I’m sitting in my minivan drinking a glass of wine in the parking lot of Mollie’s dance class. Yep. I am.
Why?
Because it’s Wednesday. And for whatever reason, Wednesdays make my school kids act CRAZY. Like Gnarls Barkley Crazy.
At first, I thought it was just a coincidence that it was every Wednesday. But now, I’m pretty sure they call each other on Tuesday nights and discuss all the ways in which they can be more wild than previous Wednesdays.
Last Wednesday for example, one little girl told me “no” when I told her to stop running down the hall with her lunch. I thought maybe I misheard her so I said, “umm excuse me?” And she said it, AGAIN.
Today, I was asking a sweet child to tell me everything he could remember about the 3 Little Pigs. He told me about the houses made of straw and sticks and bricks. He told me the main characters of the story. And then you know what he told me?? After the “big little wolf” blew down the straw house, he helped build it back up.
Now, I have read so many versions of the this story, including the wolf’s version which happens to be my favorite…But I ain’t never heard of the wolf rebuilding the house.
It got me thinking about building people up instead of breaking people down (or blowing their house down.) I’m on this journey recently where it’s really important to me that I’m pouring into people who pour back into me. No body is perfect. And it feels so good to have people have your back and pour into your soul. And if you don’t have that in someone, let me know, because I’ll pray for you to find that. And I’ll try really hard to be that for you. It make take a few days for me to reply physically but I ALWAYS mentally reply.
One of my favorite things in my life right now, besides the obvious, is that a friend of mine, Emily, and I do a little midweek check in. Actually it’s Wednesday so here’s my note to self to go check in. But we don’t hang out, in fact, I can’t say we were even the closest throughout school, (I mean, besides DECA, DECA, You know) but we’ve found a bond in the craziness of life and this little check-in means the world to me.
Pour into people, even when you feel empty. They say you can’t pour from an empty cup, but it’s not true. Often, pouring from an empty cup will help replenish yours. Love people like Jesus loves you. Wash each others feet. (Maybe not literally because that may be weird.) Check in with a friend. Send up a prayer. Be present with one another.
You will be refreshed.
Isaiah 58:10-11 says,
“and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday. The Lord will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.”
NIV
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