Will and I left our house at 8:15 to be at the Church around 8:30 AM for the all day seminar on C.S. Lewis ( 9:00 AM-4:00 PM) at the Churh.
I am not well read on C.S. Lewis.
I took my knitting basket with me. We are out of Prayer Shawls to give out.
So, I have started on a shawl a few days ago and really wanted to finish one soon.
I had the best long day in a long time.
It felt like a retreat.
I had privilledge to be quiet for the most part of 7 hours.
I loved it.
I sat down at a table with 5 other people:
listening to the speakers (Drs. Crystal and David Downning) with all my mind,
knitting a prayer shawl quietly at the same time.
During the breaks:
I talked with my neighbors getting to know them;;
one was a snow bird from CT and an Episcopalian;
one was a local Mennonite;
two were local Methodists; and
one was one of my own Church member.s
A little ecumenical table indeed!
Will sat dawn at a different table wtih other people he did not know but came to know. At lunch I went to sit and eat with him and his table mates. I met a Dutch lady there for the first time.
The whole day was very quiet and calming to my entire self. I loved every bit of it.
At 3:30 PM as the lecture was finished we went off.
I visited 2 members in 2 different hospitals:
Nancy had a successful hip replacement,
Linda was in ICU and not allowed visitors (later I learned that she is progressing),
Thelma who celebrated her 103th recently is now tired and ready to go home to God. Her mind was clear as a bell and her gretitute intact. She will be transferred to the Hospice House soon.
Then we went straight to join the Singles Dinner Fellowship at a local Pub, Pub 32. We had a good time visiting with the singles.
When we got home it had been a little over 12 hours since we left home in the morning.
A very different kind of a day! A gift from God for sure. My heart is filled with gratitue towards God who gave me this day and all it has held.
James 1:17
Every generous act of giving, with every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the father of light, with whom there is no variasion or shadow due to change.
No comments:
Post a Comment