Mmm, chocolate. We think #ChocolateTuesdays – free chocolate given to all – should be an official thing. With that in mind, today’s act has one aim: chocolating. Yes, we’ve created a verb. It’s a simple, quick way to surprise someone. And for those that aren’t cacao-crazy? Well, choose a sweet treat of choice. Dentists all over the nation might not approve, but everyone else
will be smiling …
Today’s Challenge:
Nibble the edges: Slip a bar of chocolate into someone’s bag with a note saying ‘#40acts’. Or leave a bar or two in your local library, on a park bench or on an office chair.
Get yer teeth into it: Chocolate everyone in your department/road/toddler group – or wherever you happen to be going today.
The entire confection: Clear the confectionary aisles in your local supermarket and get out onto the streets, handing out free treats for all. It’s like Trick or Treat in March!
“Jesus now called the Twelve and gave them authority and power to deal with all the demons and cure diseases. He commissioned them to preach the news of God’s kingdom and heal the sick. He said, ‘Don’t load yourselves up with equipment. Keep it simple; you are the equipment.’” Luke 9:1-3
Too often, we think bringing the Kingdom of God on Earth will require great resources and talent. However, I like how the verse says “Keep it simple; you are the equipment” It’s the simple reminder that strangers can connect when we are just intentional. Stories of strangers connecting – over something as small as chocolate – make me smile wider than Willy Wonka.
It reminds me that God can take something, even something as silly and fun as a hidden chocolate bar, and use it to do wondrous things. A bit like the little boy who brings his lunch to Jesus on the mountains near Galilee. Five loaves and two small fish – barely a lunch in itself and certainly not enough to feed thousands. But you know how the story goes; enough lunch for everyone and even some spare. And all because one little boy took a chance and gave.
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