We All Scream for Ice Cream
I’m guessing that most of you had an ice cream truck that would make its way
around your neighborhood each summer. Where I grew up in suburban Pittsburgh, we
would hear the melodic tune off in the distance and know that the ice cream treats were
on the way. All of us kids would rush home to get a quarter from our parents and then
run back out to be the first one in line when Mr. Softee arrived on the corner. It was a
time of innocence and childlike joy.
Times have changed, but our love for ice cream probably hasn’t. I remember that
annoying phrase, “You scream, I scream, we all scream for ice cream.” Those were the
days!
Well, guess what? Next week we will be able to enjoy the best kind of ice cream
– homemade. Oak Chapel will once again sell sandwiches, sides, and homemade ice
cream during the annual Lincoln Highway Buy-Way Sale (August 7-8) from 10 to 2.
This will give us an opportunity to open our church and offer respite from the
August heat. It will also provide an opportunity to visit the House of God for some
people who do not have a home church. Perhaps they might think, if only for a moment,
that there is more to life than ice cream.
Whatever your favorite flavor, ice cream can calm one’s nerves and soothe one’s
soul. A relationship with our Lord can also do that. Psalm 34:4-5 says, “I sought the
Lord, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears. Those who look to him
are radiant, and their faces shall never be ashamed.” Now that’s more enticing than a
triple scoop of ice cream.
Join us next week as we share our faith and serve our ice cream to anyone who
stops by, hoping they will delight in the presence of the Lord.