Gregg!!!! You have to use this in the opening of the Sunday Worship services! Or, maybe (if you think "some" hearts could take it as gracefully as it is intended to be) before the offering! I loved it!
And...you're right! Miss Brenda will be greatly missed in this amazing position of being so much to so many. She'll be a tough one to replace! I love her dearly!
Actually, this quote was from a few weeks ago: "I didn't know you were a pastor. I just thought you were someone being nice." The woman who said it is genuinely kind - and I know she meant it in the very best way. The situation to which she referred concerned a pastor who helped her on her first Sunday get her kids to their Sunday School Classes. However, it got me thinking. Expectations of a pastor can be low. We're too busy to care. Or, in a more fair fashion, we have a lot on our plates and can't be bothered with something that the volunteers should be doing. Especially, on Sunday morning. Being nice - even in church - is an anomaly to some. Lord, help us (all of us) to never be too busy to act in mercy and grace. Fill us with a desire - indeed, a passion - to help. What do you think?
We are thoroughly enjoying the spring this year. In our part of the world, it is green, green, green. While we know that humidity comes with the green, we are enjoying the beauty of the growing world around us - especially, in our backyard. However, the growing comes not only in color but in sound. We have so many birds in our backyard. Loud ones, too. And, an owl. God is so good. If we wait on Him and listen, He speaks. Even through the sights and sounds of spring.
When we arrive here, our days tend to meld together. "I thought it was Tuesday. Are you sure it's Wednesday?" Today IS Wednesday when we'll wrap up our third day at Kasubi. More teaching, building, visiting, and encouraging each other in the LORD. Yesterday (Tuesday), we heard from Pastor David from the Congo. Congo is one of the countries that the Stevensons support. It was heartbreaking to hear the human catastrophe happening there. Rival factions are terrorizing the people - rape, murder, mutilation, and so much more. We felt helpless to know what to do other than to pray over him for protection for him and his family along with wisdom. We'll have to learn more as we consider the enormity of what they're suffering there and how we might help. Today, we are having a Jaja party at Kasubi. This is a special time of fellowship including Manicures, Pedicures, Hair, Food, Games and affirmation for these grandmothers - who they are, how they have given so...
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And...you're right! Miss Brenda will be greatly missed in this amazing position of being so much to so many. She'll be a tough one to replace! I love her dearly!
Joyce Lewis