Share from your week:
Francie – While I wouldn’t recommend letting toddlers run the world, there’s a little sociopath in all of them, they do have some good moments of clarity. Sage heard us talking about politics and people being happy & sad; she asked me to explain that there are a lot of people who are confused…and she goes – You know Mom, if you want someone to clean up a mess, you probably need to help them. I was like – You know, it’s such a basic truth…and she went to the heart of if you want something to be different, you have to help them (she also wants me to help her clean up all her messes). There’s a lot we can learn from that simplicity of being kind and helping one another; if we want something to change we need something to change that and it doesn’t matter about what…(Sage says Slone keep destroying things). I think there is a lot to that. So, there’s been a bit of progress.
Kari – My sister reached out and asked our family to pray for her because she was resigning from her job and she doesn’t have any other prospects. But, she was just so unhappy there. So, it’s just a good reminder, I think, that’s it’s okay to ask for help and (I am following up on what Sage was saying) reach out to others because we are all a community. So, don’t hesitate to reach out for help. I even said - It’s an honor to pray for you. Because, she always seemed so strong and independent; this was a good sign of humiliation, I think for her, and it brings us closer together when we do that.
Sally – I just have a thought that this week, as some of you know, I do these weekly calls to the clients of Meals on Wheels just to check in, they’re called wellness checks, just to make sure that they are doing okay. Honestly, I’ve been doing it since last April, so, I’ve known these people for 9 months. If I shut my eyes and heard their voice, I would know who they were. I thought the other day, in all of Covid, these are probably the people I have been most connected with. I am consistently talking to them once a week. They count on my call; they are so grateful for my call. My favorite guy, his name is Tom, at the end of the conversation he says – Okay Sal, great talking to you, Love You! Bye! I’m like – He just said he loves me and I have never met the man. And it was so natural for me to say – Bye Tom, Love You too! …They bless me and I know I bless them! It’s this wonderful connection that’s come about because of Covid. So, it’s been great. I want to meet them all someday, but I don’t know if I ever will.
Pastor Brett – I’ll share something I witnessed this week: I got to be a part of the Prayer Group meeting that happens once a month on the 3rd Thursday. I was able to call in while I was attending some things that were happening in my house with the kids and getting them all squared away for bedtime routines. And being with the Prayer Group this week just filled me full of hope, filled me full of the Spirit of God; it reassured me that God was at work in the world, that God was at work in our church. And it just really set the tone for lifting my spirit & lifting my attitude. So, I’m still kind of riding the high of that. And that was definitely such a good moment & good news for me this week.