Just Trying To Stay Faithful

A couple of women from the church went to Java Monkey to spend some time together.  While they were there they were approached by a man and his pregnant wife who were asking for help.  They talked.  Because there were two of them, it was late morning in a very busy part of town, and because they discerned the Lord’s will, the women went with the couple to the hotel they were staying at and paid for a night.  They talked about getting more help than just a single night.  But that’s not the point of story…

A woman (not one of the two mentioned above) came up to me after the service Sunday to find out if the Meth addict she talked to the other day at a service station was the same one I worked with a couple of months ago.  They weren’t.  But that’s not the point of the story…

Last week a guy from church was riding home after work.  The person in front of him got a flat and had to pull over.  Instead of doing what all of us normally do he felt a prompting by the Lord to pull over and help.  While the flat was being changed he noticed that something was wrong.  He got the guy out from under the car seconds before it came crashing down.  It’s amazing how these little acts of obedience mean so much afterwards, and have consequences that we never know at the point of obedience.  But that’s not the point of the story…

The point of the story is that they had their eyes and hearts open, they engaged in conversation with a heart to bless, and they were generous with their time, attention, and finances. 

The Lord is giving us opportunities to put him on display every where we go, all the time.  The vision he gave Open Table is his vision, and he is making it a reality in all of our lives. 

Our core practices are generosity, hospitality, forgiveness, and risk taking.  These are love in action, and I so proud of how many are taking the love given to them and are actively sharing it with others as the Lord directs.