This time the weather guys were right on. We are having a blizzard.
It will be a quiet day at the office. It has been quiet this morning – only 4 out of 9 people came for appointments.
They have just closed the highway south of PA. The pain would have to be intense to bring anyone out in this weather. I just wish I could go home.
How would the patients feel if the dentist just didn’t show up, I wonder?
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We were discussing the fact that a woman we both know is interested and concerned for my daughter.
“Why would she be impressed by me and why would my story interest her?
“Maybe because God loves you very much. Have you ever thought about why you are here and not one of the millions of other kids struggling in Africa?”
“Yeah, I think about that a lot.” Pause. “I should pray more”
“Well, do you pray?”
“Not very often.”
“You pray when you are desperate don’t you?”
“Yeah. And I guess my dance is a prayer sometimes. Its what God made me good at.”
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Epiphany –this is the season
I got a call this morning, not so early as to wake me up but early enough to miss answering the phone before the third ring. I then had to call back since I wondered what was going on that he needed to call so early.
There was a mundane reason. He wanted someone’s phone number, someone who will be making a trip out to Africa soon.
Then he told me of his epiphany.
He has realized that God sets him free. He has realized that he does not have to bear the burdens of life for everyone in his family. He has realized that yeah, his father really does love him – a lot. There are a lot of things he is all of a sudden realizing – not that he didn’t “know” them but this is a deeper knowledge that is only earned through an encounter with God.
He wanted to tell someone. He knows I pray for him, not just once in awhile but daily. He wanted me to know.
I have no words for the feeling I have but it is there trying to bubble out.
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“Save me, O God, for the waters have risen up to my neck.” Psalm 69:1
Now if that isn’t a cry for help, I don’t know what is. This line from the Psalm was the Request For Presence part of the morning prayers from The Divine Hours by Phyllis Tickle. It is used frequently throughout the prayers in all the seasons.
How often it is my cry as well. When we are immersed in life up to our necks, it is a good time to call out for help.
This morning I spent some time calling out “save me” for friends and children. Life can get very complicated, usually from something we have done that in retrospect was not great. But life has this inconvenient factor of not having a rewind button. We have this tendency to want to live in the constant mode of rewind or in fast forward. Living in the now, giving each moment to God, letting him help us get through the present moments we have flavoured or tainted with our past decisions takes a certain amount of courage. Especially when we are up to our necks in life and can’t see how we are ever going to land our little boats safely on the shore.
So, save us God. Give us wisdom to live well in the here and now and ride out these storms with us; these flood waters that rise to drown us.
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We celebrated.
In fact tonight is the third day in a row when I have had guests. True, most of them have been family – or at least on all of the occaisions, family was present besides other non-related guests.
In a family where the kids are likely to drop by for a meal uninvited and unannounced it becomes difficult to think of them as guests. They are usually treated as non-guests and get to help.
Saturday – The meeting of the Congo Connection. I think we ended up with about 35 to 40 guests in our home. They came from PA, Saskatoon and Wakaw; parents and children; casually dressed and dressed in finery. One little girl wore a light blue dress and had a white fur stole around her neck – Must be a princess,” I said as she walked in. Later on she was running up and down the stairs with the rest, the stole forgotten somewhere. It was fun but I, not being a night person, was very tired by 2:30 am when we got to bed.
Sunday – New Years Eve. I did not think we would invite anyone over but after a nap, we were ready to call some friends over and put out the leftovers from the night before, plus a few extras. There really is nothing better than sitting around talking and watching comedy with good friends. Some of our kids were there and Leo has been accused of trying to get Eric’s mother-in -law to consume more spirits than was good for her.
The kids were off in all directions – the younger ones that is. I suppose you could say that Christian was working since being a drummer for a New Year’s Eve gig is what he was up to.
This morning, we did not rise too early.
Poor “of age” daughter learned a bit of a lesson about imbibing too much. She had to work this morning and when she got up the room was still spinning, she said. She also has to fork out a chunk of money to have a friends car cleaned. She thinks she learned her lesson. I hope.
Tonight another big meal – just roast beef. The table was full again – but only one table of ten. Auntie Florence came over to help us celebrate. It was good for her to get out of the nursing home and nice to have her able to join us. She enjoyed getting lots of hugs and kisses from Zaka.
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