Too Involved

The other day I hung out with two of my closest friends for a night of girl relaxation and catch up. As we sat at dinner I began to hear my friends tell stories and information that I have already heard from them throughout the week. So, I sit there and watch them talk back and forth with each other because to the other person this is BRAND NEW information. But to me, it is yesterday's old news. So this led me to question, Am I too involved with all of my friends? All we do is recap everything I already know about each of the people because I catch up with all of my friends throughout the week and hear what's going on in their lives. The problem is that they are not communicating with each other so I get to sit and listen to the same stories twice. Don't get me wrong, I love my friends, that is why I call them and keep in touch. My frusteration is having to listen to it again and again with people they don't speak to on a regular basis. Am I too involved in my friends life that when I see them I am forced to listen to repeated stories?

Nothing is Free!

It was missions day at our church, New River Community Church. We had several different outreaches going on throughout the day such as food can drive, car wash, and coke/hot dog giveaways. Larry and I set up shop with a group of people at Bi-Lo. The mission was real simple we were to pass out hot dogs and coke for free, no strings attached. In fact, our church wouldn't even accept donations. We wanted this to be a practical symbol of God's love. The reaction was just eye opening to me. People could not get over the fact that it was free, they would just keep asking "what's the catch?" "Are you trying to promote your church?" "Nothing is free". And it made me stop and think, does our society always undermining people to the point where they can't take a free hot dog and enjoy it? Or people felt so guilty they tried to shove money at us anyway. We would just smile and politely said, "That's O.K. we're good, you can save it for someone else who might need it." I loved passing out food to people. It reminded me of Jesus feeding people fish and bread to the masses. I loved being able to tell people that "we simply wanted to feed them today." "It's free just like God's love".

One of my favorite lines from this day was when I asked a man if he wanted a free coke, he responded, "No Thanks, I work for Pepsi"

Overall, God is good.