bionic man?

When I was in at the school again today, I was asked by one of the staff - "Are you the bionic man or something?"

'Something' sounded like the better alternative!

It wasn't as though I was even very long at the school. Just in for the teachers' coffee break.

I'd taken the chance to prepare for the P5 teachers a short little pamphlet for each of the children, to help them remember at least something about the 'covenant'. They were pleased to be given that.

And I ran past one of them also the thought that with it being the start of 'Lent' again this coming week, then I'd gladly do a bit with them all about that. Just a suggestion. A seed of a small idea to root in the soil of their planning. We'll see where it leads!

But the bit about my being the bionic man? Well, I haven't a clue what on earth she was getting at there! I simply declined a cup of tea. That's all.

And it seemed to suggest that I somehow survived without either drinking or food!

The whole thing made me smile. We'd been thinking, this Sunday past, we'd been thinking about how Jesus spoke when his friends come back from their lunchtime trip to the shops to get some food.

How he told them he had food of which they didn't know. An engimatic saying which they didn't get at all.

So he explained. His food and drink was simply doing the will of God. And by that he meant the time he'd spent in chatting with this woman at the well.

Sort of like the different people who call by on us for a coffee or their lunch. And the chance we have to chat with them.

It wasn't that busy today. (The weather was such that most sane people stayed indoors!)

But the postie was in. (I mean, he's sane, too: it's just he's got a job to do). And stayed for his lunch. Which is definitely a first for him! I think he feels just more and more at home among us here.

Like the woman at the well began to feel quite comfortable the longer she was there with this guy Jesus.

Another man was in as well today. Purely on business. An admin sort of matter. Nothing more than that. But he got talking, too. About the needs there are. The big and basic needs there are out there in our society today.

And how it might be possible for he himself to somehow get involved in meeting needs, as we so clearly did. More seeds were sown with him.

And he left with a copy of the DVD we did of the Holiday Club last year. Promising to watch it himself. So who knows where today's whole round of conversations all will lead!

The Holiday Club's beginning to loom quite large! I know it's a couple of months away, but there's a lot of preparation to be done.

Including the DVD. The actual filming, of course - that has to wait until the week itself (in the main: there's a bit I can do before): and the putting the DVD together, that as well can only be done at the time.

But the whole thing must be planned. The ideas conceived, the 'shape' of the whole thing sorted out, and the script all written up. I mean, there's a lot of 'ad-libbing' as well! But we have to start with a script.

So I spent some time on that today, to try and get the whole thing underway.

Between all that and seeing some folk and giving some thought to this coming Sunday's services, the day's flown by again!

And I think I know what Jesus meant. You know, about his food being simply that of doing God's will. It's really hugely satisfying to be involved in something that the Lord himself is doing in our midst.

It kind of keeps you going and makes you feel you don't need food and all you want is just to press on with this amazing work that God himself's accomplishing.

I'm not a bionic man, of course! Just a down-to-earth and mixed-up lump of flesh and blood. Like the next man.

With this one big difference. In me, as a follower of Jesus, there dwells the Spirit of the great life-giving God!