The first week of April has come and gone, time is flying by. Beautiful weather, gorgeous flowers, moonlight skies, what a special time of year. Hope your week was special and filled with God's blessings.
Mr Scott led our visits last Saturday. Our outdoor friends seem to be doing good. Turner is happy not to be worried about finding a new home. Richard was not at his gas station, it is the first of the month, Smokey, Leroy were hanging out. Smokey is making a new trail to his camp. He said, there is roomers about closing down the bridge and he may not have access to his camp, so he is making another entrance. He will show us his new "front door and walkway" this Saturday. Dale is back in camp, looking and feeling better. A heavy beard covers his face. He was glad to be back home. Dave has a new roommate, Travis. Yept, Travis is back from a stay in Florida. Hope things work out for the two of them there at Big D's.
A young man came by the center Saturday morning, no one was there. He called me and wanted to find out more information about us. I talked to him for a moment, then Mr Scott and the others pulled up in the van. Matt shared our story with him and he said, this is the place where God wants me to be. He came by Monday and Tuesday wanting to meet more folks. His name is Henry. He asked Joey and I Tuesday afternoon, if he could coach our boys in a basketball league. Wow, wouldn't that be awesome. We are hoping he and his wife will become a part of our family.
Our afternoon tutoring is now, playtime activities. The kids come to play, get snacks and hang out. Not bad, just sad, their studies have taken a back seat. Can only imagine what they are doing in school. Come by for a visit, if you are looking for something to do for an hour or so. Krysten and Joey could use your help.
Tuesday evening, Matt led the men's Bible fellowship in another adventure of God's Spirit reaching out to all. God continues to bring us new faces and new thoughts. Matt likes to keep our discussions to our hour, but Tuesday night nobody wanted to go home. The talk continued past our allowed time, sharing how God is working on and in us everyday. Very powerful and uplifting discussions.
And then came Thursday. What a blessing seeing community in action. Matt and his wife, Vicki brought a ton of eggs from their church, others brought more from their church, Ms Sarah brought stuff from Grace, Ms Emily brought things from First Methodist and our children had a blast. Eggs were hidden in the garden and in the green area by the sign by Ms Sarah's young adults. Just before we began eating, the children went outside and discovered the eggs. While they were outside, the adults began to line up for barbeque chicken provided by TJ and his crew of chefs from Brookwood. The smoke from the grill was smelt everywhere, bring in new faces. After the first 80 pieces of chicken were gone, they cooked up another 40, folks hanging around for seconds, it was great. Ms Abbie handed out her bag of groceries and gallons of milk we got from another agency. A great afternoon of the Body, each doing it's own thing, but coming together for the glory of God. Thanks to all for making it such a special afternoon.
Joey led us in our Bible study, reading from Ephesians 5. Joey reminded us, Paul does not live you hanging about how to live your life. We don't need to fill in the blanks, Paul does that for us. You want to know how to live? Paul says, in verse 2, live a life of love just as Christ loved us. In verse 8, live like children who belong to the light. Verse 16 says, use every chance you have for doing good. And we concluded our time together, reading in 20, always give thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Prayers for Beth as she continues to recover from her successful surgery. Kelsey and her family as they drive today down to see her Shreveport family and return home on Sunday. Dawn as she struggles with a skin reaction. Izzy in his treatment of his lung infection. Robert in the setting up of his new home. Lomax in his continued journeys in Los Angeles. William and James as they cope with the stresses of life. Ms Sarah and Mr Scott as they travel next week.
With all the goings on Thursday, we did not have time to pack our eggs for our sunrise adventure, so for those of you who can, please come by the center, this Saturday around 9 and help us.
Don't forget, this Sunday, April 8, Easter Sunday, meet at the center around 6:30 AM. As soon as it gets daylight, we will walk into our neighborhood sharing God's lvoe with all in the form of Easter eggs. Please bring your family and friends along for the adventure. It usually last for an hour or so, so you will have plenty of time to get to church.
Good Friday, I will admit I struggle with the "Good" part. Remembering what Jesus went through on that "first" Friday, hard to get excited about today being so good. But Jesus showed us today just how much He loved us. He let his body endure such pain. He died for us. Can't imagine having to endure that, thank goodness God did not ask me to do that. As Max Lucado said this morning, The sinless One took on the face of a sinner so that we sinners could take on the face of a saint! Jesus did that for us, can't we do a little something for Him? Can't we lvoe others like He lvoed us? Can't we feed the hungry? Can't we clothe the naked? Can't we visit the lost? Can't we take care of the orphans and widows? Are we so busy with our own lives, we have no time for others? Don't let what Jesus did on this day for us so many years ago, be for nothing. Is today Good Friday, you betcha! Let's live today giving thanks to God for everything and tomorrow, and the next day and the next.
God is Risen . . . He has Risen indeed! Go out and make it a great, Good Friday! Amen.
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