right?

Well, it’s almost 7 a.m. and I have a busy morning planned.  It’s turkey frying day.  Time to drag out the fryers and the oil and the firefighter glove.  Time to hook up the propane (Nathan brought the refills by yesterday) and start some fires.  Here we go …

Proverbs 13:20 says, “Walk with the wise and become wise, for the companion of fools suffers harm.”

Father, please touch that lady involved in the fire call yesterday.  Help the docs discover what is going on with her.  Amen.