It's not an easy thing to do...letting go and letting God I mean. I tend to have this crazy compulsive attitude that I have to be in control of everything, and if I'm not, the amount of stress I have is stupid high. Although all of this is true, tonight, I found myself in a situation where God completely took control.
A woman came into work, and I asked her the same question that I typically ask all customers, "How are you doing tonight?" I expected the usual answer, 'good,' 'great,' 'fine,' answers that people don't have to elaborate on. Something that I have noticed is how much of a private society we are... we don't like people to know our junk, or business. Anyway, this woman said something that took me completely surprise, "I am having a shitty night, absolutely awful." At first, I had to process what she said..and make sure I had heard her right. I stood there, making pizzas, and finally asked, "well whats going on to make your day so terrible?" She proceeded to tell me about how both her father-in-law, and mother were in the hospital with health problems, and she had been there all day with both of them. She told me how she lived in Garden Valley and was sick of driving all the way out to Boise for absolutely everything.
After listening to this lady, I did something that I hardly ever do, I told her that I would pray for her, and that she needed to remember to have faith that everything would work out. Now, anyone who knows me well, knows that it's not easy for me to talk to people that I don't know are believers about Christ. I get all clammy, and forget everything I know is true...usually I just end up looking like an idiot. This time was different, it wasn't me who was speaking to this woman, it was God talking through me. He gave me the strength to give this woman some hope that tomorrow would be better.
As I finished up this lady's pizza, she thanked me for listening and said, "I really needed to hear those positive words, you have brightened my day." She walked out the door, and immediately I thought, 'what just happened??' I'm sure that to my coworker who was making pizzas next to me, this conversation was completely irrelevant, but it truly stuck out to me. She wasn't afraid to tell me what was really going on in her life, or how she actually felt. She didn't sugarcoat anything and it was awesome! I got to give her some encouragement that she needed, and she got to walk out of a pizza store (of all places!) feeling just a little bit better. We weren't meant to go through life alone, Christ wants us to be there for each other! As encouragers, helping hands, friends etc. I want to challenge not only myself, but everyone else, that next time someone asks you how you are doing, or feeling, be completely honest; or when somebody takes a chance and is honest about how they are doing, talk to them, and let God talk through you.You never know what might come of it!
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