Tea will be just the thing.....

Now that they had retired from their farms, most every day about 3 o'clock the sisters would gather for tea.  They could do that because the three of them hadn't moved very far away, just the next farm over.  A little gossip, but not too much.  A few cookies, but not too many.  A new recipe, but not too often any more.  Three sisters had tea each afternoon; Helen served.

"Tea will be just the thing" the she said to me.

Just the thing to soothe.  Just the thing to slow me down so I could think and listen and hear.  Just the thing to help me learn how to be pastor  to God's people. Just the thing to let me know that in spite of the pressure and disagreements, in spite of my uncertainty and frustration, I was welcome and I was a sister in Christ.

I took my tea with sugar.  It was a holy moment, and I was blessed enough by God to realize it even as I drained the cup.


See?  Another story of God in your life.  Nothing amazing, just God showing up to let us know we are not forgotten.