thoughts on the news of the day: showing up

hmmm…..

            I showed up at my computer this morning.  It’s a slow news day, Obama is in India and the election is over, nothing dramatic happened in the sports world and so it might be a good day to just take off from this blog writing business.  But I showed up.

            There’s a lot to be said for suiting up and showing up.  We have a lady in our congregation who is having surgery this morning; she is scared and rightly so.  I can’t do much to make her fears go away, but I can be there.  Later on today, we are taking communion to our shut-ins.  For some folks, this is the only contact they have with their church family for the whole month. 

            Oh, sure, you say, “You’re a pastor, that’s your job.”  And in fact, part of my job is regularly visiting people in the hospital and in their homes.  But that is what it is all about: regular routine.  I have an ailing friend who desperately wants her only daughter to visit her.  The daughter is busy with three kids, a job and lots of laundry.  I think the daughter means well, but although she lives just blocks away, she rarely visits her mom.  It would mean so much to my friend if she could just count on her daughter to show up on a regular basis. 

            You may not think its important, but to someone who loves you, just showing up could mean everything.

            hmmm…..