Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Family by God's grace
Family is a blessing from the Lord and ultimately is to be God glorifying. How are you seeking out truth and loving those you spend most of your time with to teach them and serve by living in the Grace of God? Let's put our minds to think on pure truth of who God is. Teach...Love..Serve... make disciples in your family and they will make disciples in theirs.
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Working at Cracker Barrel
I have worked at Cracker Barrel old Country Store for about six months. It has been altogether a good experience. I do not want to be doing it anymore but would miss it if I was not working there. I suppose that's the nature of life. The grass is always greener on the other side..that is what they say anyway. Who are they?.. They sure seem to be know it alls. hmm God teaches he is our all sufficient, comforter. Even as something as tedious and annoying at times as working at Cracker Barrel, God gives us instruction and promises to rest in. There are many other things I would enjoy doing for a living, but for the time being I am working at Cracker Barrel. Some positive things: Biscuits, strawberry jam, blueberry pancakes, carrots, green beans, and rocking chairs. Well, there are more good things, but if you did not pick up on it, I do enjoy eating there.
I am so thankful for God always, always providing for me and giving me the ability to work with my hands. It's easy to leave work bitter at the old people who left me fifty cents after sitting at the table for two hours.When I make the effort to think about why I am at work, it makes for such a blessing. Yes, reality is, I need to make a certain amount of money to pay my bills. The thing is though, as a disciple of Jesus, I desire to go to work to showcase the gospel. I often do not. There was one day in particular I felt the Holy Spirit so strong in my heart and mind. I prayed on the way to work for God to use me. All day I was feeling sick and very tired. I just persistently prayed for God to do something to show someone he is real. I knew he was going to do something. I grudgingly got my coat, and keys and proceeded to clock out. I was disappointed the day just went as usual. As I waited in a long line to get my tips,I noticed a women walk out with to go food crying pretty intensely. My first instinct was to run after her, but then I began to rationalize not going. Thoughts like: She would think it was weird, I'm a stranger to her, I have to get my tips still, It's late and I'm starving, all began to run through my head in just a matter of seconds. The was a battle going on in my heart. I collected my tips, went outside and saw a car sitting in the parking lot with it's lights on. I walked up to the car and knocked on the window. At this point I did not have a clue if it was the lady crying or not. It was dark and cold outside and even then as I stood there shivering I was wondering why I was doing this. A sad women rolled down her window. I asked her if she was okay and she could not speak because she was still crying too hard. I just asked her if I could pray. I prayed for her for a few minutes. When I was done praying she asked me to tell her about my faith. I began to speak about Jesus and who he was and how God sent him to redeem the lost so that he receives glory and someday will forever be worshiped by dependent sinners like ourselves. I would finish sharing the gospel and she would ask me to tell her more about how God changed me.
I never knew what was wrong with the lady. As I left, I was so humbled and broken. This is just one example of God's power in my workplace full of unbelievers. I could tell you many more stories similar to this one. My point in sharing this is not to say I did the right thing but there are several things to take away from this.
GOD IS POWERFUL!
Do not underestimate the Holy Spirit speaking to you,EVER.
do not just go to work to pay the bills, even if you do not really enjoy your job in this season of life.
PRAY..ask God to do something to make himself famous
I am so thankful for God always, always providing for me and giving me the ability to work with my hands. It's easy to leave work bitter at the old people who left me fifty cents after sitting at the table for two hours.When I make the effort to think about why I am at work, it makes for such a blessing. Yes, reality is, I need to make a certain amount of money to pay my bills. The thing is though, as a disciple of Jesus, I desire to go to work to showcase the gospel. I often do not. There was one day in particular I felt the Holy Spirit so strong in my heart and mind. I prayed on the way to work for God to use me. All day I was feeling sick and very tired. I just persistently prayed for God to do something to show someone he is real. I knew he was going to do something. I grudgingly got my coat, and keys and proceeded to clock out. I was disappointed the day just went as usual. As I waited in a long line to get my tips,I noticed a women walk out with to go food crying pretty intensely. My first instinct was to run after her, but then I began to rationalize not going. Thoughts like: She would think it was weird, I'm a stranger to her, I have to get my tips still, It's late and I'm starving, all began to run through my head in just a matter of seconds. The was a battle going on in my heart. I collected my tips, went outside and saw a car sitting in the parking lot with it's lights on. I walked up to the car and knocked on the window. At this point I did not have a clue if it was the lady crying or not. It was dark and cold outside and even then as I stood there shivering I was wondering why I was doing this. A sad women rolled down her window. I asked her if she was okay and she could not speak because she was still crying too hard. I just asked her if I could pray. I prayed for her for a few minutes. When I was done praying she asked me to tell her about my faith. I began to speak about Jesus and who he was and how God sent him to redeem the lost so that he receives glory and someday will forever be worshiped by dependent sinners like ourselves. I would finish sharing the gospel and she would ask me to tell her more about how God changed me.
I never knew what was wrong with the lady. As I left, I was so humbled and broken. This is just one example of God's power in my workplace full of unbelievers. I could tell you many more stories similar to this one. My point in sharing this is not to say I did the right thing but there are several things to take away from this.
GOD IS POWERFUL!
Do not underestimate the Holy Spirit speaking to you,EVER.
do not just go to work to pay the bills, even if you do not really enjoy your job in this season of life.
PRAY..ask God to do something to make himself famous
In attempt to keep tract of some important aspects of my life in order to more readily recognize my personal growth in the Grace of God or in just practical things, I decided to keep a blog. I would also like to have those I love who are very far away and unable to keep in touch have somewhere to hear from me when they have time to read a little bit of what I'm thinking. An important aspect of the body of Christ is being fed and feeding. Discipleship is serious to God. Therefore, we as believers should take it seriously. I desire to be an encouragement to those who read my blog from time to time;I would also love to be lifted up with truth of the gospel. I will most likely post very random subjects, but all relative to what is in my brain for the time being. so..I guess you could venture to say..They will not be random to me. Hopefully, I can make you laugh, cry, and think, but most of all challenge us (myself included) to love Jesus more.
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