After one of the longest days I've had in awhile, I found myself leaving work at 7pm needing to be in Wexford by 8pm with no time to stop at home and 20 lbs. of frozen meat in my trunk. Just another day at the office.
Praise God for the body of Christ in Sewickley (en route to Wexford from work)--Nella and two shelves of her refrigerator space where I stored my boxes until I was on my way back home.
The Lord taught me such a simple lesson in that random act of kindness: Don't ever let your life become so full that you don't have time for things that just come up...in other words, leave some space in your refrigerator.
I think about Jesus and the fact that He was God incarnate--easily the credentials for being one of the biggest celebrities of all time. And He spent some time preaching to large crowds of people or gathering the disciples together for an intentional conversation. But most of His encounters with people seemed to be pretty...random. He didn't pack his day full of speaking engagements or set aside these hours for work and these hours for "ministry.". He spoke to women at wells on the sides of streets, men in trees in the back of crowds, and blind men he saw while he was traveling.
How often my life is scheduled with work, social activities, and ministry activities that I never leave any time for the Lord to work in randomness.
Gotta clean out that fridge.
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