Joshua and Paul
It was an ordinary occurrence, except I thought there would be one technician, rather than two. Peggy had arranged for a Comcast repair visit and I was at home for the three hour window of arrival, “holding down the Fort,” so to speak. A call came from one of the “techies” who said they would be there in 25 minutes. I assured him I would be present for the visit. About a half hour later I heard some sounds in the side yard and I looked out front and two white Comcast vans were parked on the street. After a short time there was a doorbell ring and I went to the door to meet two young men, who announced they were there for the repair and wanted to check the cable entrance into the basement. I showed them the cellar stairs and they did the checking, returning to ask me if they might see the computer. Going upstairs to the office, they did their work with just a few words of encouragment from me about pleasing my wife by fixing the computer glitch.
Coming back down to the kitchen to report that they believed they had corrected the problem, I asked if I might call my wife on her cell to make sure the work was completed. I asked their names and the first announced, “I am Joshua,” the second, “I’m Paul.” My face and voice lit up and I quickly remarked, “They’re great names. I’m a pastor and from my point of view, you couldn’t have a better team to go out into this world to serve.” They both smiled, and the taller one named Joshua said, “That’s what my mother said a long time ago.” Immediately there was a happy bonding in the room.
Once again it dawned within me that the Holy Spirit is always planting “networks of communication” within our networks of communications. And as I contemplated this brief occurrence, I wanted to corroborate the message of the Thursday morning (the day of Joshua and Paul’s visit), and VBS drama, “We need to connect with everybody about our need to be good stewards of God’s world wherever we are.” This is a perfect thought as we begin to look to the fall while gearing up for our suggested year’s theme, Called to Do Justly.
Walter G. Edmonds
