Crazy hot bean dip!
My wife, Sara, was feeling a little attention deprived last Thursday night. So in attempt to get some love and sympathy from everyone she spilled burning hot re-fried beans on her hands. Ok - she didn't do it for attention she did it for love. The blister on her wrist is about 1/2 inch tall and the fingers on her other hand are starting to blister as well. How can blisters from a burn be love?
Well it kind of goes like this, you see we had a relatively new family to our church over for dinner last night. Things were kind of going rough getting dinner ready for them. We were going to have deluxe nachos with beans, meat, cheese, the works. During the final prep my wife was heating the beans in the microwave. As she went to get them out she tripped and dropped the bowl. Well the new family's little boy was where it was going to land. So she sacrificed her body to try and grab the bowl and/or knock it away from him. Beans went everywhere - on the wall, the floor, the cabinet, my wife's wrists and hands. They went everywhere except for on Jacob. Sara declared after they left that it was only by the grace of God that he didn't get burned up by them.
She has been having a rough week. On Sunday she went to church twice with strep throat even though I told her she could stay home. Yet she made the sacrifice to go in and help lead worship. Often times she sacrifices time with me as I am called away to minister to other people. She sacrifices time with her kids as she goes to minister. She pretty much makes a bunch of sacrifices, and yet she gets no paycheck for this except for the one that her heavenly Father gives her as she lays up treasure in heaven. Is this what Jesus meant by dying to ourselves, is this what a sacrificial life of service looks like. Maybe for Sara serving the Lord means being burned by crazy hot bean dip. It isn't as glamorous as going to Africa or South America, but you gotta wonder is this family going to be changed for Jesus because she was willing to get burned instead of the child? May God get all the glory!
Well it kind of goes like this, you see we had a relatively new family to our church over for dinner last night. Things were kind of going rough getting dinner ready for them. We were going to have deluxe nachos with beans, meat, cheese, the works. During the final prep my wife was heating the beans in the microwave. As she went to get them out she tripped and dropped the bowl. Well the new family's little boy was where it was going to land. So she sacrificed her body to try and grab the bowl and/or knock it away from him. Beans went everywhere - on the wall, the floor, the cabinet, my wife's wrists and hands. They went everywhere except for on Jacob. Sara declared after they left that it was only by the grace of God that he didn't get burned up by them.
She has been having a rough week. On Sunday she went to church twice with strep throat even though I told her she could stay home. Yet she made the sacrifice to go in and help lead worship. Often times she sacrifices time with me as I am called away to minister to other people. She sacrifices time with her kids as she goes to minister. She pretty much makes a bunch of sacrifices, and yet she gets no paycheck for this except for the one that her heavenly Father gives her as she lays up treasure in heaven. Is this what Jesus meant by dying to ourselves, is this what a sacrificial life of service looks like. Maybe for Sara serving the Lord means being burned by crazy hot bean dip. It isn't as glamorous as going to Africa or South America, but you gotta wonder is this family going to be changed for Jesus because she was willing to get burned instead of the child? May God get all the glory!
posted by Pastor Jerry at
8:27 AM
2 Comments:
Sarah, you rock! That's the stuff pastor's wives ought to be made of... :-)
We're praying for you guys!
Bernie
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Anonymous, at 4:43 PM
Dittos to what Bernie said!! All too often Pastor's Wives are overlooked as part of the Ministry Team. Pastor's can NOT do their jobs properly without the support and a LOT of help from their Wives and other Family Members!! Jerry
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