Ms. Z

Ms. Z took me to lunch today (vegan, naturally). Do you remember the song "Purple, People Eater?" (she was a one-eyed, one-eared flying purple people eater). Well, Ms. Z was all in purple--not a laid back purple but a BOLD purple. She's my unsung hero/ine of the day. She spends all her heart caring for others and worries herself to death in the process. She spends a long time at the altar rail praying for many. Selfless. That's what she is all about. The purple clothes are camouflage--meant to distract and subtract from this selfless person. The purple and many other outrageous outfits are real distractions from the work that goes on within her soul. A Christian, no doubt about it, in the image--though sometimes she gets Him confused with that strange John the Baptizer, and mimics him too, just to be different. Just to be strange. Just to do the work the Lord has given her to do. And to do it in secret. And to do it for love. And to do it with style. Thanks Ms. Z. Read Mark 12:43-44.