In the last few weeks I have been to, two important parades. (don’t you love the to two and too in the English language)
First was for Mother’s day. The retirement community that my lovely mother lives in, set up a special parade for all the mothers. So the tenants sat six feet apart and all the loved ones drove their decorated cars around the building. The smiles were so worth the effort. As Bob Goff likes to say do LOVE. What a wonderful way to show love.
Yesterday was another parade day. With the ending of the strange quarantined school year there had to be away of saying farewell to our seniors. In years past seniors would walk the halls starting with preschool to the high school. It was always fun to clap, hug, and cry as the young men and women walked by my classroom. The other students in the building would lining the hallways and cheering.
BUT, not this year. Instead, the social distancing and the small issue of school being closed caused a change of plans. The parade was changed to the seniors riding in cars while teachers stood behind their cars in the parking lot. It was a farewell of tears, clapping but no hugs. However the love was overflowing. The meaning was clear, we love you. God loves you. Love is decorating waving clapping crying standing in the rain. Love is GOD.
Parades, the parade of David as he moved the ark, the parade around the city of Jericho, Jesus entering Jerusalem on the back of a colt donkey, the parade of Jesus carrying the cross, the parade of life. Make your parade one of love and kindness. Let joy overcome the obstacle of life. There will be obstacles, do what you must but always do it with God being the marshal of your parade.
Cindy, Coffee and Christ 