Church Christmas Decor-Day 1

i almost cried this afternoon.

......

yesterday, over lunch, i asked kim to help me send out an email to all at rcia to appeal for more help for the Church decoration. i told her, "we don't seem to have that many people and i think everyone will be burnt out by the time the week is over." it's true because not many people put their names down.

today, a few more people messaged me to ask, "can i come down tonight?", "where do we meet tonight?". when the first sms came in, i thought, "yaayy! one more person..." after a few hours, another came in and i melted a little inside, thinking, "this is good... maybe it won't be that bad after all"... by the time the third sms came in, i really almost choked on an overwhelming emotion, and i thought, "i have such little faith..."

i like to think of myself as someone who likes to do such things but i doubt that i would've volunteered on my own to come help out, unless i have a friend with me or so... yet, people responded, quietly, on their own... there are also those who showed up knowing that we'll be here in church tonight... they just turned up. i know when i walked into the church after my meeting with Fr A, my first reaction was, "wow! so many people!"

if you were not open enough for the Spirit's prompting... what else would have drawn you to say 'yes' so completely? we are all busy people... and we are all more than exhausted enough by the end of the day... yet people responded, people came...

i'm running the risk of someone reading this and thinking, "ah well, they have enough people. no need me anymore..." but you know it's not true. it's like that story of the little boy walking along the beach and picking up washed up starfish and throwing them back into the sea. it might not make much difference in the general scheme of things but it made a big difference to those starfish he returned to the sea. in the same way, one person choosing to be present might not make a difference. but if everyone thought like that, nobody will ever make that difference.

good job tonight! man, will this be a good celebration for christ!

joyce