December 12 - “Angel in disguise”

A homeless guy was asleep on one of the picnic tables at church yesterday. That’s a pretty rare occurrence out where we are in the West End of the Island. Lauren stopped and chatted with him. He had been to 34 different states. He wanted to hit them all. Lauren invited him in, so he stayed for church. He said it had been a very long time since he darkened the door of a church. While Lauren got him some breakfast and some snacks for the road, I talked with him. His name was Ken.

 

Ken was welcomed warmly by numerous of our folks. Chris and I sat next to him during the service.  During the service, we looked up and one of our ladies was suddenly standing in front of him with a cup of coffee and a muffin. She simply whispered, “Here. I got it for you.” He was much appreciative. 

 

He was somber through most of the service, but by the last song, he was finally bouncing ever-so slightly on his toes and keeping time with his fingers on his coffee cup.

 

Ken held my hand and that of a lady on the row in front of us for our closing song, Family of God.  When the song ended, he flashed a really big grin. He then quickly and quietly hurried on his way toward his next state.

 

You know … some say he might have been one of God’s angels just checking up  on us to see if we would treat him like Jesus would. It has happened before …

 

After church we made our way to Waterman’s for lunch. Originally, we were going to eat while listening to Jim and his crew play some Christmas songs. They didn’t start right away, though, so we headed on upstairs to the restaurant and ordered our food. It was a rather swanky place, at least for our taste. I had fish and chips. Chris had a cheeseburger. Cailyn had crawfish gumbo. It was fun to hang out with friends.

 

After a brief stop at the house, we took off again to take Cailyn home. Yep … into Texas one more time.

 

Psalms 47:1  says, “Clap your hands, all you nations; shout to God with cries of joy.”

 

Father, be with Ken on his travels through the country. Keep him safe and warm. And in those places where he acts as one of your angels in disguise, may he find someone to be a Holy Spirit with skin on. Amen.