Just for Today There Is Enough

Every year, on the Sunday before Thanksgiving, our church in Seattle feeds any homeless person who will come.  We put on the whole Thanksgiving course, complete with turkey, dressing, and a variety of vegetables, bread, and more desserts than a person should eat in a lifetime. 

I read my journal entry recently about one of those Sundays.  A man in his fifties walked by me, and his plate was absolutely piled high with food.  It was heaped up and overflowing.  It was bulging with food. 

What a sight.  My journal comments for that day ran like this:  “That is great my friend.  Dig in.  Heap it on.  There is plenty.  I know that you may not know where your meal for tomorrow will come from, but for today, there is enough.”

For today, there is enough.

Amazing, isn’t it?

How many times in our lives have we experienced this?  For today, there is enough.

Have you ever had life heap it on you?  I mean full and running over, spilling onto the floor, the stuff just kept coming.  Good stuff.  Some people call them blessings, some call it abundance.  Whatever it is you call it, it just came and kept on coming. 

Have you ever experienced that?

And then, at other times …

We wonder.

          We question.

                    We ponder.

                              We fret.

We don’t see it yet, but maybe … just maybe.

And some days, at the very last moment, the 11^th hour, the miracle happens. 

BAM!

We get what we’ve needed and longed for.

For today, there is enough.

You can call it karma, goodness, mercy, a handout, goodwill, or a hundred other names.

I call it “daily bread for daily needs.”

I also call it GOD!

In God’s economy there IS Enough. 

And it comes from the hand of a God 

who loves us …

Regardless of                 how we smell

Regardless of                 what we do 

                                      or don’t do

Regardless of                 our ethnicity

Regardless of                 our language

Regardless of                 our accent

Regardless of                 our sexual orientation

Regardless of                 our lifestyle choice

Regardless of                 our church attendance

Regardless of                 our bank account 

                                     or lack thereof

  

So, regardless of your circumstances in life,

               … Just for today, 

                      there is enough – for you

Enough       love

Enough       grace

Enough       forgiveness

Enough       mercy

Enough       peace

Enough       rest

Enough       knowledge

Enough       food

Enough       warmth

Enough       shelter for the night

This “enough” that I’m talking about comes wrapped a dozen different ways

Through      the hands of a stranger

Through      a kindly church

Through      a woman handing a bag 

                   of food out a car window

Through      loose change dropped in a tin cup

Through      a sales clerk buying a meal 

                   for a street person

Through      a bed at the Salvation Army

Through      a cup of soup in a coffee shop

Through      a sack of groceries left anonymously

Through      an anonymous envelope with cash

Through      a team of “saints” serving hot food 

                   faithfully every Thursday evening

Through      a friend who cares

Through      a minister who becomes 

                   the hands of God

Through      a singer offering the only gift 

                   she can – her voice

Do you wonder sometimes if you’ll run out of stuff?

Take heart. 

Whatever you lack, whatever you need, when you least expect it …

Just for today ... 

THERE IS ENOUGH!