I will be the first to admit that I don’t like answering my
phone, especially later at night. I believe that God made voice mail and texts
to help us when we can’t multi-task. This last Friday night I was sick and we
had gone out for late pancakes because Anne had pulled a 12-hour shift at Good
Sam. I also remember that I allowed a few of the older guys to do a game night
at the house. I was chilling before Anne got home around 9:30 and checked my
voice mail before we left for pancakes. There was a message from a good friend
who had some food left over from a wedding rehearsal dinner.
The first question is whether I call him tonight or wait
until the morning. I decide to give him a call and discover that my doctor
friend had catered the dinner for his nephew and had great food left over for
50 people. Sometimes I feel like the ‘dumping zone’ for giveaways. Yet, I knew
that this would be great food and would have enough cake probably for 70
people. I already had an appointment for Saturday to pick up some food for some
of my families from one of my partner churches. So we decide to meet ½ way at 8th
Day Coffee Shop. He decides that he is too busy with the wedding and has a
mutual friend who helps paint actually deliver the food. After a nice catch up
conversation and some coffee we transfer the 8 trays of food into the back of
my truck.
I decided to drop off some of the food to someone at A2J and
the Prayer House. I knew that my one friend, Shelly, would love the food. I
pull up and knock on the door and no one was home. So I break into the other
house, I have the code and deliver enough food to feed Shelly and a few
friends. As I’m finishing up two guys show up who are part of this intentional
Christian Community in this neighborhood.
I introduce myself and quickly discover that these brothers
are hosting a lunch for their fellow apartment dwellers at 1:30 today. The only
challenge for them was not having any food. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist
or brainy theologian to figure out that God had our paths cross for a purpose.
So I offer the lunch I already had for their lunch. These guy’s eyes light up
and they are feeling like wow God is awesome! I’m thankful now that I didn’t
ignore my friend’s text and actually followed through.
As I’m getting ready to leave, I text my other friend, who
played deliveryman and explained what had happened with the food. I send a
picture of the guys and get back home before I collapse from the flu. The rest
of the day was just as incredible with me getting enough food to bless around
20 families. I’m still not as quick to answer the phone at night so please
leave me a message or text me, I’ll will get back to you!
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