Today was such a great day!!!!
The greatest part came at the end… a lesson in bread.
I was lucky enough to be asked to pick up the bread at
Avalon Bakery. I say lucky because it
means that I had the chance to get a granola bar from there if there were any
left. Let me tell you, a granola bar
from there makes me SUPER DUPER (and I mean SUPER DUPER!!!!!!) happy! And yes, they had them today so… all smiles!
I trekked 6 or so ginormous bags full of tasty bread to my car (I could
have stuck my face in all of them!!! YUM!).
I brought them to Courage Coffee so that they can be delivered, handed
out, bless people, and I was walking in with the first bag. Felix offered to take it, and I (in my
typical way) said “that’s ok, I got it (because I did) there are 5 more in the
van” and before I could get to the place where the bread went… a certain Pastor (Chilly) told me I had to
give up the bag (literally that's what he said, I had to give it up). He didn’t mean that he
thought I was going to steal the bread (though someone did try to swipe it
while I was loading it today), he meant that I was a girl and boys carry
things… and I have had boys literally taking things out of my hands to carry
them at RC.
I was perfectly capable of carrying the bags, because I had
carried them ALL to my car to load, but it was nice to have someone take the
bag that I shouldn’t have been carrying in the first place. I started thinking of all the times I carry
things I shouldn’t. Burdens that I
should lay down at the feet of Jesus and let Him carry them. Or let my friends
help and carry them.
As a single mom, I’ve carried a lot of stuff. A lot of it the consequences of my own
sin. Someone had to carry it, and I’m
the mom, so I did. Do you really think
that I like fixing appliances? Or
figuring out what’s wrong with the car?
And plenty of other manly things.
I’ve got to put those air conditioners back in this summer (YUCK!) but I
will because it has to be done. That’s
the way it goes.
I’ve been thinking about how in my life I carry too
much. Going to be praying about what I should
really be carrying.
Lessons from the Bread of Life.
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