Baseball and Kitchen Cabinets

Tuesday was long day for all us. We spent the day working at Miss Sophie's home. Miss Sophie is lovely woman that just celebrated her 80th birthday~ she is smart as whip and has a million stories about growing up on a farm outside the city New Orleans.  Miss Sophie's home is close to being complete, as all the walls have been put in, new tile has been laid in all the rooms.  This week we are focusing on putting some cabinets in her kitchen, and putting 1/4 round on all the baseboard molding.  

Little Farms UCC ( our host church) is in Jefferson parish, and within two miles of the church on airline road, is the training facilities for the NO Saints, and the ball diamond of the NO Zephyr's~ the Triple A baseball team for the NY Mets.  They happened to be playing on Tuesday night against the Las Vegas 51's~ the triple A team for the LA Dodgers.  As we walked up to get tickets we found out that it two-for tuesday. if you brought a non=perishable item to donate~ you would get your tickets buy one get one free. We didn't have any extra non-perishable items with us, so we proceeded to the window to buy, but before we got to the window~ many people proceeded to ask us if we needed some free tickets? What!? Sure!!  Folks handed us little cards that got half of our group free tickets to the game.  Wow to experience extravagant, even at baseball game~ does the soul good..

So recently~ The song we sang alot in VBS has going through my brain, and I find myself humming it as I work. I think to myself~ what it is that is happening or doing that makes me feel like God's spirit is in the midst of what I am doing.  I remembering learning at a young age that We are the hands of God on earth and that when we serve others we are actually serving God.  But how often do we need to remind ourself??  How often do you remind yourself??

The song I have been humming goes like this: 

Lord, prepare me to be a sanctuary
Pure and Holy, tried and true.
With thanksgiving, I'll be a living
Sanctuary, for You.

 (For a great youtube version of this song)~ Click here

Peace~Rev Ryan