what a great day we had sharin’ hot dogs, slaw, beans, cobbler, ice cream, cake, water, candy, and, hopefully, a little bit of Jesus!
13 people went downtown to help serve, and we took tables and chairs, and cooked the dogs on-site. all went well, except one little idiot stirred things up…..
that idiot was me. surprised?? here’s what went down…
i had stepped in for lynn at the beginning of the line, and we’re cruising along nicely. rusty informs the crowd that we’re going to start serving just one dog to those who have already been through the line. one guy starts rantin’ and ravin’ about how we’re doing it wrong, and, after listening to him bust on rusty for a minute, i told him “we’re doing our best. thank you, we’ve heard your input”. he was loud, then he got louder. then i got louder, and i felt those ‘fight’ muscles charging up.
i calmed down and kept on dishing the dogs, and we were civil by the time he came through. but, the opportunity was gone. i’d had the chance to be a peacemaker, and i’d blown it. i thought i was ‘protecting my people’, but, the fact is, he was just getting on my nerves.
he came through later, and we talked, and i apologized, and it’s cool. but, how many people saw me earlier, not being Christ-like???
sorry, y’all, for mis-representing you.
but, all in all, a super day!
love y’all. thanks for your patience with me.
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btw, it has become quite fun again!! gigatt!!
look, you did awesome. know why? cuz you learned. I don’t think it’s what WOULD Jesus do, it’s what is Jesus doing? We ARE His hands and feet and mouth and arms and legs, etc., so it’s worse than what we thought!~!! But we always get another chance. (thanks Jesus) so we blow it everyday, but we are learning. if we’re not, we’re doomed to keep repeating the same sin over and over .
But, listen to what I read:
“Daddy, how does it make You feel when we repeat the same sin 57 times? Are You mad, hurt, what?”
“I feel GREAT! I say, ‘wow, look at my child! Only 56 more times and he’ll have it!!!!!!!!’”