God Uses Cucumbers Sandwiches

God uses people when they least expect it.  A trip to the grocery store and the purchase of cucumbers and cream cheese became a mission field.  One never knows when God will speak to you or even how He will speak to you.  I certainly didn't realize that my decision to buy cucumbers and cream cheese was a message sent by God.

My best friend, Kathy, has been planning for weeks for Tres Dias, an interdenominational Christian weekend.  Kathy is working in the dorms for an all ladies weekend.  She has been purchasing different crosses and other items to be used as focal points on her assigned table.  She and I have enjoyed shopping for the various items; so indirectly, I have been involved with her mission work.

Last night on the phone we planned to meet for breakfast.  She told me she was trying to determine how to go to her job and make cucumber sandwiches in time for a meeting after school. When the list of food items had made its way around the room only the cucumber sandwiches were left on the list.  How could she keep them fresh and not soggy?  She would not be able to make them the day of the meeting because of time restrictions, so I volunteered to make them for her.  "I can't ask you to do this!" She exclaimed.

"You didn't ask me, Kathy, I am volunteering.  Let me do this for you." You see, Kathy, has been a God send to me on many occasions.  She is truly a best friend in every way.   The least I can do for her is make a few sandwiches.

"Kathy, I have cucumbers and cream cheese at home to make them, and I am the only one at home who likes cucumbers. For the life of me, I don't know why I had bought so many cucumbers and and cream cheese.  Prehaps it was because I thought I was going to use them in my salad, but I didn't.  I still have the cucumbers."

This morning Kathy and I enjoyed breakfast together. I learned God was using me to help Kathy.  Isn't He an Awesome God? 

Kathy had been praying for God to show her a way to make this work for her.  She wanted this Tres Dias to have a wonderful start, and her plans for this to go smoothly was falling apart. A co-worker/friend suggested she ask the Family Consumer Science teacher who has a cooking class.  The students enjoy doing different food requests.  Their clients supply the ingredients and the students put it together.  Learning takes place!   Before she could ask for their help, the teacher told the office the students were behind in the requests for different cooking projects.  Now this idea was not an option at all.

At the same time Kathy was praying for God to show her a way to complete all her tasks, I was buying groceries.  I was buying cucumbers and cream cheese!  When Kathy and I realized what was taking place and how God was moving through us, we couldn't help but be in awe of how God works.

Kathy was certainly doing what God had called her to do in this mission field, and God used me to help her.

It is me again, Lord, thanking You for the testimony of a best friend who lives her life for You.

A little Georgia Wisdom: No matter how small you think your contributions are, God can use you.