Gumbo

The other day--to my utter shock--a homeless man bought me food. We have a guy that hangs around the village and sometimes asks for a little food to go. The other day I had lost my keys in the road and he walked up and down the road with me to help look for them which I'm sure looked odd. Sometimes I can tell that God is at work around me. Terry was worried about me because I was stressed out; he came to check on me the next day. He came back later on and had bought Gumbo for me from the place across the street. I tried to refuse it saying “I can’t take that, it’s your money, you worked hard for it, I don’t need it, don’t waste your money on me.” We argued about it until I finally agreed to take it when he was saying “I want to do this for you, I appreciate y’all and I want to do this for you after everything that you’ve done for me.”

Then he said something that made me freeze in mid sentence. He said “I can’t just get and get and get and not give” That was the key. I just wrote about that the other night in my blog—exactly that. I told him to wait so I could print it off for him. I talked to him about it and he said “Nobody ever told me that, I just feel it in my heart.” There’s something about this guy that strikes a chord in me. This isn't just a homeless man that happened upon the village long before I arrived; I am supposed to know him. Jesus is the homeless, the weak and weary, the beggar right? I can’t refuse him when I know that he’s an angel. There’s a reason for me to be here, there’s a reason for Terry, and there’s a reason for GUMBO.

God’s
Unbelievable
Moments of
Blessing and
Opportunity

My journey to New Orleans has taken many twists and turns. Opportunities keep knocking at my door and I am open to all of them. I love New Orleans and would love to stay here but I am on my way to a new, yet familiar, journey in and around Maryland for awhile. I have a strong feeling that I’ll be back in NOLA with time. I float freely and am open to the possibilities and plans that are in store for me. I’ve had a lot of time to ponder what I’m doing and what my life is worth… Everywhere I look there is a reason. Nearly every incident has a purpose and I am becoming so in tune to those signs while I am here. It’s GUMBO.