Lent Day 29 (Day 375 of experiment)

Scripture: Ps 69:1-38, Ps 73; Exodus 1:6-22; 1 Corinthians 12:12-26; Mark 8:27-9:1


Scripture standout: Ps 69: "³³ The LORD hears the needy "


Ps 73: "²⁸ But as for me, it is good to be near God. 
   I have made the Sovereign LORD my refuge;
   I will tell of all your deeds."

1 Corinthians 12: "²⁶ If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it."

Mark 8: "³⁴ Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me."


His Deed/The Day: I packed three cold Cokes this morning — out to break my personal record. After chapel, I saw the Po Po — he was getting something out of the back of his patrol car. I rolled up on him and extended a Coke. "Well, I'm not really a Coke drinker," he tells me, holding the can — reluctantly. (This is where I imagine myself saying, "Boo! Then what do you drink — Joe Mama Soda?...and telling him where he can shove the can) Then he says, "What, do you just pass out Cokes to people?" Unashamed, I nodded. That's right, I said to myself with personal conviction. I. Pass. Out. Cokes. (at least during this week of Lent)


I continued down San Jose to drop something off at The Bolles School — apparently, I did not include our 2012-2013 tuition contract with the moola we sent them last month. Small oversight! There was a landscape maintenance man in a golf cart working on a hedge near the school's entrance. Let's just say, I was down to one last Coke. Sweet!


Last stop, the Starbucks to hang up a poster for one of our church ladies who is throwing an antique and garden party. On the way out, my Coke-dar went berserk over the small, Mayan looking worker man smoking and weeding and sweating in the corner of the parking lot. I 86'd the final Coke.


Fresh out  until tomorrow...


Deedsclosure: Relish in and be grateful for those moments when you are deeded my "a part" — a friend, neighbor, family member, stranger or colleague. Parts is parts! (remember that ad? If you don't, it is below for your reflective enjoyment:)

I am a lucky girl — I've got some goooood parts. There are several people in my life who love to dole out deeds to me. David does them daily — picking up my slack in the kitchen or life in general. Right this minute I'm looking at a framed white board from him that says "I love you because..." and he changes the message from time to time. It currently says "...you have a great laugh and beautiful smile." Awwww! 


Lindsey, my best friend and RB (running buddy), is another culprit part when it comes to deeding this 40-something part. Last night, in fact, she brought over a French goodie bag to help send me off to the land of frogs. In addition to packing two fabulous chunks of stinky cheese and a bottle of French Chardonnay, she included some helpful French translations that I might need to pull out over there: "More wine, please...Do you have something for my sister-in-law's toe fungus (a ruse...clearly it's for moi but the thought was there might be some powerful OTC that isn't allowed here yet! Smart thinking!)...Excuse me sir, would you like this Coke? (har har)... and..."More wine NOW please!"


I am grateful every day for friends like Lindsey and David and all the many others who help me out. I just need to remember to tell them more often. After all, parts is parts!