Hospitality, Part 3
-Char Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow
Some close friends of ours from California had taken their
vacation to come visit us in Arkansas. One afternoon while they were out
canoeing on a nearby river and exploring, I thought I would surprise them
and my husband with a blueberry pie! My husband loves pies and blueberries were
in season. The whole time I was making that pie I was imagining how happy they
would be and how expressive they would be in their enjoyment of the pie! They
would think what a great baker I was and my husband would tell me in front of
them what a great pie it was!
Come serving time I cut my husband a piece and in handing it to
him he said, “I‘m sorry but I’m just too full, I couldn’t.”
I was in shock! All my expectation burst and I felt very
disappointed. In that moment the Lord spoke very clearly to my heart
and said “You baked that pie for man, not me.” Trying to please people can
bring a striving and discontentment to the heart. But, what peace when we do
all things to Him.
One day, many years later, I was expecting guests and went ahead
and baked cookies for their arrival. When they came and I offered them the
cookies, their response was, “We couldn’t, we just came from the Wooden Spoon
Restaurant. We are way too full!”
It was a test, but I think I passed, as they had been baked as
unto the Lord.
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Char Lessin was raised on a Minnesota farm and grew to love the Lord at a young age. She and Roy met while they attended Bethany Fellowship in Bloomington, MN and early in their marriage they served together as missionaries in Mexico and Puerto Rico. She continues to serve the Lord through their home in NW Arkansas, ministering to the people that the Lord brings to her.
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©2023 Roy and Char Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow. Photos by Grace Nast, Marina Bromley, used with permission. All rights reserved.
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