The God Cafe

Main Street in Leesburg FL, the old 'downtown' area is a favorite pace for browsing quaint little shops of all kinds.  A couple of my favorite ones are the Thrift Shop and the Consignment Boutique.  At this Christmas season, the Christmas House is a wonderful shop filled with hand crafted ornaments, decorations and all sorts of gifts and things for Christmas.  The local artisans and craft folk in the community fill the shelves and walls with their talent for creating pretty things.

The Thrift Shop is part of the FIrst Baptist Church's outreach and has only really nice things at very reasonable prices.  The Boutique features name brand items for ladies on consignment from people who must get a new complete wardrobe every season!  Some terrific buys on quality clothing can be found here.

The other day on Ladies Day Out from here in Sunshine, we strolled the length of Main Street, shopping and enjoying the music that is piped into speakers at intervals all along the street in the grassy, tree lined area along the sidewalks. Benches are available for a rest if you need one.  We were headed for the God Cafe, a very delightfully different little eatery with the most excellent offerings for lunch.  There were seven of us that day and we were taken to a fairly small room with a long table set for eight.  Peaceful paintings adorned the walls and a really stunning folding screen that someone had lovingly painted stood against the short wall of the room.

The menu featured great lunch choices, a couple specials, and a list of seven exotic sounding cheesecakes! On this menu there were NO prices listed.  The front of the menu reads:

GOD CAFE

Come rest in the Lord

This is a Holy Spirit filled Cafe.

We accept donations for the food.

We also accept and appreciate donations

over and above the cost of food

for help with the ministries we support.

Gary Hagen

Friend of God

"One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to enquire in his temple."   Psalm 27:4

I ordered the quiche of the day, a veggie quiche with the homemade soup.  I could choose the soup or a garden salad. It had been a cool morning and soup, being a favorite of mine at lunchtime, seemed like an excellent choice.  It was !  Both the quiche and the soup were superb.

After our tasty lunches we ordered the 'Holy Cheesecake!' of our liking.  White Chocolate Turtle was my choice..way, way too good !!  I ate the WHOLE thing! (Dr. Barb, hope you aren't reading this!) The others chose French Apple with Cinnamon, Peaches and Cream and Blueberry Parfait.  Are you drooling yet ?? Gary does all the cooking here and he is GOOD!!

The wait staff are efficient, loving and friendly.  A sign invites patrons to leave a prayer request if one would like the staff to pray for your need. On the back of the menu:

God Bless You!

"And the Lord make you to increase and

grow in love one toward another and

toward all men, even as we do toward you".

I Thessalonians  3:12

Feeling happy, full and blessed, we decide this was the perfect way to usher in this blessed Christmas Season.  

Remember to keep Christ in Christmas !!