Scripture: Ps 89:1-29; 2 Samuel 7:4, 8-16; Romans 4:13-18; Luke 2:41-52
Scripture standout: Luke 2: "49 “Why were you searching for me?” he asked. “Didn’t you know I had to be in my Father’s house?”[a] 50 But they did not understand what he was saying to them. 51 Then he went down to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. But his mother treasured all these things in her heart."
His Deed/The Day: Today I am copy-deeding my friend Suzanne — also known as Miss Honeycutt, Miss Honey, or the Lady of the Duck Pond. What a loving and committed friend she is — to me and many others (both web-footed and toed). Hardly a week goes by when Miss Honey and her husband Papa Joe aren't planning a potluck supper for the neighborhood, or helping a stray duck get out from the middle of the duck pond on which they live, or bringing ice tea out to someone sitting on the park bench, or just listening to someone's story, or preparing for a community fundraiser or just plain ole doing nice things for others. In my mind, she embodies community spirit and "loving your neighbor." Just the other day, she and a group of volunteers (a group called Suds of Love, they visit a laundromat once a month — maybe more — with fists full of quarters and a lot of the Holy Spirit) staged a surprise baby shower at the laundromat for an Afghan woman newly arrived here who was pregnant with her first. Miss Honey's & co's deeds have no end!
Not sure if anyone else saw this, but Suzanne shared a most awesome Coking idea a few days ago. It bears repeating. Her 'tis:
A few weeks ago I had to disclose to Papa Joe that some man in the neighborhood must want me to have their baby because every week our garbage cans are walked back up the drive to the carport.
He didn't act all that nervous but sometimes he stuffs his feelings.
This week I discovered who it is while I was in the kitchen looking out the window.
It is the sanitary engineers! AKA the garbage men.
Sometimes I leave out cokes and a couple of bucks for their lunch just to let them know how much I appreciate them taking all of my sins away.
It takes so little..................
He didn't act all that nervous but sometimes he stuffs his feelings.
This week I discovered who it is while I was in the kitchen looking out the window.
It is the sanitary engineers! AKA the garbage men.
Sometimes I leave out cokes and a couple of bucks for their lunch just to let them know how much I appreciate them taking all of my sins away.
It takes so little..................
Ripping the page straight out of Suzanne's playbook, I have two cups of ice and two cold Cokes ready to put on top of my garbage cans today. I'm actually really excited about this one! Those guys get out there so early on Monday mornings, slinging the nasty around. Yuck. Their trucks stink and garbage is copious. But they always wave. They seem happy. Maybe it's because they get paid a lot — I think they do, more than you'd expect. But let's be honest — the work literally stinks. Love your sanitation engineer today!
Deedsclosure: See someone else doing a good deed! Don't be above copying them.
(Morning addendum: I put the Cokes on top of the garbage cans when I left for my morning run with RB. When I came home an hour later, my trash cans had been rolled back up the driveway into their cruddy corner. Neither sleeping Ben or hunting David can claim responsibility for this kind, early morning act. If two cold Cokes draws such a display of gratitude from garbage men, imagine the potential impact and returns it could have on others! I am totally going to Coke more people this week!)
Bon Voage' dear little Sis.
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