The Lord Works in Mysterious Ways
Topic: Uncategorized| 2 Comments »I spent yesterday sick to my stomach. We skipped Jonnie’s choir performance and just stayed home on the couch watching football.
This morning I woke up feeling equally awful. Even bfast crepes I cooked for David made me ill. Usually, I would take advantage of this and stay at home from Church and play Angry Birds. However, today I got all dolled up, painted my nails red, put on my new boots, and with a brave face headed to Church.
Clearly I was dressed for the task ahead….
We got to Church a little late and hence sat in the hallway for the sacrament. After the second prayer I heard the chapel door open but no priest came so I turned around and saw the usher, a very old gentleman, bent over and cleaning up the carpet with tissue. Why was he bent over? What was there to clean up? Why were 20 people staring at him and not doing anything?
I sprang to action…turns out there in the middle of the carpet was a giant pile of diarrhea.
Well…if I am good at anything at all–it is cleaning and bossing people around. This situation called for both.
I immediately started giving orders. You get rid of these tissues and get me a roll of paper towels, you get cleaning supplies, you get a bucket of hot water, you hold the door, you get a garbage can etc. I got the old man to take off his soiled shoes, wrapped them in paper towels, and sent him to the bathroom where another gentleman helped him clean up.
The team–me, David, and two other guys–raided the cleaning closet and nuked the carpet with anything we could find. We pretty much got the situation under control by the end of sacrament meeting.
So, here are my thoughts….
1. I will start with the angry thoughts first–I am absolutely appalled by nearly half the congregation who saw us cleaning up and fretting about, and they did absolutely nothing.
2. I hope the old man will get over the embarrassment quickly. He was clearly mortified. David wants to stop by and bring him cookies. I think we should pretend it never happened.
3. I am married to a wonderful man. He mopped the tracks to the bathroom including half the gym.
4. As sick as I was this morning, I felt absolutely fine while we were cleaning up. The Lord will indeed sustain us when we were on his errand. Of course, now my stomach is in open rebellion but now I all I need to do is lie on the couch and blog. 
5. Banana Republic “Lucky in Love” red nail polish adds a touch of elegance to any situation.
Love you all,
Sandy