Day 209

Scripture: Ps 140, 142, 141, 143:1-12; 2 Kings 23:36—24:17; 1 Corinthians 12:12-26; Matthew 9:27-34
Scripture standout: 1 Corinthians 12: "²¹ The eye cannot say to the hand, “I don’t need you!” And the head cannot say to the feet, “I don’t need you!” ²² On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, ²³ and the parts that we think are less honorable we treat with special honor. And the parts that are unpresentable are treated with special modesty, ²⁴while our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has put the body together, giving greater honor to the parts that lacked it, ²⁵ so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. ²⁶ If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.
His Deed/The Day: Today I've just been praying for a loved one's health and comfort. And I'm about to support a high school friend's jewelry show because proceeds from it will benefit another childhood friend who lost both of her young children to a horrible disease. They don't sound like big deeds...

...But I think we'll never know how little deeds multiply into big ones. I had a rare view of that yesterday. On Wednesday, a good friend lost a family member. Of course I prayed for her and listened to her. But I also indulged a nagging thought, which was to whip into Terry's Kitchen and get a big, fat chicken tettrazini and some Sister Shubert roles for her — just in case. It worked out beautifully, and was an easy "to-do" to accommodate with the afternoon school pick-up. She came over later to talk, and I sent her home with the still thawing dinner. It felt kind of nice to have gotten her dinner, but also kind of a "no big deal" feeling. That night, my friend sent me a text. She said she had a handful of family come over when she arrived home. And they were ALL hungry. She said she didn't know what she would have done if she hadn't had the chicken tettrazini. All of the sudden, I realized how that easy urge, that "low hanging fruit" was part of a bigger plan. I don't see that often. But what a vision when it's so clear.