hello to all y’all
thanks so much for all the help yesterday! we were able to share 300+ meals! god and god’s people are amazing!
a little story for you. i’m hesitant to share it, because it has a lot of “me” in it. anyway, i’ll share it, since i was there when it happened to me.
a couple of months ago, i found out about a cool website, where you can get eyeglasses for a very low cost. i rec’d mine, and they were $32. cool!
so, chris and i were on the streets soon after, and i sat down by this guy, and he says “i need some glasses”. voice in my head (heretofor called “vimh”) says “give him your glasses”. i say to the vimh “no, they’re too expensive” and i tell the guy something lame like “sorry”.
vimh says “what’s yer problem, dude? you’ve been telling everybody about this great website, and how glasses are now very affordable, and you tell this guy “sorry”? give him yer glasses!!!” (proverbial whack on the spiritual butt)
so, i hand him my glasses, and say “try these”. well, they don’t work right for him, so i keep ‘em, and vimh says “okay, not bad. you failed, then you passed”
so, yesterday, we set up, and share meals for awhile, i meet a guy named ” pierre “. when we’re trying to clean up, i look over, 50ft away, and see that pierre ’s girlfriend has thrown this very large rock at him, but it missed and skipped across the parking lot. “that was close” i thought. i mind my own biz, and when we’re all packed up, i look, and he’s sitting right on the ground about 15ft from us, just looking like he wants some attn.
so, i go sit by him, “how’s it going”, small talk, then he tells me “my girlfriend is mad at me”. i say “noooo, really?” (jk, i was polite)
(small detail; about 6 days ago, i ordered 2 pairs of specs, total-under 50bucks. haven’t rec’d them yet)
out of the blue, he says “you guys got any glasses?” vimh says “you know what to do”. this time, i pass the test, and immediately hand him mine (got 2 pairs coming, remember?) “try these”
he puts ‘em on and starts hollerin’ “I CAN SEE!!! I CAN SEE!!!” (doubting thomas in me says “yeah, right, what are the chances?”) he says “they’re the right prescription!!!”
i say “read me that sign over there” and he does! awesome, huh?!! so, in the excitement, i taught him how to throw up his hand and say “thank you jesus!”
then i walked to my car, and put on my very fashionable safety glasses.
ain’t god just the coolest thing ever?!!! oh, and the top of the sign said “forthepeople.com” (don’t know what that site is, but, it reminded me that all that we have is “for his children”) AHHH HA HA HA HAAA ain’t god cool!!!
sorry, super long note. love y’all. tanks for listening.
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