Be Generous

November 20, 2018
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Beloved:

       Thanksgiving.  The week I only work Tuesday and Saturday.  Today it takes all my energy to stay in my chair and still I fail, running down to the kitchen to check on bread dough rising or turkey thawing.  I’ve been getting my house ready for weeks and almost made it.  The powder room is half wallpapered and I’ve no living room curtains, but who cares?  My kids are home.  The pantry is jammed.  The rooms are clean-ish, and the first wave of out-of-town company is en route.
   
       Family.  Home.  Food.  To be so rich overwhelms my heart and mind sometimes.  People I know live without enough of one, the other, or all three.  By choice or default, such poverty is so extra sharp this season I wonder if it’s cruel for me to speak of such things.  At the very least I can resist claiming them as blessings.  I have been especially lucky.  I have the opportunity to be extra generous.  The space between is where faithfulness is chosen.  (Luke 12:48)
   
       So, much love to your house this season.  I pray you have enough of all you need.  If you have extra, I pray you also find the space to be generous.  

~ Peace & prayers,
pastor annette